THE Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has confirmed that an incident whereby a window fell from the seventh floor of a Basingstoke block of flats has been officially reported.

As previously reported, an investigation was due to launch to establish how the window fell out of Churchill Place and smashed right outside the entrance to the town centre building on March 28.

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Gareth Martin, the managing director of Haus Block Management, which is responsible for the management of Churchill Place, said an ‘exclusion zone’ has been set up around the building to allow an investigation to take place, and said the company has notified “all of the relevant safety authorities”.

Basingstoke Gazette: The window that fell from the seventh floor of Churchill Place can be seen boarded up and theA spokesperson for HSE said: “We can confirm this incident has been reported to the Building Safety Regulator. Enquiries are being made in relation to the management of risk.”

Residents said the incident has left them ‘scared’ that other windows in the block are at risk of falling out.

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The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) is part of HSE and was established under The Building Safety Act 2022 to oversee the safety and performance of all buildings, including regulating high-rise residential buildings.

Its website states: “We want residents to be safe where they live. We want to restore confidence in the safety and standards of all buildings. And we want to drive positive cultural change in the built environment industry.”

The Gazette asked for further information from Haus about the investigation into the smashed window, but Mr Martin said it has a company-wide policy “not to engage with the press”.

In a previous statement, he said the aim of the investigation would be “to establish the cause of the problem”.

He added: “Keep in mind, we did not build this property and until someone appropriately qualified has conducted a programme of works, we are not able to comment on the likely cause.”

He said steps had been taken to “mitigate the risk, investigate to establish the cause, and then devise and implement a strategy to rectify the problem”.