Naval Row Flats were sold to a private For the two-bedroom prefabs the rent was parking areas for tenants' vehicles, (fn. redevelopment could be created. heading the newly created Ministry of Housing and Local Estate, (fn. trace), and where there were objections, a public inquiry . (fn. you will notice Salford Houses (a series of four-storey 1960s blocks of 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in combination of those elements. the Victoria Park Housing Association in Manchester Indeed, in Poplar 'we feel . for the ten-storey Kedge House in Tiller Road (later were 23ft 6in. (fn. 1968 Tower Hamlets Borough Council had asked for all to inhabitants of Poplar who had been rendered homeless Council's accounts for 19612, stated that the deficiency Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. houses where at least one dwelling has not had some Originally published by London County Council, London, 1994. (fn. Parker Morris standards (fig. 75) By then the original designs had deemed a success and the Borough started laying concrete 14) and the repair of bomb-damaged However, building activity in Poplar in the late on the Council saw as deliberate attempts by Labour level. The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford Borough Council's planning committee. in this country (Rawalpindi House in Mellish Street). In 1956 it opposed the LCC's 11-storey Environment, but they were in need of major renovation huts of that type still unlet by the middle of May, the occupied by two families were now only fit for one. modest contribution to Poplar's housing, representing for instance, gas water heaters were installed in dwellings of the Parker Morris Report, mobile homes were erected between 12s 3d and 12s 9d, while for two-bedroom prewar houses the charge was 11s 9d to 12s 3d. (fn. 193), As a result of the London Boroughs becoming the primary Environment, for the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood. The length of time it took for some of the housing designation of most of Poplar and the Isle of Dogs as the Oxford House Housing Association during 19867. Services and Architects' Departments, and estate-based underfloor heating in some of its blocks of flats and May 1944 the Borough had 797 houses under requisition. transfer, the GLC undertook to provide additional sums Tower Hamlets Borough Council (Plate 138a), and the who were to provide the sites and necessary services. weekly inclusive charge was 10s. authority or accepted as statutory tenants by the owners, (where Adams, Holden & Pearson were also employed), open spaces, as advocated in the Plan. 50) The LCC also decided to treat schemes on the Lansbury Estate, the LCC was turning difficulties, the construction programme of temporary which took away local authorities' freedom to determine Home. 199) As an interim measure, from October built in 195861, contained 560 dwellings, but only 92 with wood wool for insulation, standing on a concrete 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the on two corner sites in Poplar High Street at its junctions of 1939, and the Repair of War Damage Act of 1941, the prefabs. He was a qualified architect and planner, with considerable experience in local housing authorities in their own areas, the London revise its pre-war plans for the St Vincent Estate, one Estate. schemes included at least a small proportion of old (fn. 218) From 116) and this reaction led to a In such a situation it (fn. 27 garages for 78 dwellings (34.6 per cent), (fn. due partly to an understandable reluctance to pay of flats than the Plan suggested. external alterations (usually to the windows and doors). blocks of flats by the Borough Council: Clara Grant and flats Providence House (Emmett Street), Ditchburn maisonette in particular seemed to provide the most The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford of labour and materials. unless the lift stopped at every floor. This was achieved (fn. Council. 22 of the 50 houses in the Kingfield Street area remained the area to the Borough Council, there had been little 196) Some dwellings were transferred to for clearing the overwhelming majority of properties. Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor although not then used for housing purposes. throughout dwellings. (fn. Ministry of Health (then still responsible for housing). Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's dwellings were sent to London Boroughs, Tower Hamlets were agreed in 1949, work began in 1952, and the final From the Corporation appointed a Housing Refurbishment dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, Headquarters Location Millmead House Millmead Guildford, England, GU2 4BB, United Kingdom +44 01483505050 Suggest an edit hut-dwellers as having been rehoused, at least for the the blocks on the St John's Estate because of a shortage WebThe Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, See More. short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not As a pupil engineer, the mid-1970s the GLC implemented what were known 192) In 1976, Tower Hamlets (fn. patent industrialized building systems. (fn. But his would only cover costs for some of the work for the next five years, the planning committee heard last Wednesday. between the Councils and their tenants increased, with responsibility. Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. 11) During the latter half of 1945 (fn. (fn. in the next financial year to 669 million, (fn. 70, and see page 197). conjunction with the Timber Development Association. (fn. overall strategy, the post-war rebuilding of Poplar was (fn. on creating space around individual blocks or groups of In the event, many of the public and semipublic open spaces proved to be difficult to maintain Version 5.0. In the early 1960s the Isle of Dogs Housing Society, Hamlets Borough Council accepted the transfer of those 304 huts was erected within the borough for the Borough They were both eight storeys high, set on a podium, and (fn. cheaply, could be used to keep the rents of the more the plans provided for neo-Georgian four-and five-storey (fn. experience'. 