FI16870

Request

  1. Was there a fire safety inspection of the First and Last bar and hostel in East Cliff Dover in 2025 or 2026?
  2. What were the findings of any inspection? 
  3. Has there been any hygiene inspections completed for the above property? 
  4. What if any were the findings of this? 
  5. Are the council paying for homeless people to live in the address above in terms of housing benefit and/or universal credits including the housing element? 
  6. How many complaints has the council received regarding health and safety and nuisance caused by patrons of the First and Last in the last 11 years? 

Response

  1. The Council does not hold this information.  Any fire safety inspection would have been undertaken by the Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS).  Details of how to make a freedom of information request to KFRS can be found on their website at https://www.kent.fire-uk.org/freedom-information-foi.
  2. The Council does not hold this information.
  3. No, not in 2025 or 2025.
  4. Not applicable.
  5. No.
  6. Environmental Protection: (Noise - 7, Premises Nuisance - 1, General enquiry - 1), Private Sector Housing: 1, Health and Safety: 4 (data only held for the past 7 years), Licensing: 6