We provide Fire Risk Assessments for every type of building!
Who needs a Fire Risk survey?
For residential properties, it is the landlords responsibility to provide a fire risk assessment for the communal areas only on any block of flats. This includes a house that has been converted into two or more flats. While it is just on the communal areas, the assessment must also include the front doors of the individual flats. Within the commercial sector, anyone with control of the premises holds the responsibility for providing a fire risk assessment. This can be an employer, the property owner, the landlord or even the occupier. If the property has 5 or more employees, you are required to keep a written fire risk assessment at all times. The commercial sector includes workplaces, commercial properties, premises members of the public have access to and the common areas to any multi occupied residential buildings
If you share a commercial premises, the common or shared areas are the responsibility of the landlord, freeholder or agents to provide the fire risk assessment. While the responsibility may be shared for the premises in general, you will need to liaise to arrange the appointment of your fire risk survey for the safety of the people on the premises.
Of the 6,553 homes in Clevedon with a valid EPC, 26.4% are flats, around 1,730 properties whose communal areas fall under the Fire Safety Order. 22.8% of the stock pre-dates 1930, and older converted buildings with shared escape routes are where communal-area assessments matter most.
1,061 homes in Clevedon are privately rented, so the landlord duty for communal areas applies across a large part of the town.
In the wider North Somerset area, 2,668 commercial premises hold a valid commercial EPC. Each of those premises has a responsible person who must hold a current fire risk assessment.
Housing and commercial figures from the MHCLG EPC register (valid certificates, 2026-05-31).
EPC statistics on this page are derived from the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) Energy Performance of Buildings Data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.