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Area No. 1 (c)—The Vestry of St. Pancras on the 15th January, 1896,
adopted two schemes under Part II. of the Act for dealing with (1) Eastnor
Place, etc., and (2) with Chapel Grove, etc., in the area that "lies to the east
of Chalton Street." On the 11th May, 1898, the Vestry rescinded the
scheme as to Chapel Grove, etc., and adopted an amended scheme dealing
with Chapel Grove, etc. On the 7th September, 1898, the seal of the Vestry
was affixed to the amended Chapel Grove, etc., Scheme and Eastnor Place, etc.,
Scheme. On the 18th and 19th June, 1899, the Local Government Board
held an inquiry into the two schemes, and the London County Council put
forward an alternative scheme for dealing with Chapel Grove. On the 15t,h
November, 1899, the Local Government Board communicated to the Vestry
that they were satisfied that the areas were such as to require a scheme of
reconstruction, and that they proposed to sanction the scheme subject to the
modification of the Chapel Grove scheme of the London County Council, and
to the acquisition of No. 13, 15 and 17, Chapel Street by agreement. The
Vestry ascertained and informed the Local Government Board that these
three houses could not be so acquired, and that the Midland Railway Company
have become the freeholders, and the Local Government Board has since
pointed out that compulsory acquisition in order to carry out the scheme as
modified will necessitate commencing de novo as to the service of notices as far
as the three houses are concerned, and the holding of a further inquiry.
Areas Nos. 2 and 3.—The Vestry of St. Pancras on the 15th April,
1896, sealed two schemes, 'one in respect of the Prospeot Terrace Area and
the other of the Brantome Plaoe Area. On the 10th and 16th March, 1897,
the Local Government Board held an Inquiry into the two schemes, on the
25th June, 1897, the Board by letter oalled upon the Vestry to provide
additional land for rehousing, in order that at least 800 persons of the 1300
to be displaced from the two sites should be rehoused in new buildings. In
the course of correspondence on the 3rd May, 1898, the Board stated that
the Vestry must agree to the purchase ot additional land before the Board
would make an Order sanctioning the schemes with the necessary modifications.
The London Couuty Council considered that the Local Government
Board have no power to add additional land to a scheme under Part II., and
declined to contribute to the additional cost. The Vestry communicated with
the Ilome Secretary on the 22nd September, 1900, as to the interpretation of
his Award, and received a reply that provisions as to rehousing are an integral
part of the scheme to which the London County Council can be required to
contribute. The County Council have been informed that the Borough
Council will prefer a claim when the proper time arrives. Instructions have
been given to prepare the necessary plans, estimates, and details to be
forwarded to the Local Government Board to add to the schemes before
confirmation.
Four different Authorities have been concerned in the framing of these
three last Schemes, namely, the Home Office, the Local Government Board,
the London County Council and the Vestry now the Borough Council, with
the result that at the end of ten years after representation the schemes have
not yet been confirmed.