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contemplates the provision of about 112 dwellings in three blocks, five storeys in
height, with 370 rooms.
Stamford-hill
site
The Stamford-hill site comprises about 5¾ acres on the east side of Stamford-hill,
Hackney, at its junction with Lynmouth-road. The site is being acquired under a
compulsory purchase Order made by the Council on July 9th 1929, and confirmed
by the Minister of Health in November, 1929. The Council has entered into agreements
with the owners of two adjoining clubs that in certain events the Council will
be enabled to purchase their lands (having a total area of about 4½ acres) for addition
to the housing site. Plans which have been prepared provide for the erection on
the land forming the subject of the compulsory purchase Order of eight blocks of
dwellings comprising 277 tenements with 947 rooms. The buildings will be five storeys
in height with the exception of parts of three blocks (four storeys) and a part of
another block (six storeys).
Shore-road
site.
The Shore-road site consists of an area of about 3½ acres bounded by Shore-road,
King Edward's-road and the back gardens of houses in Fremont-street and Victoriapark-road,
Hackney. The site forms the subject of a compulsory purchase Order
made by the Council on 26th March, 1929. Confirmation of the Order by the
Minister of Health is awaited. A lay-out plan has been prepared which provides
for the erection at an early date of 103 dwellings with 345 rooms, in buildings five
storeys high, on part of the site.
Streathamhill
site.
The Council on 10th December 1929, made a compulsory purchase Order in
respect of the Streatham-hill site (9 acres) in Leigham-court-road, Streatham-hill,
Wandsworth, near its junction with Mount Nod-road. It is proposed to erect
about 282 dwellings with 943 rooms, in blocks three or four storeys high, on the main
portion of the site, and to reserve the land fronting on Leigham-court-road to a depth
of about 150 feet for better-class development. It appeared, at the end of the year,
that there was a possibility of acquiring practically all the requisite property by
agreement.
Dog Kennelhill
site.
The Dog Kennel-hill site consists of an area of about 15 acres on the east side
of Dog Kennel-hill, Camberwell, in respect of which the Council on 17th December,
1929, made a compulsory purchase Order, which has been submitted to the Minister
of Health for confirmation. It is proposed to provide on the site about 757 dwellings
with 2,710 rooms, in buildings mostly five storeys high, with a small proportion of
four storey buildings.
Clearance
Schemes.
Particulars are given below of the various schemes being carried out by the
Council for the clearance and reconstruction of unhealthy areas under Part II of
the Housing Act, 1925. In connection with these schemes, 352 further premises
were acquired and 498 old buildings were demolished during the year.
Tabardstreer,
etc.
scheme.
The Tabard-street, etc., scheme deals with the Tabard-street and Grotto-place
areas, Southwark, and the Crosby-row area, Bermondsey, comprising in all about
18½ acres. The clearance of the three areas involves the displacement of 4,550
persons of the working classes, and the Council is required under the confirming Order,
made in 1912, as amended by the modification Order issued by the Minister of Health
in July, 1926, to provide rehousing accommodation for not fewer than 3,580 persons.
Seven blocks of dwellings and one cottage, containing altogether 1,190 rooms, have
been provided on the main portion of the Tabard-street area, known as Tabard
Garden estate. An estimate of £31,500 for the erection of further dwellings (118
rooms) on an adjacent site in Law-street included in the scheme, was approved on
30th July, 1929. Plans are being prepared, but the site is not yet available for
building operations to be commenced. The remainder of the rehousing accommodation
has been provided at East Hill estate, Wandsworth.
Brady-street
scheme.
The Brady-street scheme, which was confirmed by the Minister of Health in
1922, relates to an area of about 7 acres in the metropolitan borough of Bethnal
Green. About 1,865 persons of the working classes will be displaced. Four blocks