Building / block / estate

Elizabeth House

Address

341 High Road, Wembley HA9 6DB

Local Authority

Brent

Storeys / height

Part 5 to 13 storeys

Cladding

ACM

Owner / Landlord

Octavia Housing

Original design architect

09/2506 - Approved 8/02/2011

  • Demolition of existing building and erection of a part 5- to 13-storey building with communal terraces, comprising a total of 115 flats (54 x one-bedroom, 46 x two-bedroom and 15 x three-bedroom) on upper floors, ground-floor commercial unit (Use Classes A1, A2, A3), basement parking and associated landscaping and amenity space and subject to a Deed of Agreement dated 3rd February 2011 under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended
  • Elizabeth House, High Road, Wembley, HA9 6AQ
  • Agent: StudioAitken
  • Architect: RHWL
  • Condition 9: materials - DISCHARGE APPLICATION NOT FOUND
  • Building Control - Approved Inspector. No details on Brent website.

12/1537 - Approved 30/01/2013

  • Details pursuant to conditions 10 (landscaping), 11 (trees), 13 (play spaces), 20 (drainage), 22 (air quality assessment), 23 (basement ventilation), 24 (plant noise) and 26 (site investigation) of full planning permission 09/2506 dated 08/02/2011, (and varied by planning permission 11/1648 dated 18/08/2011) for demolition of existing building and erection of a part 5- to 13-storey building with communal terraces, comprising a total of 115 flats (54 x one-bedroom, 46 x two-bedroom and 15 x three-bedroom) on upper floors, ground-floor commercial unit (Use Classes A1, A2, A3), basement parking and associated landscaping and amenity space and subject to a Deed of Agreement dated 3rd February 2011 under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as amended | Elizabeth House, 341 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6BF
  • Agent: Hunters and Partners Ltd
  • Fire Strategy Report prepared by BB7 gives criteria for surface finishes of external materials: Class 0 or Class B-s3, d2

Remediation ref/date

20/4017 - Approved 3/03/2021

  • Replacement of glass balustrades with metal balustrades to balconies and terraces and the existing aluminium clad balconies to be raised in height
  • Elizabeth House, 341 High Road, Wembley, HA9 6BF
  • Replacement of all existing toughened glass balustrades
  • Agent: Bickerdike Allen Partners
  • Design and Access Statement to 20/4017, dated 25/11/2020

Repair and maintenance works are currently being caried out to the building’s external cladding systems to replace all combustible materials with non-combustible materials and install cavity barriers, all in accordance with the current fire safety requirements of the Building Regulation. The existing terracotta tiles will be refitted, and new aluminium panels will be provided with a non-combustible Interpon powder coating finish to match the existing colours.

Remediation lead

No information found

Litigation

No information found

December 2020

12_1537-Fire_strategy_report-2535475.pdf p.20 - 7.2 Criteria for the surface finishes of External Walls