| An application in the names of Torith Ltd and Richie Hawkins had been submitted for a House in Multiple Occupation licence for Campus Apartments, Flat 10, 2 Blinshall Street.
Although not objecting to the application, the council’s private sector services manager Colin McCrae submitted written observations stating that an inspection by Tayside Fire and Rescue had identified that the standards of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 were not being upheld.
He said it had been found fire alarms were not being tested at the required weekly intervals with the results logged.
It was also noted that emergency lighting was not being tested monthly with the results logged and that it appeared the tenants had not been trained in how to test the systems.
Mr Hawkins told the committee test sheets had been put into the property and tenants asked to carry out tests weekly.
He said a former fire officer has now been employed to undertake monthly tests, train tenants in how to do testing themselves and ensure the weekly tests are carried out.
Licensing convener Rod Wallace moved that the licence be granted, but only for a period of six months and the committee agreed unanimously.
For the same reasons, similar restrictions had been imposed on a number of other flats in the Campus Apartments at a meeting of the committee in May.
At that time councillor Wallace had warned Mr Hawkins that failure to comply with the testing regulations was putting lives at risk.
An appeal against the six-month restriction on the flats dealt with at the May meeting has been lodged. |
