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Name of Area
Date of
Declaration
No. of
houses
No. of
persons
displaced
Elgin Mews
25.4.1950
28
86
Lionel Mews (Nos. 1 and 2)
3.10.1950
13
38
Lonsdale Mews (Nos. 1 and 2)
2.1.1951
19
14
Munro News
2.1.1951
24
55
South End Row and Gardens
3.4.1951
10
4
East Mews Road
3.4.1951
14
40
Powis Mews
13.11.1951
13
30
St. Luke's Mews
13.11.1951
20
41
Portobello Road
13.11.1951
4
3
Kensal New Town (No. 1)
11.12.1956
34
309
Kensal New Town (No. 2)
14.1.1958
62
441
Kensal New Town (No. 3)
14.1.1958
15
146
Portland Road (No. l)
11.3.1958
5
31
Portland Road (No. 2)
11.3.1958
10
71
Kensal New Town (No. 4)
8.3.1960
7
41
Kensal New Town (No. 5)
8.3.1960
20
187
Kensal New Town (No. 6)
8.3.1960
6
62
Railway Mews
10.5.1960
10
7
Portobello Road/Telford Road
17.10.1961
18
127
Kensal New Town (No. 7)
12.3.1963
49
350
Princedale Road
25.6.1963
7
30
Kensal New Town (No. 8)
23.7.1963
24
182
Kensal New Town (No. 9)
15.10.1963
54
417
Lancaster Road (West) (No. l)
28.10.1965
187
1,233
Lancaster Road (West) (No. 2)
1.11.1966
96
535
Lancaster Road (West) (No. 3)
31.10.1967
113
891
Lancaster Road (West) (No. 4)
29.10.1968
57
415
Lancaster Road (West) (No. 5)
29.10.1968
5
17
Kensal New Town Area.
This area, consisting of over twenty acres, lies in the north eastern
part of the borough. Clearance and redevelopment of 8.1 acres has been
completed, and a further 3.1 acres has been demolished and work commenced
on the site to provide 189 flats and 157 hard standings for cars. This
latter portion is due to be completed in 1969.
The remaining residential portion, consisting of 7.2 acres and bounded
by Golborne Road, Kensal Road and the railway, is being redeveloped by the
Greater London Council. The site has been cleared and work has commenced
to provide 281 flats. Adjoining this area to the north, the Greater London
Council are to provide an open space of approximately 3.5 acres, part of
which is in the City of Westminster.
Lancaster Road (West) Area.
This area lies on the western boundary of the borough, south of the
metropolitan railway line from Latimer Road Station. It consists of 27
acres and contains approximately 455 houses, 15 factories, 140 shops,
6 licensed premises and 11 other business premises.
A Compulsory Purchase Order on the first stage was confirmed by the
Minister of Housing and Local Government in 1967, and a further two
Compulsory Purchase Orders have been confirmed by the Minister during the
past year. The Council are now in the process of acquiring 18.6 acres of
the site. Up to December, 1968, 364 families had been rehoused from the