Building / block / estate
Hanover House
Address
202 Kings Road Reading RG1 4NN
Local Authority
Reading
Storeys / height
Cladding
ACM
Owner / Landlord
Original design architect
Original consent ref/date
Remediation ref/date
PL/18/1831 by Hamiltons Architects
- Removal of external cladding and associated works.
PL/20/1199 - Approved 28/10/2020 by Oxford Architects
- The removal of existing non fire compliant building external cladding and installation of new cladding system
- Kingspan A2 composite proposed
Remediation lead
Hamiltons Architects / Oxford Architects
Litigation
Source / Evidence / Links
- Reading tower block residents face cladding removal wait 15/09/2020
- https://internationalfireandsafetyjournal.com/cladding-removal-plans-submitted-in-reading/
retrieved 29/09/2026:
In November 2017, firefighters for Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) recommended the closure of the car park below the tower after ACM was discovered, with RBFRS stating that it recommended this ‘due to fears a vehicle fire could spread to the flats above’. The car park was discovered to have used ACM identified in the government’s safety tests, though residents of the newly refurbished flats were ‘still in their homes’.
