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processes which are registered under the Act, any other works,
processes or plant carried on or operated at the premises—e.g.
ordinary power plant fired by coal or oil—do not come under the
Alkali Act but are subject to the relevant provisions of the Clean
Air Act, 1956.
Smoke Control Areas
Charlton
In the summer, preliminary arrangements for the formation of
the Charlton Smoke Control Area were completed and the Council
declared the Area on 2nd August, 1967. Details of the Area are
as follow:—
This is an Area of predominantly private property comprising
some 474 acres and 5,394 dwellings of which it is estimated 3,386
will require some form of conversion or adaptation. Of the total
dwellings 2,051 are Borough Council, 47 Greater London Council
and 3,296 privately owned and in addition there are 145 nondomestic premises. The Minister of Housing and Local Government confirmed 1st December, 1968, as the operative date of the
Area Order.
West Greenwich
On the same date as the Charlton Smoke Control Area was
declared, the Council approved in principle the West Greenwich
Smoke Control Area with a view to the making of an Order in
the summer of 1968. This Area comprises approximately 530 acres
and 6,134 dwellings.
At the end of the year there were 7,699 acres and 50,639
dwellings within operative Smoke Control Areas. Details in respect
of these Areas and that of Charlton are set out in the table on
page 194 and their respective coverage of the Borough shown on
the accompanying map.
In the past, following confirmation of an Area Order by the
Minister, a public meeting has been held. However, at recent meetings the number of residents attending has progressively decreased
and as few questions have been asked, this would appear to indicate
that the Council's Clean Air Information Service is resolving most
difficulties beforehand. In these circumstances and having regard to
the ready acceptance of the Clean Air Programme by the public at
the present time, the Council decided that public meetings be
discontinued.