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Area.
Accommodation.
At present.
Proposed
re-housing.
1. Sheepcote Lane 84 houses 137 families 140 new flats
2. Lothair Street 9 „ 14 „
3. Linford Street 125 ,, 186 ,, 276 new flats.
4. Nine Elms 155 ,, 305 ,, 250 ,, ,,
It will be seen that this programme would enable the Council to
satisfy the Minister of Health (as required by Section 1 of the Housing
Act, 1930), that the Council can provide such accommodation in advance
of the displacements which will from time to time become necessary as
the demolition of buildings proceeds.
We have been in communication with the London County Council
therefore as to the first of these areas (Sheepcote Lane), and they are
willing on behalf of this Council to make the necessary clearance or
compulsory purchase orders and to purchase the properties, leaving it
to this Council to clear the area and to re-house the persons displaced, on
the understanding that no application will be made to them for supplemental
contribution towards the cost of this re-housing. We recommend—
That the Council agree to the Sheepcote Lane area being so
dealt with and that the County Council be asked to commence
proceedings as early as practicable.
The cost of acquisition is estimated at £12,000.
The necessary preliminary action in regard to Sheepcote Lane
was commenced by the London County Council but was not completed
by the end of the year.
Didcot Street Area.
As mentioned in the Annual Report for 1933, the London
County Council intimated their intention of dealing with the Didcot
Street Area in view of its proximity to their East Hill Estate.
The site comprised two areas, one consisting of Didcot Street
and St. Peters Place, and the other of Nos. 45-69 Usk Road, and
other houses in Usk Road were compulsorily acquired to render a
more satisfactory development possible.
A local inquiry was held on 25th July, and the clearance and
compulsory purchase orders were subsequently confirmed by the
Minister of Health.
Underground Rooms.
During the year a special survey of the underground rooms
in the borough was undertaken, the result of which is set out below:—
(1) No. of houses with underground rooms 2,345
(2) No. of underground rooms 3,279
(3) (a) No. of underground rooms which
ply with the regulations made in
regard to such rooms 732
(b) No. of such rooms used for sleeping
purposes 182