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The Council on 17th December, 1929, agreed to an arrangement with the owners
of the "French Horn" public-house with regard to the adjoining site of 34, Walnut
Tree-walk included in the China-walk area, whereby they were enabled to carry
out an improvement of the licensed premises which they had long contemplated,
while at the same time the requirements of the scheme at this point were unaffected.
Hatfieldstreet
area.
The Hatfield-street area (2¾ acres), situated in an industrial district, is being
devoted to commercial purposes.
Hankey-plaee
area.
The Council in 1928 approved a capital estimate of £14,080, and on 30th July,
1929, approved a supplemental estimate of £900 for the erection of a block of dwellings
(Medway House) five storeys high, comprising 27 tenements of the normal type (76
rooms) on the Hankey-place area. The dwellings were completed towards the end
of 1929.
Wyndhamroad
site.
The name Comber estate has been selected for the new dwellings to be erected
on the Wyndham-road area and the adjoining 4 acres of land acquired under Part III.
of the Act of 1925. The first block of dwellings, known as Moffat House, comprises
42 tenements (127 rooms).
During 1929 Speke House, containing 17 tenements (53 rooms) was completed,
and considerable progress had been made towards completing Livingstone House,
comprising 56 tenements (160 rooms). At the end of the year preliminary
arrangements were being made for the erection of three further blocks of dwellings
on the estate.
The Council on 26th February, 1929, agreed to the appropriation for education
purposes of about 5,000 square feet of land for addition to the L.C.C. Comber-grove
school at a transfer figure of £800, the cost (£240) of erecting the new boundary
wall being shared equally between the housing and education accounts. For the
purpose of an adjustment of boundary the Council on 17th December, 1929, agreed
to an exchange of lands with the trustees of Dulwich College Mission.
Basing-place
and Blue
Anchor-lane
scheme.
The scheme for the clearance of the Basing-place and Blue Anchor-lane areas,
Camberwell (about 3 acres), as confirmed by the Minister of Health in 1927, requires
that rehousing accommodation for 756 persons, which is the estimated number of
persons to be displaced from the two areas, shall be provided by the Council in
new dwellings to be erected on the Blue Anchor-lane area. The Basing-place
area will not be used for housing. The Blue Anchor-lane area (to be known as
Oliver Goldsmith-estate) is being developed by the erection of two blocks of dwellings
(Wakefield and Primrose Houses) of the normal type, five storeys high, comprising
in all 121 tenements and 383 rooms, 12 lock-up shops on the ground floor of Primrose
House, 13 costermongers' barrow sheds, and an estate workshop and store.
The foundations of part of Wakefield House were completed during the early
part of 1929. On 26th March, 1929, the Council approved a capital estimate of
£82,200 for the erection of the Wakefield and Primrose Houses, including the cost
of the foundation work already done. In May, 1929, a tender of R. J. Rowley,
Limited, amounting to £45,984, was accepted for the construction of the remainder of
the foundations and the erection of the superstructure of Wakefield House, including
the construction of an entrance road and cartways and the erection of the estate workshop
and store and the 13 costermongers' barrow sheds, together with the company's
offer to erect Primrose House (with the 12 lock-up shops) at the rates and prices
in their tender for the superstructure of Wakefield House. At the end of the year
considerable progress had been made with the building works, a substantial portion
of Wakefield House was approaching completion and work on the northern portion
of Primrose House (including 8 shops) was well advanced. The clearance of the
site of the southern portion of this block cannot be completed until the licensing
justices have dealt with the question of the licence of the "Horseshoe" beerhouse
standing on a portion of the site. The Council, on 23rd April, 1929, agreed to
abandon the licence even though it might be unsuccessful in its efforts to obtain