FRAEW / PAS 9980 in Limehouse

FRAEW / PAS 9980 across Limehouse

FRAEW and PAS 9980 work in Limehouse is evidence-led. We review available external wall information, identify gaps and coordinate competent professional input where the building scope requires it.

PAS 9980 is the risk-based methodology used for external wall appraisals. Our role is to support the evidence review, site investigation scope, reporting brief and next-step advice for buildings in Limehouse, linking findings to EWS1 requests, facade investigations and remediation planning where appropriate.

Common Building Issues in Limehouse

A FRAEW on Limehouse's flatted stock is worth scoping carefully before it is commissioned: for the blocks of flats among its warehouse conversions, Victorian terraces, new-build apartments and canal-side properties, the right depth of appraisal depends on the building's height and construction, not on a default package.

Planning and Conservation in Limehouse

We raise the consent position at appraisal stage on Limehouse instructions, because a remediation scoped without it risks a redesign once the Tower Hamlets design controls are applied.

Getting to Limehouse

Our surveyors cover Limehouse and the surrounding Tower Hamlets area. The area is accessible via Limehouse (DLR and C2C/National Rail), and our team carries out regular inspections across Limehouse E14.

Where the statutory height thresholds sit

The methodology matters as much as the outcome: PAS 9980:2026 frames a FRAEW as a risk appraisal, not a pass/fail test. For taller buildings the statutory overlay is heaviest — section 65 of the Building Safety Act 2022 makes 18-metre or seven-storey residential buildings (with two or more residential units) higher-risk, and section 117 applies Part 5 protections from 11 metres or five storeys — so the appraisal’s findings feed directly into regimes with real procedural consequences.

The local context on this page is drawn from public planning and conservation sources, together with the statutory and professional framework FRAEW / PAS 9980 appraisals sit in: Tower Hamlets conservation areas; Tower Hamlets Article 4 directions; Building Safety Act 2022; Fire Safety Act 2021; Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. These sources support the area context; they do not replace inspection of a named building or a fire-risk assessment, and the exact building-safety and planning position should be confirmed for the address.

Limehouse sits inside our London coverage, so an instruction here is quoted on the same published scale as the rest of London rather than on a separate local rate.

Typical fees: FRAEW / PAS 9980 instructions in London typically start from £5,000 plus VAT; we confirm a fixed fee after scoping the building and the brief.

The FRAEW & PAS 9980 External Wall Fire Risk Appraisal London page sets out the full scope behind that figure.