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Combustible external wall cladding systems: extending the ban to hotels, boarding houses and hostels

Published: 16 September 2025
From: Cabinet Secretary for Housing, +5 more … Director of Cladding Remediation, Director of Local Government and Housing, Director of Safer Communities, Director-General Communities and External Affairs, Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Directorate: Local Government and Housing Directorate, +2 more … Cladding Remediation Directorate, Safer Communities Directorate
Topic: Building, planning and design, Housing, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN: 9781836919582

This report covers Phase 1 and Phase 2 of a study into extending the ban of combustible external wall cladding systems to hotels, boarding houses and hostels in Scotland for buildings with a habitable storey at a height of 11 metres or more above the ground.