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to agree in principle that its long-term policy should be to transform the
whole of the City of Westminster into a smoke control area. It was
realised, however, that this objective could only be attained by careful
planning over a number of years in co-operation with business interests
and residents. Further, that, for the Council's policy to be fully effective,
close touch must be kept with other local authorities.
The Metropolitan Boroughs' Standing Joint Committee also considered
that the ultimate aim of all the London Borough Councils should be for
the whole of the County of London to be a smokeless zone; and that the
most effective way of achieving that object would be to commence with
the central smokeless zone already established by the City of London
and extend it as rapidly as practicable until the boundaries of the County
are reached. The Standing Joint Committee requested those Borough
Councils having a common boundary with the City of London to confer
and produce a co-ordinated scheme for the creation of smoke control
areas spreading out in all directions. Preliminary meetings of officers
of the Councils concerned have since taken place.
Temple Bar Smoke Control Order.
The City Council in pursuance of this policy, and with the consent
of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, gave instructions
for a detailed survey to be undertaken of the Temple Bar area of the
City, which adjoins the boundaries of the City of London and the
Borough of Holborn, to the east of Kingsway, Aldwych and Lancaster
Place; approximately 60 acres in extent.
On completion of the survey the City Council made a Smoke Control
Order for the area. This was submitted to the Minister of Housing and
Local Government, towards the end of the year, for confirmation.
Proposed Smoke Control Area—Adelphi and Whitehall Area.
As a result of a preliminary survey of an area, westwards of the Temple
Bar area, bounded by the River Thames, the south side of the Strand
and both sides of Whitehall, including Government Offices and the
Houses of Parliament, the Council decided to forward particulars of the
survey to the Minister of Housing and Local Government and to seek his
consent to a detailed survey of the area being undertaken as a preliminary
to the declaration of the area as a smoke control area, to be known as
the Adelphi and Whitehall Smoke Control Area.