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CAMPSBOURNE AREA
During the latter part of 1948 and the early part of 1949, a detailed
survey of the working class houses forming part of the Campsbourne
Area was carried out by this department. The area comprised Brook
Place, parts of Brook Road and Eastfield Road, and the basement houses
of Boyton, Campsbourne and Myddelton Roads, a total of 109 houses.
The report and the official representation was subsequently considered
by the Health and Housing Committees, who recommended that
a copy of the report be forwarded to the Minister of Health for his
observations, with a request to the Minister to arrange an interview with
representatives of the Council to discuss the matter.
The meeting took place in March, and it was indicated that the
Minister would agree to a start being made on the first part of the scheme
(Brook Road Area) providing that the Council could rehouse, on the site,
as many or more families than were housed there at present. The scheme
to proceed stage by stage, and provision be made for rehousing the
families in the Brook Road Area prior to demolition.
The Council ultimately resolved that the area be defined on maps
in pursuance of Section 25 of the Housing Act, 1936 as :—
The Campsbourne No. 1 Clearance Area.
The Campsbourne No. 2 Clearance Area.
The Campsbourne No. 3 Clearance Area.
comprising buildings No's 2—54 Brook Road, Brook Place, several
garages, and work-shops, and two plots of land and a Compulsory Purchase
Order known as "The Hornsey (Compulsory Clearance Area)
Compulsory Purchase Order No. 1 1949" be made and submitted to the
Minister of Health for confirmation.
Meanwhile the Borough Engineer and Surveyor was instructed to
prepare a "Master Plan" of the whole of the Campsbourne Area and
proposals be submitted for the redevelopment of the area during the next
five years.
The Minister has now confirmed the Order, and it is anticipated that
the year 1950 will see the commencement of the first stage of the redevelopment,
with the disappearance of the unsightly and worn out
houses in the Brook Road Area, to make way for a block of modern flats.
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