Kensington & Chelsea (K&C) Council has published a response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. The council accepted the Inquiry’s findings in early September 2024, which included that the council’s building control department failed to perform its statutory function of ensuring that the design of the Grenfell Tower refurbishment complied with building regulations.
K&C Council’s response includes:
- commissioning a review of the council’s culture looking into questions of discrimination and how residents are treated.
- an end-to-end review of the complaints process.
- an independent advisory panel of bereaved family members, survivors and residents alongside independent experts in social housing, safety, customer service and organisational change.
- extending its current ban on contractors implicated in the Grenfell Inquiry.
- a new corporate resident procurement panel to give residents a genuine voice in selecting and managing contracts, with training provided.
- supporting all building control staff to complete professional accreditation and training.
- training staff to regard resilience and emergency response as part of their core responsibilities.
More information here