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Powers of the Local authority

The local authority has powers to deal with dangerous buildings under a number of statutes:

1. •

   section 77 of the Building Act 1984 (BA 1984)—court order

2. •

   BA 1984, s 78—emergency measures

3. •

   BA 1984, s 76—defective premises

4. •

   BA 1984, s 79—ruinous and dilapidated buildings and neglected sites

5. •

   section 80 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990)—Statutory nuisance

6. •

   sections 21 and 22 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974)—improvement and prohibition notice

Meaning of 'dangerous building or structure'

The term 'dangerous structure' covers any building, part of a building or other structure, where it poses a serious danger to the public. Examples of ways that the building or structure could be dangerous include loose slates/tiles, vehicle damage/collapsing walls, loose chimneys, leaning garden walls, broken hoarding, etc.

Buildings or structures can become dangerous as