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Lambeth Council<\/a> has urged action over \u201csignificant fire safety deficiencies\u201d at a private tower block in Streatham<\/h2>\n

Lambeth Council has ordered urgent safety improvements at the tower block following an inspection which revealed a series of fire safety<\/a> failings.<\/p>\n

Officers have served an improvement notice to the owners of Norwich House Apartments, requiring a list of remedial actions.<\/p>\n

The remedial action includes the removal of aluminium composite material (ACM), the type of cladding used at Grenfell Tower<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The block, on Streatham High Road, was originally offices, but has been converted into flats. It houses 103 flats over six storeys, with commercial units on the ground floor.<\/p>\n

\u2018Significant fire safety deficiencies\u2019<\/h3>\n

A council inspection in August identified \u201cserious and significant fire safety deficiencies\u201d, including the presence of ACM cladding shown to be the highest risk (category 3).<\/p>\n

Inspectors also reported issues with the building\u2019s fire safety systems<\/a>, service cupboards being used to store combustible materials, an insufficiently protected 7th-storey boiler room and a malfunctioning smoke extraction system.<\/p>\n

The Norwich House owners and their management company were alerted to the problems, and told the swift improvements they were expected to make, related to the CCTV system, smoke alarms and smoke extraction, and their evacuation strategy.<\/p>\n

The council has now served an improvement notice on the owners of Norwich House, following consultation with the London Fire Brigade<\/a>, setting out the action needed to make the building safe.<\/p>\n

The owners will need to remove the ACM cladding within a year, but the other works will be required within four months.<\/p>\n

The owners have reported that they have appointed a firm of fire engineers, that they have repaired the smoke extraction system and are working on the CCTV and fire alarms.<\/p>\n

They have also informed the council that they plan to remove the cladding with financial help from the Government\u2019s ACM remediation fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ensure all tower blocks meet the highest safety standards<\/h3>\n

Councillor Jennifer Brathwaite, deputy leader of Lambeth Council, said: \u201cLambeth Council has a responsibility to ensure all tower blocks in our borough \u2013 council-owned and privately-owned \u2013 meet the highest safety standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe need to protect residents in all our tower blocks has been even more acute since the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017, and we have worked hard to deal with the risks posed by ACM since then.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere we find there is work needed to ensure the safety of residents, we will take whatever action is necessary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve told the owners of this building what work is required, and we\u2019re committed to working closely with them to ensure these improvements are carried out quickly, safely, and with minimal disruption to residents.\u201d<\/p>\n

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