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East of Chalton Street Area.—On the 11th May, 1898, your Vestry rescinded
so much of the Scheme as dealt with Chapel Yard, Chapel Grove, Wilstead
Cottages, and Wiers Passage prepared under Part II. of the Housing of the
"Working Classes Act, 1890, approved and adopted by the Vestry on the 15th of
January, 1896, and approved and adopted the amended Scheme dated the 3rd
January, 1898, dealing with this area under Part II. of the said Act, and resolved
that a copy of the Scheme dealing with Eastnor Place and of the amended Scheme
be forwarded to the Freeholder, which was done.
Your Vestry on the 7th September, 1898, resolved that the Seal be affixed to
the "Chapel Grove" and "Eastnor Place" Improvement Schemes, and directed
that all necessary steps be forthwith taken for carrying these Schemes into effect,
and on the 16th November last it was reported that Notices of the Schemes had
been served on every Owner or reputed Owner, Lessee or reputed Lessee, and
Occupiers of any part of the areas comprised in the Schemes, so far as these persons
could reasonably be ascertained; and subsequently, on the 21st December, 1898,
it was resolved that the Seal of the Vestry be affixed to the Petitions to be
presented to the Local Government Board for the holding of a Local Inquiry, for
carrying into effect these Schemes, and for the issuing of Orders sanctioning the
same.
A communication has been received from the Solicitor to London County
Council, enclosing copy of a Joint Report of the Council's Officers of 23rd
November, 1.898, relating to the Chapel Grove and Eastnor Place Improvement
Schemes, suggesting various amendments whereby the number re-housed will be
reduced from 448 to 440 out of a displacement of 690, and the amount of open
space increased, Eastnor Place not being built upon.
Conference on the Housing of the Working Classes.
The Conference held on 15th July, 1898, at the Bermondsey Town Hall on the
subject of Overcrowding and Housing of the Working Classes, forwarded to your
Vestry the following resolutions:—
(a) That the London County Council be asked to exercise their power under
Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act to provide
accommodation within the County of London, where required.
(b) That the London County Council be approached with a view to the
insertion of a clause in their General Powers Bill for 1899, to enable
Metropolitan Vestries and District Boards to erect Municipal Dwellings
under Part III. of the Housing of the Working Classes Act, 1890.
(c) That the London County Council should contribute towards the cost of
building dwellings for the Working Classes by Local Autherities in
London, such contributions to be determined in case of dispute by the
Local Government Board.
(d) That Local Autherities should be allowed to permanently retain and
manage any dwellings for the Working Classes erected by them, and
that the provision of Section 12 (5) of the Housing of the Working
Classes Act, 1890, requiring them to sell or dispose of such dwellings
within ten years from the completion thereof, unless the Local Government
Board otherwise determine, should be repealed.