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A synopsis of the progress made during the year
with regard to Housing schemes is given below :—
Area
Houses
Pop.
Borough Council
County Council
Digby Street
(2 areas)
54
295
31 Houses demolished. Butler
Estate (40 tenements) erected
and occupied. Further block
(55 tenements) proposed.
—
Martha Ct.
13
58
Clearance Order made, 1935. 11
houses empty awaiting demolition.
Some occupiers accommodated
Butler Estate.
—
Delta St.
12
51
Declared Clearance Area, 1934.
Redevelopment scheme in hand.
Site cleared &
handed over to
Borough Council.
Burnham
Square
(4 areas)
39
229
Declared Clearance Area, 1935.
—
Voss St. &
Derbyshire
Street
6
22
Clearance Order made, 1935.
—
Tent Street
52
293
Notified to L.C.C. in 1935.
To be included
in larger area.
James St.
(2 areas)
44
—
Notified to L.C.C. in 1935.
To be included
in larger area.
Teale Street
(Dinmont
Estate)
—
—
Tender accepted
for Block 2
(59 tenements
-183 rooms.
Estimates approved
for
Block 3 (71
tenements-216
rooms) & Block
4 (60 tenements
— 197
rooms).
Ada Place
Pritchards
Road
Local enquiry
held re compulsory
Purchase
Orders.
Estimate approved
for 2
blocks (87 tenements
containing
299 rooms,
approx. 498
persons.
Hollybush
Gardens
19
119
Tender accepted
for block of
90 tenements
(270 rooms,
approx. 450
persons.