The London Plan 2019 requires a Fire Strategy to be part of planning applications, not one of these residential developments have provided a Fire Strategy which complies with the 2019 Plan and in the wake of Grenfell no developments should be given approval until the Fire Strategy is robust.London Plan Policy D12 Fire safetyA. In the interests of fire safety and to ensure the safety of all building users, all development proposals must achieve the highest standards of fire safety and ensure that they:1) identify suitably positioned unobstructed outside space:a) for fire appliances to be positioned onb) appropriate for use as an evacuation assembly point2) are designed to incorporate appropriate features which reduce the risk to life and the risk of serious injury in the event of a fire.Neither 4 or 6 Portal Way complyOn Gypsy Corer roundabout two developments, 4 (55 and 45 storeys) and 6 Portal Way (54 and 58 storeys), were given planning permission in FebruaryThere is one small, one-way private access road, a dead end, serving all developments, approximately 6.700 persons in residential units, on this roundabout of 3.4 hectares, for ALL coaches, taxis, private vehicles, delivery and service vehicles servicing the hotel, Embassy, Industrial Kitchens and Residential Towers.All Emergency Service vehicles will have to share this road.To evacuate a building on this roundabout, the A40, Victoria Road or Wales Farm Road must be crossed, some 50,884 traffic movements a day, as there is no space on the roundabout. And when you have crossed one of these roads, there is no land available in the area for a meeting point of even 100 people. Not a single development has identified an outside space.Should there be a bomb scare or a fire in a Tower, where will persons evacuate?The Fire Safety Officers Report, a document commissioned by the Developer, reads that people should stay put in their flats, post Grenfell is this an option people would obey?If there is a bomb scare staying put is not an optionI asked the officer to identify the evacuation area for 4 Portal Way, he replied: “In advance please accept my apologies but I will not in the position to engage in a discussion regarding these matters.Rupa Huq has written to Alex Jackson twice on my behalf asking for the evacuation space for 4 Portal Way to be identified she has not received a reply. I have since requested an FOI.We suggest you write and/or email the councillors who sat on the committee and ask what their reasons were for passing this application:Ahmed, AnandP, Ball, Mahmood, Manro (Chair), Martin, Raza, Rice, R Wall, L Wall, Woodroofe. A file of all their contact details is available on Ealing Matters FB Page - Files
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