- Fire Stopping (Fire Compartmentation) to fill holes in the communal areas to prevent fire and smoke passing through.
- Front flat door and frame replacements*
- Riser cupboard / utility cupboard doors (if applicable) *
Housing Capital Fire Compliance Project Leaseholder
Following the receipt of Fire Risk Assessments, Redditch Borough Council will be continuing to improve Fire Safety for all residents of flats across the borough.
As the Landlord to your property, we have a duty of care around the Fire Safety to all residents of your block including our leaseholders.
Under the terms of your lease, your front door and door frame has been given to you (under schedule 1 of your lease) and Redditch Borough Council does not have legal authority to change it during this project unless you choose to ‘Opt in’ (link to the application form) to have your door changed whilst we are working on site.
We would like to invite you to have your door replaced by Redditch Borough Council during these works.
Redditch Borough Council will be working with our partners CLC Group to deliver this project, and further information will be circulated to residents during the program.
General home safety guidance
- General home safety guidance - further information about general home safety can be found here
- Fire and Safety facts provided by the Leasehold Advisory Service can be found here
Frequently asked Questions and Answers
Fire safety regulations and protections
Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022
Background to the regulations
In 2017, at Grenfell Tower, a high-rise block in West London, a tragic fire resulted in the deaths of 72 residents. This was the most serious loss of life in a single fire in the UK since World War 2.
The government immediately ordered a public inquiry into the fire. In October 2019, the Grenfell Tower Inquiry published the findings of Phase 1 of the inquiry.
The findings included many important recommendations to prevent such a tragedy from ever happening again. The government introduced new regulations that would bring the recommendations into force.
These regulations take the form of the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and extend duties imposed by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The regulations
The regulations apply regardless of whether the flats are subject to a long (for example 99 years) lease or are rented.
The regulations also apply to both flats that are used to accommodate the general public or a particular group of people. Such as in the case of sheltered housing for older people.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations impose duties on the Responsible Person (link through to RP question) for any building which:
- contains two or more sets of domestic premises
- contains common parts through which residents would need to evacuate in the case of an emergency
The regulations apply to:
- parts of the building that are used in common by the residents of two or more domestic premises - for example communal corridors and stairways
- flat entrance doors
- the walls and floors that separate any domestic premises from other domestic premises - for example plant rooms
- parts of the building that are used in common by the occupants of two or more domestic premises
- plant rooms and other non-domestic areas of the building - such as tenant halls, offices, laundries, gymnasia and commercial premises
- external walls of the building - including doors or windows within an external wall, and attachments to an external wall such as balconies
Further guidance is available in the form of a video produced by the National Fire Chiefs Council explaining the regulations.
Who is responsible for carrying out fire safety risk assessments in my building?
The law does not specify who can carry out a fire risk assessment. It states that the person must be competent enough to complete a ‘suitable and sufficient’ assessment of that building.
Responsibility for a fire risk assessment in your building could be with:
- the owner - also known as the freeholder
- a residents’ management company
- a Right to Manage company
- a managing agent
According to the law, a "responsible person" oversees fire safety in the shared parts of a building.
For blocks of flats or large houses in multiple occupation (HMO) this is usually the freeholder or management company.
They give some of these responsibilities to a managing agent. This can include arranging or reviewing fire risk assessments.
The responsible person, or agent, may carry out the fire risk assessment themselves or employ someone else to do it.
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