en.Wedoany.com Reported - Southampton City Council has taken the lead in the government's new cladding remediation progress table released this week.

As of the end of May, the south coast local authority had completed 78% of building safety projects monitored by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).

This is the highest proportion among the 10 government-regulated councils with more than 100 remediation plans.

Hackney in East London ranked second with a 48% project completion rate, followed by Manchester in third place with 45%.

As of the end of last month, Islington in North London had completed only 24% of its monitored remediation plans, placing it at the bottom of the list.

Among the 10 local authorities with the most remediation projects, seven are located in London, with Bristol, Manchester, and Southampton forming the group.

Of the projects not yet completed, Islington had the highest proportion in progress at 28%, while Southampton had the lowest at just 2%.

In May, the overall number of residential buildings with a height of 11 meters or more and pending cladding remediation work increased, due to the identification of additional needs and classification changes.

The latest government data shows that only 53% of monitored projects had started or been completed by the end of last month, down from 55% at the end of April.

The government added that the number of buildings being monitored by the department is 33 more than before, while the number of remediation plans that have started has decreased by 84.

Although 60 cladding projects had started during the month, the government explained that 144 projects were reclassified as not in progress, mainly due to the current requirement to report cladding and non-cladding elements separately.

The MHCLG began reporting remediation progress in 2023.

The first phase of the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people in June 2017, found in 2019 that the "rapid" spread of the fire was primarily caused by aluminum composite cladding installed during the building's renovation.

Meanwhile, trade bodies warned this month that the government's plan to reduce regulatory oversight of certain remediation work in high-risk buildings could be counterproductive without clear supporting guidance.

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