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The difficulty which arises from the submission of applications for
building licences in respect of premises likely to be included in a
clearance area or to become the subject of demolition orders was also
discussed at the meeting, and the Council, to overcome this difficulty
as far as is practicable, agreed at a later date upon a revised list of
properties which it is proposed either to deal with by way of demolition
order procedure under Part II of the Act, or, if more appropriate, to
include in areas which the Council, or the London county council, as
soon as practicable will be recommended to define as clearance areas
under Part III of the Act.
The London county council further asked to be supplied with copies
of a map of the borough showing areas of about ten houses or more which,
without a detailed survey, were considered to be (a) representable and
(b) likely to be representable in a few years, and copies of a schedule of
the properties concerned showing, according to the condition of the
slums, the priority in which the areas should be cleared, and giving
an estimate of the number of families which the clearance would
displace.
Work on this was proceeding at the end of the year on the basis
that the houses considered as representable, subject to a detailed
survey, could be those included in the list of properties mentioned
above. The total number of properties included in this list
amounts to 599 whilst the total of properties included
in the provisional list prepared in 1941 was 2,999. Since the provisional
list was prepared, 392 of the properties were destroyed by enemy
action and 69 have been demolished in order to carry to completion
clearance orders left in abeyance during the war, which means that the
number of properties which the Council would have been asked to
consider as representable at this stage had the original list been adhered
to has been reduced by 1,939. It may, of course, become necessary
to regard some of the 1,939 houses excluded from the provisional list
as representable in a few years, or indeed (particularly if deterioration is
rapid), at any time.
Clearance orders
Certain of the clearance orders made by the Council prior to the
outbreak of war had not been carried to completion and it was felt that
the time had now arrived when action should be taken to enforce
compliance with the orders. Fresh notices were therefore served
upon the persons concerned for the demolition of the following
properties:—
Avenue Square Numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12.
Patrol Place Numbers 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19 and 20.
Queen's Bench Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Bromley Road (No. 1 area) Numbers 280, 282, 284, 286 and 288.
Bromley Road (No. 3 area) Numbers 370, 372 and 374.
Eliot Place Numbers 16 and 17.