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the clearance area and including them as land which the Council are
authorised to purchase compulsorily outside the clearance area. The
Minister also directed that the Council should make payments in respect
of No. 44, Appleford Road and the basement of No. 54, Appleford Road, on
the ground that these properties had been well-maintained. The Order
became operative on 23rd November, 1957. All the properties have
been acquired and demolished by the Council.
Compulsory Purchase Orders were made in respect of two
additional sites within the Kensal New Town Area as follows:-
No. 1. Situated on the north-east corner of the junction
of Bosworth Road and Golborne Gardens and formerly
occupied by No. 40, Golborne Gardens and Nos. 9,
11, 13 and 15, Bosworth Road.
(The site formerly occupied by No. 42, Golborne Gardens is
also within this area, but has been excluded from the
Order as it is in the Council's ownership.)
No. 2. Situated on the junction of Golborne Gardens and
Hazlewood Crescent and partially occupied by
engineering works in the former St. Andrews and
St. Philips Church Hall. The vacant portion of
the site formerly occupied by No. 2, Golborne
Gardens and St. Andrews and St. Philips Church.
The Orders in respect of these two sites were submitted to
the Minister, who confirmed them without modification.
On 14th January, 1958, the Council declared the following
sections of the Kensal New Town Area to be clearance areas
Kensal New Town (No. 2) Area
Nos. 9-15 (odd) and 17a, Adair Road
Nos. 1-21 (odd) Appleford Road
Nos. 2-24 (even) Appleford Road
Nos. 1-33 (odd) Golborne Gardens
Nos. 12-18 (even) and 22 - 34 (even) Golborne Road
Nos. 74 - 84 (even) Southam Street
Kensal New Town (No. 5) Area
Nos. 20a and 20- 28 (even) Adair Road
Nos. 22 - 38 (even) Golborne Gardens
On 15th April, 1958, the Council made Compulsory Purchase
Orders in respect of these areas; Nos. 10 and 20, Golborne Road were
included in No. 2 Area as "grey" land, and 20a, Adair Road was
excluded from No. 3 Area as it was already in the Council's ownership.
Objections were received from certain owners and the Minister of
Housing and Local Government held a Public Local Inquiry on 23rd
September, 1958. The Minister confirmed the Orders, but made the
following modifications in regard to the No. 2 Area:-
Nos. 15 and 17a, Adair Road; 33, Golborne Gardens;
16 and 24, Appleford Road, and 22, Golborne Road, were
excluded from the clearance area, but approved for compulsory
purchase as lands outside the area. Further the Council were
directed by the Minister to make well-maintained payments under
Section 60 of the Housing Act, 1957, in respect of Nos. 5 and
14, Appleford Road; Nos. 1, 3, 17, 23 and 31, Golborne Gardens 5
and Nos. 24 and 30, Golborne Road.
In addition to the above mentioned work in the Kensal New
Town Area, the Council, on 11th March, 1958, declared two small
adjacent areas in Portland Road as clearance areas. The total premises