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Government Housing Estate on the west side of Well Hall
Road along the Borough boundary, and to the Eltham Road
near its junction with Sherard Road, and from there abuts
upon Eltham Road and Eltham Green to "Harrowfield." The
site is bisected by the Bexley Heath Railway, which affords the
accommodation of two railway stations—Kidbrook and Well
Hall—and is otherwise supplied by the Eltham trams, which
the Council will remember are about to be extended from Well
Road to Lee Green.
The area of the site is 334 acres, and it has been surveyed
and valued in accordance with the instructions of the Local
Government Board, by the District Valuer, and the Committee
have had his report at their disposal in considering the price
to be paid for the land. A portion of the site (about 85½
acres) is not suitable for building houses without involving
a considerable outlay, and this portion will be dealt with as
an open space in connection with the Housing Scheme, and
will form part of the cost of the Scheme.
Having visited the site and come to the conclusion that it
was in every way suitable for the purpose, we instructed the
Town Clerk to negotiate with the owners for its acquisition,
and we are glad to be able to inform the Council that these
negotiations have been concluded, and that a price has been
provisionally agreed, which we consider most satisfactory, for
the purchase of the freehold, subject to certain agricultural
tenancies which can be determined at short notice and in respect
of which there will be some small compensation payable.
The Acting London Housing Commissioner has viewed the
site, and approves of it and of the price at which the Council is
able to acquire it, and is prepared to recommend it to the
Ministry of Health. It is proposed that the Council shall
enter into a provisional contract for the acquisition of the
land, which will be subject to the approval of the Ministry of
Health and to the necessary Loan being obtained.