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At the close of the year the following additional sites were in course of redevelopment for housing
purposes:—
Church Street Extension (76 flats, with shops below)
Foundation works in progress. Completion expected in April, 1961.
40/47, Chapel Street (20 flats with offices below)
Completion expected early in 1960.
Newcourt Street (48 flats)
Flats expected to be completed early in 1960.
9/25, Cochrane Street (32 flats)
Completion expected in July, 1961.
Further Development Linked with Slum Clearance.
Broadley Street/Penfold Street (32 flats)
Development of site to density approaching 200 persons per acre refused by planning authority.
Appeal lodged with Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Ashbridge Street (East)—(12 flats)
4 properties purchased by voluntary negotiations. Decision on Compulsory Purchase Order awaited
for remainder from Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
Freshwater Place (16 flats)
7 properties purchased by voluntary negotiations—terms agreed for remainder to be purchased
early in 1960.
Mulready Street (118 or 174 flats—dependent on density)
12 properties purchased by voluntary negotiations. Decision awaited from Minister of Housing
and Local Government on Compulsory Purchase for remainder.
Clipstone Street (305 flats)
Proposals for the redevelopment of the area bounded by Carburton Street, Cleveland Street,
Clipstone Street and Gt. Titchfield Street under consideration.
Requisitioned Premises.
Satisfactory progress was made towards the release of requisitioned premises by the 31st March,
1960. Two Compulsory Purchase Orders were made and confirmed by the Minister of Housing and
Local Government to enable the purchase of requisitioned premises where terms could not be settled
by voluntary negotiation. The number of dwelling units held under requisition at the end of the year
was 199.
Housing Acts, 1949/58.
(a) Loans.—The Council continued to make loans to enable approved applicants to acquire their
own houses. The total sum advanced during the year was £12,260.
(b) Improvement Grants.—Grants totalling £2,413 were approved during the year for private owners
to convert and improve existing houses.
Factory-Made Bungalows.
A further seven factory-made bungalows were vacated and removed during the year, leaving 17
families still occupying this type of accommodation.
Housing of Old People.
(a) 51/54, Beaumont Street.—The Council have agreed to take a building lease of Nos. 51/54,
Beaumont Street with a view to the development of the site for the accommodation of old people.
(b) St. Marylebone Almshouses, St. John's Wood Terrace.—The Council agreed to make a grant of a
sum not exceeding £30,000 under the Housing Act, 1957, towards the cost of rebuilding the St. Marylebone
Almshouses.
(c) The Ladies' Home for Gentlewomen, 41, Abbey Road, N.W.8.—A grant of approximately £11,000
was agreed by the Council under the Housing Act, 1957, for the modernisation of this Home.
(d) Dorset Chambers, Chagford Street, TV.W.l.—An improvement grant of approximately £5,508
was approved under the Housing Acts to the Individual Housing (W.V.S.), Ltd., to assist the conversion
of Dorset Chambers into 16 self-contained flats with modern conveniences, for elderly people.