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It is intended to erect 250 prefabricated houses on land in the
Borough, and of this number 83 have been erected and are occupied.
It is hoped that the remainder will be occupied before the end of
the year. The 250 are sited as follows:
On bombed sites 58
On private open space 50
In Public Parks 33
On land which will become public open
space at the end of the life of the
temporary dwellings 109
250
The Town Council have decided that any vacant piece of land
suitable for housing shall be acquired in the Borough. Fortunately,
the Council acquired 10 acres of land in The Vale, and a contract
for the erection of, 318 flats was let in 1946. This scheme provides
for:
30 One roomed flats (for old people).
98 Three roomed flats.
24 Four roomed flats (for 5 people).
96 Four roomed flats (for 6 people).
70 Five roomed flats.
In addition there will be a community centre for social gatherings,
a laundry for the use of the tenants fitted out with the latest
appliances for washing and drying clothes, a tenants' workshop,
and a mortuary.
The Town Council have decided that any vacant piece of land
suitable for housing shall be acquired in the Borough. Fortunately,
the Council acquired 10 acres of land in The Vale, and a contract
for the erection, of, 318 flats was let in 1946. This scheme provides
for:
30 One roomed flats (for old people).
98 Three roomed flats.
24 Four roomed flats (for 5 people).
96 Four roomed flats (for 6 people).
70 Five roomed flats.
In addition there will be a community centre for social gatherings,
a laundry for the use of the tenants fitted out with the latest
appliances for washing and drying clothes, a tenants' workshop,
and a mortuary.
Preliminary plans for the development of the first seven-sites
of the list set out below, have been approved:
Site.
Net area
(acres)
No. of flats.
Total
1
2
3
4
bedrooms.
Bromley Lodge, Lynton Road
0.90
-
6
12
-
18
Bollo Bridge Road
0.84
4
14
18
2
38
Park Road North (E. side)
0.19
2
7
3
—
12
Horn Lane—Shalimar Gardens
0.52
—
3
17
4
24
Oldfield Estate, The Vale
1.99
6
20
32
—
58
Oakley Avenue
0.7'2
2
4
12
—
18
Esmond Road and Ramillies Road
1.05
1
11
12
—
30
Pierrepoint and Creswick Roads
0.50
*18
Avenue Crescent & Heathfield Rd.
1.10
12
378 Uxbridge Road
0.36
8
* Total estimated.