Decision details

RESOLVED:

1.  That the contents of the report which provides detailed information and considerations which will shape the response to the Coroner’s Rule 43 letter of 28 March 2013 be noted and approved.

2.  That high rise buildings be defined as being those above 30m, equating to those of 10 storeys and above.

3.  That the coroner’s recommendations also apply to known lower storey but complex blocks, i.e. those with more than one means of escape, along with the council’s sheltered housing schemes and temporary accommodation units.

4.  That officers investigate how a full internal stock condition survey of the council’s housing stock, that includes those sold leasehold, would be possible.

5.  That officers carry out a full feasibility study into the retro-fitting of sprinklers into high rise blocks and report back to cabinet on the findings by November 2013.

6.  That the full response to the Rule 43 letter be delegated to the chief executive.