Housing associations, managing agents and inspection companies working in London run fire risk assessment programmes under England's regulatory framework. Here's what applies, how often it's due, and how local providers manage it with Kaarr.
In England the FRA duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, clarified by the Fire Safety Act 2021 to include external walls and flat entrance doors, with the Building Safety Act 2022 adding duties for higher-risk buildings.
London has 33 local authorities (32 boroughs plus the City of London), and each enforces housing standards, HMO licensing and any additional or selective licensing on its own terms. Schemes differ borough by borough, and a few cover the whole borough, so a London portfolio often answers to several regimes at once.
The London Fire Brigade is the fire and rescue authority and enforces the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 across the capital.
Stock ranges from Victorian and Edwardian conversions to 1960s-70s estates and a large number of high-rise blocks. Buildings of 18 metres or seven storeys and above fall within the Building Safety Act 2022 higher-risk regime, which adds duties on top of the routine inspection cycle.
London Fire Brigade issued Fire Safety Guidance Note 104 on residential evacuation plans on 4 March 2026, ahead of the Fire Safety (Residential Evacuation Plans) (England) Regulations 2025 taking effect in April 2026. The rules apply to high-rise residential buildings and to multi-occupied residential buildings over 11 metres with a simultaneous evacuation strategy. LFB expects responsible persons at least to offer residents a way to self-identify and to send an annual reminder, and says they should go further than the legal minimum and offer plans in all multi-occupied blocks. The remediation backlog adds to the workload. Government data to the end of July 2026 lists Tower Hamlets with more than 400 monitored buildings and Southwark in the 201 to 400 band. Fire risk assessments for London blocks should reflect these expectations.
The workflow, report template and scheduling for fire risk assessment are the same in every city. See how Kaarr runs fire risk assessment, then book a demo with your London stock in mind.
London is in England, so the governing framework is: Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 · Fire Safety Act 2021 · Building Safety Act 2022. In England the FRA duty sits in the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, clarified by the Fire Safety Act 2021 to include external walls and flat entrance doors, with the Building Safety Act 2022 adding duties for higher-risk buildings.
FRAs must be reviewed regularly and after any material change — annual review is the standard for residential blocks, with higher-risk buildings on more intensive regimes under the Building Safety Act.
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