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Meopham, Longfield, Hartley & New Ash Green

LOLER Inspections in Meopham & Longfield

Independent statutory examinations across the A227 corridor between Gravesend and Sevenoaks — Meopham, Longfield, Hartley and New Ash Green. This is residential north-west Kent rather than industrial Kent, and it produces an unusual lifting estate: almost all of it carries people, which means almost all of it is on the six-monthly interval rather than the twelve.

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Lifting compliance across Meopham & Longfield

The corridor runs on care, nursing and retirement accommodation, GP surgeries and health centres, schools, village retail parades and the garden centres, farm shops and trade units between the settlements. We inspect passenger lifts and platform lifts, stairlifts and through-floor lifts, patient and bath hoists in care and nursing premises, and the smaller amount of forklift and telehandler plant on agricultural holdings and trade counters. Because the person-carrying equipment dominates here, a single site frequently holds more six-monthly items than a warehouse three times its size.

Every inspection is carried out by an engineer with hands-on experience of the plant being examined, so duty-holders in Meopham & Longfield receive inspections that match their fleet and risk profile.

Towns & Districts Covered

MeophamLongfieldHartleyNew Ash GreenCulverstoneVigoSole StreetFawkham

Nearby Areas We Also Cover

GravesendDartfordSwanleyBorough Green & Wrotham

Services Available in Meopham & Longfield

LOLER & PUWER Inspection Services

More equipment we inspect in Meopham & Longfield

Compliance guidance for Meopham & Longfield duty-holders

What Is PUWER?
PUWER is the set of UK laws that keeps people safe when they use machinery and tools at work. It covers everything from a hand tool to a factory machine or a vehicle, and it says equipment must be right for the job, kept in safe working order, checked regularly, and used only by people trained to use it. The formal name is the Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998.
How Often Are PUWER Inspections Required?
PUWER does not set a fixed interval like LOLER's six or twelve months. It requires an inspection where equipment's safety depends on how it is installed, and at suitable intervals where it is exposed to conditions that could cause dangerous deterioration. The interval is set by risk assessment, the result must be recorded, and power presses are the one exception with fixed statutory intervals.
PUWER Risk Assessment & Maintenance Duties
PUWER 1998 requires work equipment to be suitable for the risks it presents, kept properly maintained and used only by trained operators, and the Management Regulations require those risks to be assessed — obligations that continue even where LOLER's periodic examination has just been completed.

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NHS
Critical estate passenger lift compliance experience
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Skanska
Construction & engineering compliance support
A·B·C
SAFed-Aligned Defect Grading
Defects graded A, B or C to the published SAFed severity scale — a grading standard we follow, not a membership we hold
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Enhanced DBS
Director Mark Crowley holds an enhanced DBS check
NHS Trust Endorsement
“Exceptional response times and thorough documentation. Managing compliance across multiple critical medical estates is complex, but their team makes statutory lift auditing seamless.”
Phillip Nai
Critical Healthcare Estates Manager
Barts Health NHS Trust

Common Questions

LOLER Inspection FAQs (Meopham & Longfield)

How quickly can you carry out a LOLER inspection in Meopham & Longfield?

We typically arrange inspections in Meopham & Longfield within the same week of enquiry, with emergency response available for overdue or lapsed certificates. The visit is planned around your equipment and site, not just the next free slot.

What equipment do you inspect in Meopham & Longfield?

The corridor runs on care, nursing and retirement accommodation, GP surgeries and health centres, schools, village retail parades and the garden centres, farm shops and trade units between the settlements. We inspect passenger lifts and platform lifts, stairlifts and through-floor lifts, patient and bath hoists in care and nursing premises, and the smaller amount of forklift and telehandler plant on agricultural holdings and trade counters. Because the person-carrying equipment dominates here, a single site frequently holds more six-monthly items than a warehouse three times its size. We cover the whole area, including Meopham, Longfield and Hartley.

Do I get a LOLER certificate?

You get a Report of Thorough Examination, which is what LOLER 1998 actually requires — the regulations call it a report, never a certificate. It is the document an HSE or local authority inspector, or an insurer, will ask for, and unlike a certificate it records the condition of the equipment as found, including any defect and the timescale to put it right. People also call this LOLER testing; a thorough examination is the broader assessment, and any load or functional test forms part of it where one is warranted.

How often do we need a LOLER inspection?

Six months for equipment that lifts people (passenger lifts, MEWPs, patient hoists) and for lifting accessories, and twelve months for all other lifting equipment — unless a written examination scheme drawn up by a competent person sets different intervals.

What is included in the Report of Thorough Examination?

A description of the equipment, the examination performed, identification of defects with severity classification, recommended timescales for repair, and the date of the next examination. The report is signed by the competent person who carried out the examination.

How quickly can a lapsed inspection be arranged?

Usually within the same working week in Meopham & Longfield, with an overdue passenger lift treated as a priority. Out-of-hours and weekend slots are subject to plant access and risk-assessment review.

Do you inspect plant that is not maintained by you?

Yes — independent inspection is the standard model. We deliberately take on no maintenance or repair work, so there is no conflict of interest.

What happens if a defect is found?

The competent person classifies the defect by severity, and any defect that is or could become a danger to people is reported to you straight away rather than held for the report. If it is a danger now, the equipment must not be used until it is put right, and where it involves an existing or imminent risk of serious personal injury a copy of the report also goes to the enforcing authority (HSE or the local authority, depending on the premises) under LOLER Regulation 10. A defect that could become dangerous is given a date by which it must be fixed, and the equipment must not be used after that date until it is.

Are reports issued electronically?

Yes, on the same day as the examination. Digital Reports of Thorough Examination include photographs of what was examined and any defect, can be supplied to insurer portals or FM platforms on request, and we remind you before the next examination is due.

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