Dear Mr Cooper

I am sure I am making a simple mistake here but I would appreciate clarification of the below paragraph.

Does this refer to the amendment proposed by Cllr Peter Graham, which included inter alia a decision: “to allow directions from the First Tier Property Tribunal and recommendations made by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry to shape whether, and how, the programme is progressed across the Council’s high-rise stock”? If so I believe this is a decision of the Council, as it was subsequently accepted by the Executive on September 17 2019. Further, since it refers to “whether” the programme is progressed it is clearly not merely an operational decision but clearly a policy one. Since it is clear that matters of sprinklers and other aspects of fire policy leading up to the Grenfell tragedy will be considered in Phase 2 of the Grenfell Inquiry, Phase 1 having focused on the events of the night and therefore having little relevance to this point (since there ere no sprinklers to consider). Since Phase 2 is unlikely to report before 2021, Council policy as it stands is that no decision on “whether” to go ahead with sprinklers is to be taken within roughly the next two years.

Yours sincerely,

MALCOLM GRIMSTON

Councillor (Independent), West Hill Ward