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Reports, concerns and published responses

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Concerns and recipient responses

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  1. West Yorkshire Eastern

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    Philip Noel Sheridan · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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    Philip Noel Sheridan suffered smoke inhalation and subsequently died after a fire on 26 June 2019 in the cellar flat where he lived. The flat had no smoke detector, had a single exit door without a handle positioned next to the fire, and had not received relevant planning, building-regulation, or housing inspection approval. Concerns included potential fire hazards in other properties, the processing of Local Housing Allowance without establishing safety, and the absence of an ongoing requirement to check that smoke alarms remained effective.

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    Potential fire hazards in properties managed by the same property managers, including inadequate smoke detection equipment or emergency escape routes

    Wider context from the report

    “1) ████████ entered an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement with the deceased on 14th August 2013. He was a person in control of the cellar flat within the meaning defined in the Housing Act 2004. He and/or ████████ were involved in the management of other properties in the Leeds area in the period 2013-2019. He or they should have been aware that the cellar flat did not have planning consent, Building Regulation Approval and had not been inspected by Leeds City Council Housing Officers. The evidence taken at the Inquest gave rise to a concern on the balance of probability that the hazards identified in the cellar flat may be replicated in other properties managed by them, particularly in relation to the provision of smoke detection equipment or emergency escape routes in the event of fire. ”
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    Failure to ascertain housing safety and regulatory approval before awarding Local Housing Allowance

    Wider context from the report

    “2) Leeds City Council made payments relating to Local Housing Allowance direct to ████████ totalling £9462.05 in respect of the cellar flat which had taken the address of ████████ Leeds. This was done without ascertaining whether the cellar flat had planning consent, Building Regulation Approval or had been inspected by Leeds City Council Housing Officers to establish whether it was safe for human habitation. Evidence taken at the Inquest indicated there were many other comparable properties in Leeds. This situation gives rise to a concern that fire hazards may be present in respect of properties which may have the appearance of being approved by virtue of the award of Local Housing Allowance. ”
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    How this individual concern was interpreted

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    PFD Monitor interpretation

    Lack of periodic checking and replacement of smoke detection devices

    Wider context from the report

    “3) Evidence taken at the Inquest indicated that whilst a Landlord has an obligation to provide smoke detection devices at the inception of a tenancy, there was no ongoing duty to ensure they continued to be effective or replace them if found to be faulty. In this case the tenant had resided in a cellar flat for nearly six years, before he sustained injuries in a fire which proved fatal. There was no smoke alarm in the cellar flat at the time of the fire on 26th June 2019. I am concerned that the laudable statutory objective enshrined in The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 is undermined if a landlord is not required to check periodically such devices are still effective. ”
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Information checked against published PFD reports and official responses · Data reviewed 7 Sep 2026 · About data quality and limitations

Data last updated 7 September 2026