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The remaining portion of the Kensal New Town Area, which is
zoned for residential development, will be dealt with by the Council
and the London County Council on the following basis:-
(i) The Council will undertake the redevelopment of 3.1
acres to the north and 1.62 acres to the south of the
6½ acres upon which they are at present engaged. This
area, including the present 6½ acres, is bounded by Kensal
Road, Golborne Road, Bosworth Road and the railway.
(ii) The London County Council will undertake the re-development
of 7.2 acres to the east of the Borough Council's
present 6½ acres. This area is bounded by Golborne Road,
Kensal Road and the railway. The London County Council
will also be responsible for the redevelopment of a small
area of 0.41 acres between Kensal Road and the canal, to
the west of an area in Paddington, of 3.6 acres, which the
County Council now propose to zone as open space in place
of the open space of 3.6 acres originally proposed at the
eastern end of the area.
The London County Council will be responsible for school
extensions and the provision of additional open space north of
Kensal Road.
On 25th June, 1963, the Council were informed that the London
County Council had passed resolutions for the acquisition of a number
of properties in the Kensal New Town comprehensive development area
under Parts III and V of the Housing Act, 1957, and for the purposes of
the Open Spaces Act, 1906.
So far as Kensington is concerned, the properties involved
form the whole of that part of the comprehensive development area east
of Golborne Road to the borough boundary.
The resolutions of the County Council also apply to land in
Paddington between Kensal Road and the Grand Union Canal where about
4 acres of land will be made available for open space purposes.
The compulsory purchase orders will be submitted by the County
Council to the Minister of Housing and Local Government in due course
for confirmation.
The western area of Kensal New Town, which is scheduled for
non-residential purposes, will be dealt with by the London County
Council as and when convenient.
IMPROVEMENT OR CONVERSION OF EXISTING HOUSES
Owners of private dwellings may apply to the Council for
assistance towards carrying out works of improvement or conversion.
One aim is to encourage owners to provide services and amenities in
houses which are sound but which were built to a lower standard than
is generally acceptable nowadays. The other is to encourage the provision
of additional satisfactory dwellings, either by converting the
large outmoded house from one dwelling into a number of flats, or by
converting an old building into one or more dwellings.
Grants are not intended to help owners meet the cost of
ordinary repairs and renewals, nor are they intended to adapt a
perfectly adequate dwelling to the needs of a particular family.
They are not normally payable for the provision of extra living
rooms or bedrooms, or for increasing the size of existing rooms.
They are not payable for the improvement of premises used primarily
or partly for business purposes.