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the remaining 66 acres were sold for the erection of dwelling-houses by private
enterprise.
During the year the Council sold a site on the estate for the erection of a
Salvation Army citadel. The Council also sold a site to the Middlesex County
Council for a secondary school, two sites to the Hendon Urban District Council for
elementary schools, and one site to the Vicar of St. Alphage for a church hall and
school. A strip of land was sold to the London Electric Railway Company for
addition to their sports ground, and the London and North-Eastern Railway
Company agreed to convey to the Council two strips of land in exchange for a strip
of land required for the future widening of the railway. Other sites were let on
building lease for 99 years for the erection of shops or business premises. A site was
let on lease for 21 years for the erection of a meeting hall and for sports purposes.
A site was let on lease for 99 years to a doctor for the erection of a residence and
surgery, and two houses were let on lease for 21 years for the purpose of a dental
practice and a medical practice respectively.
Offers were invited by public advertisement for a 99 years' lease, on the basis
of the payment of a premium and ground rent, of a site for the erection of a refreshment
house of improved type for the supply of food and alcoholic and non-alcoholic
liquors to the public on and off the premises. As the result of consideration of
the offers received, the Council decided to let on building lease for 99 years to Watney,
Combe, Reid and Company, Limited, a site having an area of about one acre with
frontage to Orange Hill-road and Deansbrook-lane on condition that the house
shall be available for the general entertainment and refreshment of the population,
that persons employed on the premises shall not have any direct pecuniary interest
in encouraging the sale of alcoholic liquor, and subject to the necessary liquor licence
being obtained by the prospective lessees from the licensing justices.
In connection with the proposal of the Hendon Urban District Council to widen
Deansbrook-lane and Deans-lane the Council surrendered certain strips of land for
addition to the public way.
Castelnau estate, Barnes (51½ acres), was purchased under compulsory powers
obtained in 1925 and 1927, and was developed on a "value-cost" contract by
Henry Boot and Sons (London), Limited, by the erection of 644 houses, mainly on
their pier and panel system of concrete construction. The estate was completed
during the year.
An area of about 3 acres has been reserved as a public open space, and the
question of the arrangements for the lay-out and maintenance of the ground is still
under consideration. The outfall works for the surface water drainage from the
estate were constructed by the Council for the Barnes Urban District Council, and
the payment to be made by the District Council in respect of the cost of the work
has now been agreed at £1,689 6s. 1d.
Castelnau
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 is combined
for purposes of administration.
On 31st July, 1928, the Council decided to erect 14 additional houses, making
a total for the estate of 785 lettings. The estate, which was completed towards the
end of 1928, was developed under a "value-cost" contract, by Wilson Lovatt and
Sons, Limited.
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 (vol. III, p. 181).
During the year agreements were entered into for the allocation of 50 additional houses
or flats, each to the Westminster City Council (100 in all) and the Paddington
Wormholt
estate.