An apartment block on the Newcastle Quayside finally looks set to have its dangerous cladding removed, after being deemed eligible for cash to pay for the vital works.
Residents of St Ann’s Quay have been nervously awaiting the outcome of a bid to a government fund set up after the Grenfell Tower fire. Leaseholders have described feeling “trapped” and helpless to deal with the building’s numerous fire safety defects, with fears that they could be hit with bills totalling millions of pounds if the government did not step in.
But the building’s owner, the Adderstone Group, has now revealed that it has been successful in gaining access to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ Building Safety Fund (BSF) and will work with Homes England to plan the removal and replacement of the combustible cladding. Adderstone Group, which acquired the 10-storey building in June 2021, said that it was initially rejected for the BSF but has now been accepted after an appeal was lodged last November – adding that the price of the remediation works is now likely to be in excess of £4m.
