The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea occupies a unique position in London's fire safety landscape. The Grenfell Tower tragedy of June 2017, which claimed 72 lives in North Kensington, fundamentally changed fire safety regulation in England and led directly to the Building Safety Act 2022. The borough's residential towers, particularly in North Kensington and the Lancaster West Estate, have been subject to the most intensive post-Grenfell fire safety assessment programme in the country.
Beyond the immediate Grenfell context, Kensington and Chelsea contains a wide range of residential buildings requiring fire safety attention, from the mansion blocks of South Kensington and Chelsea to post-war towers in North Kensington and World's End. Many of these buildings have complex external wall systems that require expert assessment under PAS 9980:2022.
We provide sensitive, thorough fire safety consultancy across the borough, understanding that fire safety is not merely a technical matter here but one that carries profound community significance. Our assessments are proportionate, evidence-based and focused on genuine risk reduction.
Residential towers across Kensington and Chelsea require rigorous FRAEW assessment informed by the post-Grenfell regulatory framework. We assess external wall systems proportionately under PAS 9980:2022, covering ACM, HPL, rendered insulation and other systems.
EWS1 certificates are essential for leaseholders in the borough seeking to sell or remortgage. We provide certificates for buildings of all types, from South Kensington mansion blocks to North Kensington tower blocks, signed by qualified RICS professionals.
Fire compartmentation integrity is critical in the borough's residential towers. Our surveys provide a complete audit of compartment walls, floors, service penetrations and fire stopping, identifying every breach and providing costed remediation programmes.
The Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 require regular inspection of fire doors in residential buildings. We deliver comprehensive fire door inspection programmes across the borough's social housing and private residential towers.
RICS regulated building condition surveys for residential and commercial property.
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View ServiceThe Grenfell Tower fire led directly to the Building Safety Act 2022, the Fire Safety (England) Regulations 2022 and PAS 9980:2022. All residential buildings above 18 metres in the borough must now register with the Building Safety Regulator. Buildings above 11 metres require proportionate external wall assessment. The borough's buildings have been subject to the most intensive assessment programme in England.
Since 2017, North Kensington's residential towers have undergone comprehensive fire safety assessment and, where necessary, remediation. The Building Safety Act now requires ongoing safety case management for higher-risk buildings. Our FRAEW assessments provide current, evidence-based appraisals of external wall risk to PAS 9980:2022.
Traditional masonry mansion blocks in South Kensington and Chelsea generally present a lower external wall fire risk. However, where retrospective insulation, render or cladding has been applied, or where lenders require an EWS1 certificate, an assessment may be necessary. We provide proportionate assessments that avoid unnecessary remediation.
Yes. We advise building owners and managing agents on all aspects of Building Safety Act compliance, including building registration, safety case preparation, mandatory occurrence reporting and the appointment of building safety managers. Our services cover the full lifecycle of Building Safety Act obligations.