Vital funding announced by the Government today to replace flammable lining wrapped around more then 170 buildings will lead to a “cladding lottery”, an action group has warned. Nearly two years after 72 people died in a fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, 28 buildings in Greenwich borough still have combustible cladding. New Capital […]
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28 Greenwich borough buildings still covered in lethal cladding
More than two dozen buildings in Greenwich are still wrapped in dangerous cladding two years after the Grenfell fire tragedy. Hundreds of Greenwich residents continue to live in private homes lined with dangerous material blamed for the spread of the fatal blaze in North Kensington. The borough is thought to have one of the highest […]
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New Capital Quay developer denies keeping residents in the dark over lethal cladding
The developer behind west Greenwich blocks covered in Grenfell-like cladding has denied claims it has ceased safety work and stopped replying to residents’ emails. Galliard Homes has hit out at “extraordinary” comments made during last night’s Greenwich Council meeting over New Capital Quay, which is thought to be Europe’s largest development with flammable cladding. For […]
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New Capital Quay: Insurer to pay out over ‘Grenfell’ fire risk cladding
The firm that insured the flammable cladding on west Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development is to pay to have it removed, ending over a year of uncertainty for its 2,000 residents, who feared being lumbered with paying the bill themselves. Residents of the 980 homes were stuck in a squabble between developer Galliard Homes and […]
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New Capital Quay: Developer should pay for fire-proof cladding, Housing Secretary says
The developer behind Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development should be paying for its flammable cladding to be replaced, the Housing Secretary has told Parliament. James Brokenshire was responding to to a question from Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook, who raised the plight of New Capital Quay’s 2,000 residents in the House of Commons on […]
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‘We are not the enemy’: New Capital Quay fire risk residents appeal to Greenwich Council
Residents of Greenwich’s New Capital Quay development, which is covered in flammable cladding, have asked for more help from Greenwich Council while their freeholder and insurer squabble over how the dangerous material is replaced. The 12-block development, next to Deptford Creek, features a similar material to that used at Grenfell Tower, north Kensington, where 71 […]
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Greenwich councillors escape questioning over New Capital Quay fire risk and housing issues
Wednesday night at the council: Residents at the New Capital Quay development, which is covered in flammable cladding, were denied the chance to quiz Greenwich councillors about the issue at last week’s council meeting. Snowy and icy conditions led to the cancellation of most of Greenwich Council’s full meeting last week, meaning all parts of […]
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Greenwich’s New Capital Quay residents left stuck as firms squabble over ‘Grenfell’ cladding
Residents of Greenwich’s New Capital Quay housing development are demanding action to remove flammable cladding from their homes – the same type that is believed to have helped the fire at Grenfell Tower spread so quickly, resulting in the deaths of 71 people in June 2017. The 12-block development, which is home to about 2,000 […]
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