Two further buildings on Galliard and Cathedral deveopment were evacuated last week

Residents in five buildings in Canning Town have been evacuated from their homes due to structural safety concerns.

The buildings all form part of the Caxton Works/Royal Gateway scheme, completed in 2018 by Galliard Homes and Cathedral Group.

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Newham council initially announced the evacuation of three buildings - Centurion Tower, St Vincent Court and Sovereign Tower - on 23 October.

The removal of around 211 households in the early hours of the morning came after the London Fire Brigade passed on reports of serious structural problems from Prime Property Management, which is responsible for the buildings.

The council set up a temporary rest centre, provided emergency accommodation and support for residents, and served Dangerous Structural Notices for the three buildings.

The notices require the owners of the building to begin “immediate temporary works and risk mitigation” and “structural monitoring” of the buildings, among a raft of other demands.

On 30 October, the council issued an update, revealing that residents of two further buildings, Thanet Tower and Prince Court, had been advised to leave their homes due to structural safety concerns.

Caxton Works/Royal Gateway was developed by Galliard after Cathedral secured planning permission for the scheme, after which it retained a headlease on the site until 2018.

Housing Today understands that The Cathedral Group, which became U+I after a 2015 merger, disposed its leasehold interest in the scheme to Galliard in 2018, several years before U+I’s acquisition by Landsec in 2021.

The architects behind the project were Studio Egret West and Tooley & Foster Partnership, the latter of which went into liquidation between 2024 and 2025 after struggling to secure insurance following legal action against it by Vistry.

A Galliard Homes spokesperson said: “We recognise the distress and disruption the evacuation at Royal Gateway is causing residents and their families. The safety of residents and the public is our priority, and we take the structural safety concerns raised extremely seriously.

“We are working with independent structural engineers to urgently investigate the concerns and understand the findings while engaging constructively with the relevant parties to identify the appropriate next steps.

“Our focus is on helping to establish a safe and effective solution that enables residents to return to their homes as soon as it is safe to do so.”

Prime Property Management and Studio Egret West have all been contacted for comment.