Lewisham Council has said it will seek legal advice to force private tower owners to comply with fire safety rules in the borough.

The council has been contacting the owners of the 42 tall buildings in Lewisham under private ownership to check if they have unsafe cladding following the devastating fire at Grenfell.

At a meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday (November 15), officers from the council revealed they are still in discussion with two tower owners about fire safety.

The primary concern of the council is the ACM cladding on a number of the towers in the borough and ensuring they will not go up in flames.

The meeting also revealed that the council will “seek legal advice” should further be needed to force private owners to take action and make their towers fire safe.

Of the 67 towers owned by the registered providers to the council, five of them failed fire safety testing earlier this year and are in the process of having cladding removed and replaced.