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ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
Smoke Control Areas
During the year, the Council decided to make a Smoke Control Order
in respect of the Brompton/Queen's Gate area, (No.ll).
The area is that part of the Brompton and Queen's Gate wards
bounded on the north by the borough boundary, on the east by the centre
of Hoopers Court, on the south by the centres of Fulham Road, Draycott
Avenue, Walton Streets Walton Place and Basil Street, and on the west
by the centres of Palace Gate, Gloucester Road, Cromwell Road, Queen's
Gate, Onslow Gardens and Neville Terrace. It has an area of approximately
224 acres.
The detailed survey showed that the total cost of adaptations will
be approximately £14,766 of which, after deducting Exchequer Grant and
the cost for which private owners will be responsible, the Council will
be liable for £5,031.
The Order was submitted to the Minister of Housing and Local
Government for approval on 23rd August, 1967, and the date of operation
will be 1st October, 1968.
The Minister has asked local authorities to exempt, from Smoke
Control Orders, buildings or separately-occupied parts of buildings,
not supplied with town gas, subject to the condition that the exemption
will apply only where authorised, fuels are used and kindling is by
sticks and paper. Provision for this was also made in the Order.