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Council Housing Schemes.—(Information supplied by the
Borough Engineer).
(a) Schemes completed during the year under review :—
Site Dwellings
Tunnel Avenue Group 47
(b)Schemes in progress at the end of the current year:—
Site Dwellings
Coldbath Street 8
Dutton Street 8
Shooter's Hill Road/Rochester Way 18
Westcombe Hill/Westcombe Park Road 16
50
(c) Building programme for rehousing envisaged for 1960,
et seq:—
Site Dwellings
Trafalgar Road 16
Burnley Street/Gloucester Circus 54
70
Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.—In exercise of
powers under Section 15 of this Act and para. 3 of article 9 of the
Town and Country Planning General Development Order, 1950, the
Minister of Housing and Local Government has issued the Town
and Country Planning (Housing Accommodation) Direction, 1952.
Consequent upon the issue of this Direction, the Borough
Council is consulted by the London County Council (the Planning
Authority) before any application for planning permission involving
change of use of premises from use as a dwelling is determined.
Such consultations are designed to prevent any unnecessary
aggravation of the housing situation by the encroachment of
business premises into residential property.
Housing Survey.—Through the courtesy of Mr. F. H. Dore,
the Housing Manager, the following extracts are quoted from his
observations on the housing position in 1959:—
"Last year in these notes I referred to the fact that a very high
proportion of all vacancies in Council properties in 1959 would have
to be allocated to families transferred from requisitioned accommodation
in view of the cessation of requisitioning powers on 31st