High-rise buildings
Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, the government established the Building Safety Programme to ensure the safety of residents living in high-rise buildings. As part of this programme, building owners and tenants must take steps to make sure their properties are safe.
The Building Safety Act 2022 requires each high-rise building to have a named ‘accountable person’ who is responsible for its safety. This can be an individual or, for larger social housing providers like Ealing Council, it can be a corporate body. A high-rise building is classified as a building of at least 18 metres in height or having at least 7 storeys. Ealing Council manage 30 high-rise buildings across the borough.
The Act states that the accountable person must give residents of high-rise buildings specific information and involve them in certain building safety decisions. We have put together a resident engagement strategy for each of our high-rise buildings. In March 2024, we began consulting our residents on the contents of these strategies.
Our high-rise buildings
As the owner and landlord of these buildings, Ealing Council as a whole is the accountable person for:
- Arlington Court
- Aspect House
- Barrington Court
- Beaumaris Tower
- Burghley Tower
- Churchill Court
- Corfe Tower
- Cormorant House
- Dearden House
- Dunlin House
- East Acton Lane
- Falcon House
- Gainsborough Tower
- Gleneagles Tower
- Harlech Tower
- Hill Court
- Honiton Court
- Ipswich Court
- Kestrel House
- Loddon Court
- Ludlow Court
- Matlock Court
- Moreton Tower
- Perceval Court
- Rufford Tower
- Rutherford Tower
- Sheringham Tower
- St Andrews Tower
- Vertol House
- Woburn Tower