DEVELOPERS, councils and housing associations will be double checking their materials, with an increase in fire safety checks, across England following the Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London.

Cladding from 120 high-rise buildings across the country has now failed fire-safety tests triggered in response to the disaster.

This week Prime Minister Theresa May told the Commons that it was a 100 -per-cent failure rate, as all the samples submitted so far since the Grenfell fire had failed. Councils and housing associations nationwide are being urged to get on with the fire-safety checks.

The Grenfell Tower fire, on June 14, is feared to have killed at least 79 people.

The blaze, which is believed to have been started by a fridge-freezer, destroyed 151 homes.

Questions were raised about the cladding used on Grenfell in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and a nationwide operation has taken place to identify buildings with similar materials. This week it emerged the NHS had been urged to carry out urgent fire-safety checks on its buildings.

Whitehill and Bordon’s regeneration will see the development of 3,350 new homes, to be constructed to modern standards. While there will be no high-rise blocks, there will be flats more than two storeys high.

The Whitehill and Bordon Regeneration Company, which is developing the largest site in Whitehill and Bordon - at Prince Philip Barracks - was unavailable to comment on fire safety protocols locally.