FOI request (FOIR-670336405)

High-Rise Residential Buildings

Requested Fri 13 December 2024
Responded Tue 07 January 2025

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding high-rise residential buildings within your jurisdiction.

Specifically, I seek the following details:

1. The number of High-Rise Residential Buildings:

a. The total number of residential buildings that are 18 meters or taller, or have at least seven storeys, and are currently occupied.

2. Building Safety Case Reports:

a. The number of these High-Rise Residential Buildings for which a Building Safety Case Report has been prepared and submitted to the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).

b. A copy of the Building Safety Case Report(s) prepared for submission to the BSR.

As you are aware, under the Building Safety Act 2022, principal accountable persons are required to register existing occupied high-rise residential buildings with the BSR by 30th September 2023. Additionally, the preparation of Building Safety Case Reports is mandated, with the BSR beginning to call in buildings for assessment and issuing Building Assessment Certificates from April 2024.

Response

1. Hastings Borough Council does not own any residential buildings that meet this criteria. For non-council owned residential buildings, we cannot give an accurate figure as we do not record the height of the building on our system.

2. Information not held.