REMINDER: Burnley and Pendle households asked to submit evidence of failed cavity wall insulation
Campaigners and the Burnley, Padiham, and Brierfield MP have joined forces to collect evidence of failed cavity wall insulation in the area.
Thousands of UK households are believed to be impacted by faulty or inappropriate retrofit CWI installed under government schemes like ECO.
The Burnley Express has spoken to hundreds of victims nationwide, with many reporting that mould and damp have since developed in their homes. Some describe declining living and health conditions, like deteriorating asthma and skin conditions.
Campaigners argue that, despite the scale of the problem, no national dataset currently exists to accurately represent the reality of affected homeowners. They believe that this evidence gap has slowed political progress and left families without meaningful routes to remediation.
The evidence-gathering initiative is supported by MP Oliver Ryan, who has raised the issue in Parliament.
He is now preparing a ministerial briefing to highlight the issue’s scale. To do this, affected householders are being asked to complete a CWI Victim Property Case Form designed to gather consistent national evidence.
All information shared for the ministerial briefing will be anonymised. Personal case details will remain with each householder’s own MP as part of their normal constituency casework.
Residents can complete the form at https://forms.gle/UzgDsdfTe38qaynh7
Participants will receive an email copy of their answers, which they can print and send with photographs or evidence to their MP.
Burnley, Padiham, and Brierfield residents should email this to [email protected]
You can send a PDF paper copy, but the online form must still be completed to be counted in the national evidence.