Cladding work approved for fined Ipswich Wolsey Street flats

The Ipaxis flats in Wolsey Street, Ipswich (Image: Newsquest.) An application for work at an Ipswich flats block where developers were previously fined for unsafe cladding has been approved. In July last year, Home from Home Property Management Ltd and company director Edward Ottley were fined £100,000 for what […] Click here to view original…

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Plan to remove flammable cladding from flats

Image caption, Work will take place on Grand Union House if the application is approved Nick Clark Local Democracy Reporting Service Published15 December 2024 Flammable cladding and parts of balconies on a block of flats will be removed if a planning application is approved. Developers want to remove the […] Click here to view original…

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2025: The year for cladding compensation

Despite the government setting new targets to fix unsafe cladding by 2029, thousands of innocent leaseholders still remain trapped in unsafe buildings, one campaign group says. The Labour government last year promised change to speed up the cladding removal process. The Grenfell Phase two report published in 2024 found […] Click here to view original…

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Dealing with unsafe cladding in 2025 and beyond: landlords’ responsibilities

Mark Elwell, managing director of Summit Environmental and an authority on asbestos, fire and legionella safety and risk management, outlines the critical responsibilities landlords face in 2025 and beyond. Grabbing the headlines and leaseholders’ energies in 2025 will be the enforcement of the Building Safety Act 2022 (The Act), […] Click here to view original…

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No penalties for UK firms that used deadly building material

Dedications and messages on a wall of condolences near to the covered remains of Grenfell Tower, on the day of the publication of the second report of the UK public inquiry into the deadly fire. (Reuters) Flames and smoke billow as firefighters deal with a fire in the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

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‘We’re living in a ticking time bomb’

Multiple fire risks were identified at the property in a report Residents of one of the UK’s largest housing associations have said they fear another Grenfell-type blaze after multiple fire risks were identified at their block of flats and the sounders on their homes’ fire alarms were removed. Malcolm […] Click here to view original…

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Amanda Walker waged war on dangerous cladding. Then she was found dead

‘Anger is replacing grief’ says mum after daughter died fighting for cladding justice Walker family Amanda Walker, a woman with blonde hair and smiling, against a red backdrop Amanda Walker felt trapped in a flat she couldn’t sell because of its flammable cladding. When it turned out that no […] Click here to view original…

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