Solar panels at the Hawkstone Estate

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Dear Southwark Borough Council,

A few years ago the following solar panels were installed on the new roofs of these Southwark House blocks:
Rotherhithe Old Road, Hawkstone Estate 130 solar panels;
Canute Gardens, Hawkstone Estate 160 solar panels;
Jarman House, Hawkstone Estate 160 solar panels.
A total of
450 solar panels.
Reportedly these panels produced electricity. It has been reported by the Chair of the Estate's Tenants & Residents Association that estate residents were to benefit from cheaper estate lighting bills. It is also reported that the panels were installed without consultation with the estate residents.

REQUEST
Please can you inform me who owns the solar panels?
Please can you inform if Southwark Council has an agreement with the owner of the solar panels? What kind of agreement?
Does Southwark's General Fund benefit? If so, by how much does the ring fenced Housing Revenue Account benefit? (Benefit = money)
What arrangements are in place to carry out periodic inspection of the new very expensive roof covering under the 360 solar panels?
The surface of the low rise roofs is bubbling and failing to sort out defects / disrepair will invalidate warranties.
How do the residents of the Hawkstone Estate benefit financially from having 360 solar panels on the roofs of three blocks?
Do you know how much energy was produced by the panels in the period 1/1/2019 to 31/12/2019?

There is a climate emergency. It is in the public interest to ensure very expensive new roofs can be visually inspected when necessary and particularly when large areas of roofing have already been identified as defective and repaired. Warranties and insurance are usually not cheap. It's in the public interest to know how HRA assets are used to generate revenue for the council and other commercial interests and how that revenue is spent and how the residents of the estate benefit.

Yours faithfully,

Jerry Hewitt
Resident

Southwark Borough Council

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Elizabeth Murray, Southwark Borough Council

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Elizabeth Murray, Southwark Borough Council

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