The government is set to introduce a new legal requirement for Residential Personal Emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs). It will apply to all vulnerable residents living in high-rise (18m+) and medium-rise buildings (11–18m).

Join our practical event to:

• Understand the latest proposals and your legal obligations and duties to residents living in higher risk buildings
• Learn from landlords already implementing PEEPs
• Gain valuable experience from person centred risk assessments in supported and sheltered housing
• Understand the issues from a vulnerable resident’s perspective
• Get hands-on advice for developing effective, resident-focused plans.

Delegates will:

• Hear from legal and health and safety professionals
• Take part in break out sessions with peers to discuss current challenges and solutions.
• Go away with a plan of action.

Don’t wait for the legislation – act now.

Why attend?

• Understand the forthcoming requirements on Residential PEEPs
• Get prepared and start to collect the necessary information and engage with vulnerable residents
• Find out what others are doing to work with residents and the fire service on this issue.

Essential for:

• Building safety directors and managers
• Housing directors
• Housing management teams
• Health and safety teams.

Chloe Fletcher, Director, HQN

Chloe has worked in the social housing sector for over 25 years, since her first role in housing management with JSS Pinnacle as a trainee housing officer. She completed a Masters in Housing with Professional Qualification at the London School of Economics and then moved into housing policy, working on behalf of the London boroughs, initially for London Housing Unit and then London Councils. She joined the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) in 2007 working with members, government officials and wider housing stakeholders to develop NFA policy and support the ALMO movement. She brings her wide range of housing management and policy knowledge to HQN as director, working across the business and bringing her skills and experience to the whole social housing sector.

Mark Foxcroft, Partner, Devonshires

Mark is Head of Devonshires’ Housing Management & Property Litigation team.  Mark’s practice encompasses all aspects of contentious property litigation on matters relating to both residential and commercial property. In particular, Mark specialises in leasehold matters and has extensive experience representing clients in the First Tier and Upper Tribunals.

In recent years, Mark has and continues to advise numerous Registered Provider clients in relation to fire safety issues in residential buildings.

Mark also has a busy housing management practice advising and representing Registered Provider and Local Authority clients in relation to possession proceedings, applications for injunctions and claims for disrepair and statutory nuisance.

Mark also provides non-contentious advice to clients including the drafting of tenancy agreements and policies and procedures and lease interpretation.

Sarah Stevenson-Jones, Director of Building Safety and Compliance, Stonewater

Sarah is a chartered surveyor with over 30 years experience of working in the property sector, for both private and public bodies. Since the early 2000s Sarah has specialised in fire and building safety and has supported the development and publication of numerous sector guides and standards. Sarah is currently the Director of Building Safety & Compliance for Stonewater Housing Group.

10:30am Chair’s welcome and introduction

• Chloe Fletcher, Director, HQN

10:35am Residential PEEPs – the legal landscape

• Mark Foxcroft, Partner, Devonshires

Mark Foxcroft from Devonshires breaks down the latest government proposals and what the expected secondary legislation means for social landlords. Get clear on what’s coming, what’s required—and what’s not. Bring your questions and leave with the clarity you need to implement the new requirements.

11:15am Putting Residential PEEPs into practice

• Sarah Stevenson-Jones, Director of Building Safety and Compliance, Stonewater

Sarah Stevenson-Jones, Director of Building Safety at Stonewater, shares how they’ve prepared for Residential PEEPs. Learn how they find out about resident needs in higher-risk buildings and carry out assessments.  She will take delegates through the practical steps they take to ensure strong governance and assurance that their data and plans are regularly updated.

11:55am Break 

12:15pm Preparing for residential PEEPs

• Chloe Fletcher, Director, HQN

Chloe will summarise the 5-step plan that providers will have to follow and look at what practitioners should be doing now to get ready to help prepare for the breakout sessions.

12:25pm Breakout sessions

12:45pm Feedback from feedback sessions

1:00pm Close

If you are unable to attend an event or public training course, please let us know in writing (email is fine) at least 48 hours before. Please email [email protected].

Otherwise, a cancellation fee of £60 plus VAT will be chargeable.

If you are using a package place to attend and do not inform us within the agreed time frame, then a place will be taken to cover your non-attendance.

Cancellations must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited. Delegates may be substituted at any time.