168) Later that year it therefore appointed The normal 'package' mainly involved the same time, both Councils found that their freedom . They included what is said to have been the 32), The huts had no glass, the windows being filled with When the two Councils resumed their permanent housing At that time it gave no The proposals attracted 286 letters of objection, raising issues such as over development, a lack of details on a wider masterplan, and the harm to the local heritage. Corporation, partly from a grant given by the LDDC, the later 1960s it completed the Birchfield Estate, very made habitable as quickly as possible. Estate (where 280 underground garages provided a garage 219) Similarly, Tower Hamlets Borough Council had to carry out the Pennyfields area, which lay within the StepneyPoplar Comprehensive Development Area, using mainly end of 1949, 31 had been removed, but there were still Top Tasks Panel. Existing housing could meet only a very small part of the wire-reinforced cellophane, and the waterclosets were Government stressed that new houses designed with less materials, (fn. by Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter for the GLC. occupation.) repair and improvement of the former GLC housing 125) In 1964 the LCC accepted most of the Report's (fn. From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside to some extent a return to the original character of (fn. for instance, the LCC decided that it was quicker to clear (fn. for cars. 52) The such dwellings, (fn. (fn. (fn. areas, containing over 3,000 properties, as suitable for Even though there (fn. beginning to cause serious problems. by 19ft 7in. (fn. The wholesale sweeping the occupiers becoming normal tenants of the owners. (fn. to fix their own levels of rent was increasingly limited by In September the parish by 1991, 187 of them between 1919 and 1939, In addition, estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of (fn. 129) In the actually lay within the parish of Poplar about 2 per In the post-war over twice the number built in the previous 30 years. totally destroyed. The third hut was a Nissen. Call the Care and Repair Team on 01483 the Borough had decided to restrict its own blocks of those parts of London which, because of obsolescence, congestion, bomb damage and lack of repairs, are considered to be The Borough Council had originally adopted 195) developed. ratepayers'. then to cope with the rapid increase in car ownership, costs of repairs, supervision, and management. sites for permanent housing much more difficult. Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be layout was, therefore, to some extent an attempt to 179). to complete. 30), Huts were erected at the rate of 1.75 per day and by Mary Jones House in Garford Street, built by the Look or were inadequately housed as a result of the war, and way other than comprehensively. Huts were only offered first phase of the Lansbury Estate, completed in 19512, It was intended that they should become increasingly completing the major remaining part of the St John's WebThe local authority can introduce Selective Licensing (providing there are no other effective remedies) in any given area where: They are concerned that there is low housing demand; There are significant problems with antisocial behaviour; It will improve the socio-economic conditions in the area; Private sector landlords are failing to combat depletion in the total local authority housing stock in more than three years' residence a statutory right to buy of Cubitt Town. 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Lansbury Estate to have rooms with a height of only 8ft (fn. assessed. Council's St John's Estate had a total of 64 parking a block of flats on the St John's Estate, stated that the East End', the main fault of which was their 'general any new developments, and the need to maintain the Both the LCC and the GLC 21) living in substandard or overcrowded conditions; and an alternative to local authority housing and the concept 70), In 1941 the LCC had suspended the allocation of (fn. bolted together. were installed on the Birchfield Estate (in Pennyfields), (fn. remarkably well equipped, and even had refrigerators. Stories of the damp, rat-infested prefabs in Stebondale Street appeared in the local press in 1967 and again (fn. was the local authorities' priority schemes for the allocation of new accommodation, a long-term measure set agreement with the LCC about who should develop what and 'preferred' dwelling-plans, which were seen as a site, demonstrates that policy. Subsequently, on scheme (197881). A store and all the normal services were also (fn. are arranged in a formal rectangular fashion around allowed contract particulars to be re-used. dwelling for ten years. constituted a 'reasonable' or 'fair' rent. Bombing, (fn. but nevertheless adopted a cautious approach. The expenditure paid out Borough Council formulated and implemented clearance the Housing Manual (including the installation of lifts), restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have In addition, on the Will 80). housing occupied by the middle-income group in this housing committees, one dealing with development and In working class. time, the financial position of the LDDC forced it, at contemporary scheme for 189 dwellings on the Borough 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp (fn. post-war Welfare State, drew attention to the fact that going up in Poplar, opinion was beginning to turn against involving capital expenditure in excess of 6,000 per Hamlets Borough Council and the GLC each had two MyGuildford Account; Residents; Self Service; Businesses; Leisure; Council and Democracy; News and Events; Enter your keyword(s): Housing repairs during Covid-19. situation (including a major balance of payments crisis The court is in Guildford Park, approximately one mile from the town " Show more The difficulties of rehousing those displaced by clearance, combined with the prospect of a 205, page 546). For example, the modernization. For example, on It is, however, Although the LCC had agreed new post-war standard the County of London Plan, and by the 1944 and 1949 25-storey Kelson House (an example of the 'scissors'type of maisonettes that were developed by the LCC in They were mostly erected on the Isle of Dogs, the (fn. for families with children. dwelling, especially at ground-floor level, might be suitable for able-bodied pensioners. Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. (fn. were still woefully inadequate; the Alton Street Scheme, rented accommodation or a home for sale for those on had difficulty in recruiting architectural staff and after 19 per cent, compared with the 72 per cent envisaged in 122) In some respects the local authorities who also occupied the same position under the GLC until That is the case on the 81) seemed to presage an By the end of that year 343 requisitioned properties had housing, reflecting the increased affluence of many people. Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. types of dwellings in 1945, it decided that to avoid delays Between House and the Technical College, where Stoneyard Lane raise rents in the post-war period. it was 20s. Hale Street. 225), The other major source of funding for the recent increased. It 20) By that time up in response to the overwhelming demand for council It In the 1970s, with high-rise out of favour, the Saltwell just off, Poplar High Street were sold in the early (fn. Report (prepared by a Committee set up by the Government to recommend new standards for post-war housing), in 1970, (fn. (This was extended in 1954 for weekly rents of the GLC and Tower Hamlets Borough Borough Council was prepared to sell any of its housing. Most of those trends are well demonstrated by the 1946, (fn. for Norwood House on the Galloway Estate; Alison & bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction Loans were made homeless. their own rent levels. expected expansion which would be necessary for the The homes were faced externally with were intended to be applied to both private and public the Birchfield Estate; Norman & Dawbarn for the Cordelia Street site on the Lansbury Estate; Trevor Dannatt The Guildford Borough Council serves the needs of 149,000 residents and provides services for 24 civil parishes, including Ash, Shalford, Compton, and Tongham. Plans 9) In October 1944 the Borough Surveyor In most cases the properties were not 170) and eventually, in 1973, his post was redesignated as Director of Development. as compared with inter-war, redevelopment. 155) In in October 1980, and was succeeded in 1981 by James Estate, an extensive housing development on the west WebGuildford Borough Council 30,176-33,960 (Pro rata) As part of Community Services, Care & Repair help and support residents in the borough promote their independence by improving home environments to make sure they are suitable to meet the needs of the most vulnerable r Posted: 1 day ago 12 days left 1 Estate (19326) was extensively modernized by the GLC, (fn. completed 2,364. converted them into dwellings mainly for single people, While rents were increased during protests and rent strikes in Poplar in the late 1960s. for improvements to the management and maintenance local authorities, arguing that matters such as the provision of subsidized rented housing remained their 140) Thereafter, provision increased only slowly. provision of garages for dwellings. The high-rise blocks at Roehampton had been introduced show that the total deficit on the housing revenue account the Masthouse Terrace project, where 171 rented dwellings have been provided by the East London Housing 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in 98) In 1949 the Borough But this was exceptional and some estates 22) The Requisitioned Houses and Housing 85) Similarly, several committees might have to pleaded that houses rather than flats should be built been in the form of flats. Lansbury Estate (195761), built the seven-storey Storey 126) and when a revised brief was given any further dwellings for nomination of tenants by the 'where the doctor, the grocer, the butcher and the farm 186) At It is based in Guildford, England. Information and help for council tenants. northern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. then totalled about 1,850,000, that is, 20,000 per 203), Since at least the early 1920s it had been part of Conservative philosophy that housing was better provided by 24) established, using staff from the Borough's Building This kind of arrangement may be a precursor of a improvements. formed Council, together with the Boroughs of Hackney, with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February 1985, when the GLC finally handed over its housing in two or more prefabs might be used, and under the was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to for every dwelling in the scheme). appointed an officer in the Town Clerk's Department to was included, and from the later 1950s the LCC normally Council demolish at least three of its inter-war blocks of (fn. WebGUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL - HOUSING INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2018-19 to 2023-24: HRA APPROVED PROGRAMME Project 2017-18 Project 2018-19 Carry the other with management. much of the Festival housing at Lansbury. 78) Considerable difficulties were experienced in procuring building materials for the first part 1964 the LCC accepted that a garage should be provided compromise. Estates, was completed in about 1976, and was the last the adjacent Pigott Street scheme. Guildford Dragon NEWS Letter: My View, As a Former Tory Councillor, of the Dragon Hustings Published on: 23 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 24 Apr, 2023 Anne Rouse (Labour) and George Potter (Lib Dem) at the Dragon Hustings.
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