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3. Action under statutory power during the year
(a) Proceedings under Sections 9 and 10 of the Housing Act 1957
(i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served
requiring repairs 1
(ii) Number of dwellings which rendered fit after service of formal
notices:
(a) By owners NIL
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners NIL
(b) Proceedings under Public Health Acts:
(i) Number of dwellings in respect of which notices were served
requiring defects to be remedied 73
(ii) Number rendered fit
(a) By owners 38
(b) By Local Authority in default of owners NIL
(c) Proceedings under Sections 16 & 17 of the Housing Act 1957
(i) Number of dwellings in respect of which Demolition Orders
were made 7
(ii) Number of dwellings demolished in pursuance of Demolition
Orders 3
(iii) Number of dwellings in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 17
(iv) Number of dwellings closed in pursuance of Closing Orders 21
(v) Number of dwellings in respect of which undertaking accepted
under Section 16(4) 2
CARAVANS
There are in the Borough three sites licensed under the Caravan Sites and Control of Development
Act 1960. One licence is for a single site at Brookhill, Stanmore and the other two licences
are for sites on either side of the Barnet by-pass at Stirling Corner for 154 caravans.
Conditions annexed to the licences provide, inter alia, for the provision of water supply,
drainage, sanitation and washing facilities and refuse disposal. Periodical inspections are made
to check compliance with these conditions and during the year 7 breaches of conditions were found.
5 had been remedied by the end of the year.
Families who had been living in caravans in most unsatisfactory conditions in Arkley Lane and
Saffron Green, Barnet, were placed in permanent houses and have now integrated with the
community.
Itinerant caravan dwellers who from time to time halt on verges of the main roads which traverse
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