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portions of Edgware-road to 100 ft., the Council, on 13th December, 1927, decided to
surrender certain strips of land for addition to the public way.
Lastelnau estate, Barnes (51½ acres), was purchased under compulsory powers
obtained in 1925. A supplementary Order for the compulsory acquisition of about
2J acres, at the rear of 125 Castclnau, was made by the Council on 8th March, 1927,
and confirmed by the Minister of Health on 6th May, 1927. Portions only of this
land were required for the development of the estate, and an arrangement was
accordingly made for an exchange of lands, involving the land actually needed by
the Council and certain small portions of the land belonging to the Council which
could be disposed of without detriment to the development of the estate. During
the year a site on the estate was sold to the Surrey Education Committee for the
erection of an elementary school.
Castelnau
estate.
The estate is being developed on a " value-cost " contract, by Henry Boot and
Sons (London), Limited, on their pier and panel system of concrete construction.
At the end of the year 101 houses had been completed and the remaining 544 were
in various stages of construction.
One of the recommendations (xv.) of the Royal Commission on Cross-River
Traffic in London, relating to western exits from London, contemplates the construction
of a new arterial road across the estate. In order, therefore, to facilitate the
construction of the arterial road in the event of the scheme being proceeded with,
either in the near future or ultimately, arrangements have been made for the houses
along one of the roads across the estate, which nearly coincides with the route of the
proposed arterial road, to be set back so that at a future date the width of the road
can be increased to 80 ft, without involving the demolition of any buildings.
Old Oak estate, Hammersmith, was partly developed before the war, and on
the remaining land 736 houses were completed before 1927. On 10th May, 1927, the
Council decided to allocate 14 of the houses on the estate to rehouse about 87 persons
of the working classes displaced in connection with the improvement of the southern
approach to Lambeth bridge and the extension of the London School of Economics.
During the year a site on the estate was let on lease for 99 years to Suburban
Social Clubs, Limited, for the erection of a club and institute. No objection will be
raised bv the Council to a club licence for the new premises.
Old Oak
estate.
Wormholt estate was partly developed by the Hammersmith Metropolitan
Borough Council, and the remainder (68 acres) was purchased by the Council
for £58,500. The site adjoins the Council's Old Oak estate, with which it will
be combined for purposes of administration.
Wormholt
estate.
On 26th July, 1927, the Council approved a supplemental capital estimate of
£60,000 to cover the cost of 48 additional houses and 60 flats in three-storey buildings,
making a total for the estate of 771 lettings. The estate is being developed under a
"value-cost contract," by Wilson, Lovatt and Sons, Limited. At the end of the
year 369 houses had been completed.
Nearly all the houses have been allocated for a term of years to meet the
special needs of individual metropolitan borough councils, subject to payment of
annual contributions under agreements in pursuance of section 14 of the Housing
(Financial Provisions) Act, 1924, as mentioned in the Annual Report for 1926
(p. 181). During the year agreements were entered into for the allocation of
100 houses to each of the Finsbury, Hampstead, and Paddington metropolitan
borough councils, and with the Westminster City Council for the allocation of 50
houses on the same terms as in previous similar cases The arrangement previously
entered into with the St. Marylebone Metropolitan Borough Council for the allocation
to it of a total of 200 houses on the estate was modified during the year so
as to limit the number of houses to 100. During the year a site on the estate
was let on building lease for 99 years to a doctor for the erection of a private
residence and surgery.