THE council has found no buildings with cladding similar to that at the Grenfell Tower, following a call from Bromsgrove MP Sajid Javid to check properties.

And the town’s leading housing provider bdht has also reassured residents that none of their buildings are insulated with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding.

The material was fitted on the Grenfell Tower, which was hit by a fatal fire killing at least 79 people earlier this month, with many experts suggesting it helped accelerate the fire spread.

Mr Javid has been reluctant to ‘speculate’ on whether the cladding helped spread the fire.

But, in line with his role Communities and Local Government (DCLG) role, he demanded all councils check for ACM in their buildings to ease any anxiety amongst residents.

A Bromsgrove District Council spokesman said: “Safety of our residents is paramount.

“Whilst there are no high rise buildings within the district, the council has provided information requested by the government and continues to work with the DCLG on this subject.

“The council is also in close contact with its social housing partners.

“Any cladding applied to our properties are all certified and installed to stringent nationally recognised standards by the British Board of Agreement (BBA) as being low risk in respect to fire.

“We are currently not aware of any relevant buildings within BDC which have been clad with ACM.”

The council has sent letters to housing associations in the district to ask if they can investigate if ACM is used in their properties. 

Details of all the responses will be made in the next full council meeting. 

Housing provider bdht has been quick to reassure residents that cladding in their buildings is fire resistant.

Mike Brown, chief executive of bdht, said: “We’d like to reassure people that none of bdht’s properties are insulated with ACM or any comparable material.

“The cladding we use is render based and attached to the buildings with fire resistant fixings.”