Block of flats owned by out of town council needs £20m fire safety fix

October 10, 2022 by Fire & Safety Team

By Andrew Topping, Local Democracy Reporter

A town hall outside of South London faces an almost £20m bill to fix fire safety problems at a block of flats it owns in Clapham.

The building was bought by Mansfield District council as an investment in 2017, but parts of its internal structures now need to be ripped out and rebuilt following advice from an independent safety assessment.

The Labour-led authority is asking residents in the building, at 50-52 Bedford Road, in Clapham, to temporarily leave their homes while it fixes fire safety issues.

People living in the building have spoken of their lives being “in limbo” after the authority delayed the repair works on two separate occasions.

Read the full story at londonnewsonline.co.uk

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