Fire Safety Audit Report for Discovery Dock East
Case reference FOI2026/00522
Received 6 May 2026
Published 9 July 2026
Request
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
1. Please could you provide the most recent Fire Safety Audit report for Discovery Dock Apartments East, 3 South Quay Square, London, E14 9RZ. 2. Please provide any enforcement notices, alteration notices, or prohibition notices issued in relation to this building from January 2023 to present.
3. Please provide correspondence held by LFB from January 2023 to present relating to fire safety at this building, including (but not limited to) waking watch measures, fire risk assessments, and external wall systems. 4. Please provide any records held by LFB confirming the external wall system or cladding materials for this building, as referenced in the 2023 Fire Safety Audit report.
Response
Please see my response to each of your requests in turn below:
1. Please could you provide the most recent Fire Safety Audit report for Discovery Dock Apartments East, 3 South Quay Square, London, E14 9RZ.
A Fire Safety Audit was carried out at Discovery Dock Apartments East, 3 South Quay Square, E14 9RZ on 10 March 2026. The result of the audit confirmed failures to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) were found and, as a result, an enforcement notice was served on the premises.
The LFB freely provide the outcome of Fire Safety Audits and notices issued under freedom of information act (please see my response to question 2. Below). The audit report itself is exempt from access via the FOIA provisions. We consider this to be exempt under Section 31 of the FOIA (“law enforcement” – Section 31(1)(g) combined with 31(2) (a) and 31(2) (c)). We are of the view that the correct balance between the public interest in building safety and our ongoing regulatory involvement lies in making information about enforcement action available (formal or informal) to those that request it, but in withholding the supporting information and evidence gathered during regulation activities. This information should be protected from publication to preserve the safe space for good regulation principles and that any withheld information could be used at a later date as part of formal enforcement action or prosecution where the materials go to demonstrate the behaviour, actions or omissions of the responsible person.
2. Please provide any enforcement notices, alteration notices, or prohibition notices issued in relation to this building from January 2023 to present.
A copy of the Enforcement Notices (EN) issued to Rendall & Rittner Limited on 22 April 2026 is included in PDF file ‘FOI2026_00522_Correspondence_Redacted’ which is included in the ‘Documents’ section below. It can be found on pages 36-43 of 44 of this document.
No earlier enforcement notices, alteration notices, or prohibition notices have been issued to for Discovery Dock Apartments East, 3 South Quay Square, London, E14 9RZ.
We responded to an earlier FOI request (case reference FOI2026/00273, received 9 March 2026, published 14 April 2026) in relation to this address, where you can find information on the 2023 Fire Safety Audit. This can be access using the following link:
3. Please provide correspondence held by LFB from January 2023 to present relating to fire safety at this building, including (but not limited to) waking watch measures, fire risk assessments, and external wall systems.
I have reviewed the correspondence provided to me by our Fire Safety Regulatory team and have included the information you are entitled to under the Freedom of Information Act in PDF file ‘FOI2026_00522_Correspondence_Redacted’. Personal data has been removed from this document under section 40 of the Freedom of Information Act – Personal Information.
Please note we also hold a further, small amount of correspondence with Rendall and Rittner (the Responsible Person (RP)), some members of the public and Tower Hamlets local authority that relate to this address. This information is exempt from access via the FOIA provisions for the following reasons:
Correspondence with Rendall and Rittner, the RP
Correspondence with, and materials provided to us by the Responsible Person (RP) for the building are exempt from access via the FOIA provisions. We consider these to be exempt under Section 31 of the FOIA (“law enforcement” – Section 31(1)(g) combined with 31(2) (a) and 31(2) (c)). We clearly understand that there is public interest and concern about knowing about the fire safety of the buildings in which people live, work or visit however we need to maintain a balance between the public interest in safety and the Brigade’s ability to work with responsible persons in a safe space where honest, frank and meaningful discussions can take place. It is important that enforcing authorities are assisted in their investigations if witnesses and those responsible for compliance with regulations are willing to cooperate with the investigation on a voluntary basis and investigators are able enter in discussions (either verbally, or by correspondence) with those involved to enable them to explore all aspects of the case and then arrive at a decision as to the appropriate action to take.
Correspondence with members of the public
Complaints or fire safety concerns received from members of the public are exempt from access via the FOIA provisions. It is my view that this information falls within Section 41 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (Information provided in confidence) because, when a member of public raises safety concerns it is a reasonable expectation that the information has been provided in confidence to London Fire Brigade and would not be made public. The correspondence was provided with an expectation of confidentiality, and disclosure could undermine the willingness of individuals to report fire safety concerns in the future.
Correspondence with Tower Hamlets
We hold two emails from the Private Sector Fire and Building Safety Team at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. These are notifying LFB of Section 11 Suspended Improvement Notice issued under the Housing Act 2004. The London Fire Brigade considers that the requested information is exempt from disclosure under section 31(1)(g) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, by virtue of section 31(2)(c) and (d). The information requested was issued by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in the exercise of its statutory housing enforcement functions. The notice forms part of an enforcement regime designed to secure compliance with housing legislation. The Brigade considers that disclosure of the notices would be likely to prejudice Tower Hamlets' ability to exercise its enforcement functions effectively. Release of detailed enforcement information could undermine ongoing or future regulatory activity and adversely affect its ability to secure compliance through the statutory enforcement process.
4. Please provide any records held by LFB confirming the external wall system or cladding materials for this building, as referenced in the 2023 Fire Safety Audit report.
I have included the information provided by our Fire Safety Regulatory Department in PDF file ‘FOI2026_00522_Correspondence_Redacted’.
Documents
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