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Housing and Local Government in a list of buildings of special architectural
or historic interest compiled by him under the Town and Country
Planning Act, 1947 (Section 30). This section provides that a listed
building may not be demolished unless two months' notice is given to
the local planning authority. Consultations are taking place with the
Minister and the London County Council concerning the effect on this
house of the City Council's proposals.
Rent Act, 1957—Certificates of Disrepair
The Rent Act, 1957, which came into operation on 6th July of that
year, prescribed a new procedure in regard to the issue of Certificates of
Disrepair in respect of dwelling houses which are not reasonably suitable
for occupation. The Act repealed the provisions of the Housing Repairs
and Rents Act, 1954, relating to these certificates, and enacted a new
procedure for the tenant of a controlled tenancy who desires to resist
an increase in rent on the grounds of the existence of defects. These
he must specify in a notice served by him on the landlord.
If, after the expiration of six weeks from the date of service of such
notice, any of the defects remain unremedied, and the landlord has not
given an undertaking to remedy those defects, the tenant may apply
to the local authority for a certificate of disrepair.
The following is a summary of the action taken during 1958:—
Part I—Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 7
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates ... ... 2
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificatesz:—
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 4
(b) in respect of all defects 1
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords —■
(5) Number of certificates issued 5
Part II-—Applications for Cancellation of Certificates on completion
of work required
(6) Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates 4
(7) Objection by tenants to cancellation of certificates ... 2
(8) Decision of Local Authority to cancel certificates
standing tenants' objections 2
(9) Number of certificates cancelled ... ... ... ... 4