FOI: Large Panel System (LPS) buildings

Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council did not have the information requested.

Dear Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council,

Following the letter sent by the Department for Communities and Local Government regarding the safety of Large Panel System (LPS) buildings, can you provide details of the last time you carried out a structural survey of LPS blocks, what the survey found, and whether any action was taken as a result.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk...

Can you also provide a list of the names of LPS blocks the organisation owns, and which LPS blocks have been demolished while under your organisation's control.

Yours faithfully,

Basia Cummings

Freedom of Information, Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council

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Freedom of Information, Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council

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Good Morning

In response to your enquiry, the Borough Council do not own any LPS buildings, and all the residential housing stock was sold to a private company in 2000 (contact details below)

Aspire Housing Limited
Kingsley
Brampton Road
Newcastle Staffs

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Caroline Horne
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Newcastle - Under Lyme Borough Council
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