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Programme for Slum Clearance
A survey, made in Kensington in 1955 of 7,416 houses where
conditions were known to be below standard, revealed that 3,293
houses were unfit for habitation.

The Minister approved these proposals and fixed ten years as
the period for securing the demolition of unfit houses.
By agreement, the London County Council accepted responsibility
for dealing with the Fenelon Place Area, which was declared by the
County Council to be a clearance area, and was acquired by them. The
detailed redevelopment of this site is the subject of discussions between
the County Council and the Borough Council.
The remaining areas listed above are being dealt with by
the Borough Council, who decided that the most urgent was the Kensal
New Town Area.
The problem of overspill of population necessitates the
decanting of persons at present living in the area while development
on cleared sites proceeds. The redevelopment plan, as approved by the
Council, proposes action in three phases.
The London County Council approved in outline the first stage
of the lay-out of the Kensal New Town Area and granted permission for
the redevelopment for housing purposes of the area bounded by
Hazlewood Crescent, Golborne Road, Southam Street, Adair Road, Appleford
Road and Bosworth Road comprising in total approximately 6½ acres.
On 11th December, 1956, the Council declared the first
section of this area, comprising the following thirty-four houses, to be
a clearance area:-
Nos. 10 - 18 (even) and 18a, Adair Road
Nos. 26 - 56 (even) Appleford Road
No. 17, Bosworth Road
Nos. 35 - 57 (odd) Golborne Gardens
On 12th February, 1957, the Council made a Compulsory Purchase
Order in respect of this area, excluding those premises which were in
the Council's ownership but including the vacant site of No. 59, Golborne
Gardens.
The Minister confirmed the Order, but modified it by excluding
two properties (No. 37, Golborne Gardens and No. 56, Appleford Road) from