\n Firefighters were called to Lutton Terrace on the evening of August 5 after the dramatic collapse, which neighbours said sounded like a \u201cloud explosion\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n The wall separated the development site at 6 Streatley Place from the communal garden of two Grade II-listed blocks of housing association flats at New Court.\n<\/p>\n
\n Nobody was injured in the incident, but neighbours claim they have complained for months about the impact of construction works.\n<\/p>\n
\n Firefighters attended the scene of the wall collapse on August 5 (Image: Fatima Aboagye)\n<\/p>\n
\n Fatima Aboagye, who lives opposite 6 Streatley Place, said: \u201cA wall doesn\u2019t just collapse like that. We don\u2019t want to wait until somebody is dead.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Approval was granted for the new block of four flats to be built in August 2020, and recent planning applications name JPD Corporation Limited as the developer.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Aboagye claimed that neighbours had previously contacted Camden Council with concerns about the site, but said the local authority had \u201cnot taken the situation seriously\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat Camden seems to be doing is waiting for something drastic to happen,\u201d she explained.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWhat people like myself are trying to do is trying to prevent it getting to that point.”\n<\/p>\n
\n London Fire Brigade said that after making the scene \u201csafe\u201d following the partial collapse of the wall, firefighters handed over the site to the \u201ccare of a structural engineer\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Housing association\u00a0Notting Hill Genesis, which owns New Court, said it has now put in place safety measures, \u201cincluding restricting access to garden areas\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n The wall is next to a construction site in Streatley Place (Image: Fatima Aboagye)\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson added:\u00a0\u201cWe remain in close contact with all parties to ensure the wall is reinstated safely and promptly.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for the developer said that JPD takes health and safety and heritage protection \u201cvery seriously\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n They added: \u201cWe are aware of the incident involving the adjoining wall and are reviewing the circumstances with the relevant authorities and contractors.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe strongly refute any unverified allegations of negligence.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAt this stage, the cause of the wall\u2019s partial collapse has not been formally determined, and it would be inappropriate to speculate.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Camden Council said that building\u00a0works at the site are being overseen by an independent inspector, which means the local authority is not responsible for checking whether it complies with national building regulations. \u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson said: \u201cIn response to recent complaints from residents about the impact of construction, the developer has been required by the council to pause all work other than those necessary to make the site safe.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Camden\u2019s planning enforcement team is investigating possible breaches of planning rules, and any confirmed breaches will be taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighters were called to Lutton Terrace on the evening of August 5 after the dramatic collapse, which neighbours…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-343184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115025742675433469","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}