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Safety checks on private residential blocks

Following the recent fire at Grenfell Tower, the Permanent Secretary at DCLG has provided information on Safety Checks on Private Residential Blocks.’ This is to support owners and residents of high rise buildings to ensure fire safety in the light of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.

 

DCLG Letter

 

“Safety checks on private residential blocks This letter is intended for owners, landlords and managers of private residential blocks in England. Representative bodies for the private residential sector have kindly agreed to disseminate this letter to their members, and we are grateful for their assistance. Following the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington last week, we want to ensure you are aware of help that is available in checking your buildings. There has been much public concern and comment about potential flaws in the cladding that was on Grenfell Tower.

While the exact reasons for the speed of the spread of fire have yet to be determined, we have concluded that there are additional tests that can be undertaken with regard to the cladding. We have asked local authorities and social housing providers to identify whether any panels used in new build or refurbishment of their own housing stock are a particular type of cladding made of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM). These checks will be relevant to privately owned and managed residential buildings too, so please can you consider carrying out these checks on your buildings. More details on how to identify this cladding are in Annex A attached. It is important to stress that ACM cladding is not of itself dangerous, but it is important that the right type is used. If you identify that cladding on any of your buildings is made of ACM, then a sample can be tested. This testing facility is also being made available to blocks that are privately owned, and your local authority may already have been in touch to make you aware of this. The procedures for taking up this offer of testing, which will be paid for by DCLG, are set out in the

It is important to stress that ACM cladding is not of itself dangerous, but it is important that the right type is used. If you identify that cladding on any of your buildings is made of ACM, then a sample can be tested. This testing facility is also being made available to blocks that are privately owned, and your local authority may already have been in touch to make you aware of this. The procedures for taking up this offer of testing, which will be paid for by DCLG, are set out in the

It is important to stress that ACM cladding is not of itself dangerous, but it is important that the right type is used. If you identify that cladding on any of your buildings is made of ACM, then a sample can be tested. This testing facility is also being made available to blocks that are privately owned, and your local authority may already have been in touch to make you aware of this. The procedures for taking up this offer of testing, which will be paid for by DCLG, are set out in the annex. We are prioritising buildings over six storeys or 18 metres high. The offer is for the initial testing only and the cost of any remedial action will be the responsibility of the owner of the building. The information from the checks will be available to DCLG from BRE. Please contact us at PRShousingchecks@communities.gsi.gov.uk if you have any queries. Melanie Dawes CB Permanent Secretary Department for Communities and Local Government 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF 20 June 2017 Where the entire block is not owned and managed by the same party, please ensure that only one sample is provided and that any necessary permissions are obtained for taking and sending off the sample. We would not expect individual leaseholders within a building to send off samples for testing. As well as this work it

The information from the checks will be available to DCLG from BRE. Please contact us at PRShousingchecks@communities.gsi.gov.uk if you have any queries. Melanie Dawes CB Permanent Secretary Department for Communities and Local Government 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF 20 June 2017 Where the entire block is not owned and managed by the same party, please ensure that only one sample is provided and that any necessary permissions are obtained for taking and sending off the sample. We would not expect individual leaseholders within a building to send off samples for testing. As well as this work it

Please contact us at PRShousingchecks@communities.gsi.gov.uk if you have any queries. Melanie Dawes CB Permanent Secretary Department for Communities and Local Government 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF 20 June 2017 Where the entire block is not owned and managed by the same party, please ensure that only one sample is provided and that any necessary permissions are obtained for taking and sending off the sample. We would not expect individual leaseholders within a building to send off samples for testing. As well as this work it

We would not expect individual leaseholders within a building to send off samples for testing. As well as this work it is of course important that owners/landlords have robust fire assessments for their properties. Thank you for your cooperation in this important work.

MELANIE DAWES”

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