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Similarly one Demolition Order was revoked. The twelve properties were adapted so
as to provide thirteen units of accommodation.
Slum Clearance and Re-development
In November local authorities in England and Wales were requested by the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government in Circular 92/69 to submit their programmes
for the four years 1970 to 1973, in order to deal with outstanding unfit
properties.
Outside the areas which the Council have programmed for comprehensive redevelopment
under Part V of the Housing Act, 1957 there are no localities of unfit
housing in the Borough, the problem of unfitness remaining confined to individual
houses or small groups of properties. During the next four years it is therefore
envisaged that 55 properties will need to be considered for representation under
Part III of the Housing Act, 1957 and that 69 properties are likely to be cleared from
declared clearance areas. During the same period 131 unfit properties npw existing
in Housing Areas defined under Part V of the Housing Act, 1957 should be demolished.
As a result of complaint and the routine inspection of the district some twenty
dwellings per annum are found to be unfit and incapable of repair at reasonable cost
and necessitate action under Part II of the Housing Act, 1957.
No further surveys were undertaken during the year in respect of potential areas
for designation under Part V of the Housing Act, 1957 but following representations
from a group of the owners concerned, the Council agreed in respect of the Cromwell
Road Housing Area, designated in 1968 that a re-appraisal of the area should be
undertaken in the light of the provisions of Part II of the Housing Act, 1969 in
respect of General Improvement Areas. By the end of the year arrangements had been
completed for the carrying out of this re-appraisal which it was indicated would
involve the detailed inspection of 100 dwellings.
Following completion of demolition, contractors took over in the West Hendon
Housing Area, the largest of the re-development areas included in the Council's
programme. On completion this will provide 646 units of accommodation in an area
previously.occupied by some 450 mainly sub-standard properties with an appreciable
element of multi-occupation. Re-development of the first phase of the Ridge Road
Housing Area was also commenced. Here the final scheme will provide for 30 units
of accommodation on a site previously occupied by 22 properties with a high degree
of multi-occupation.
Improvement of Houses
On the grounds that the scale and type of work done to improve or repair the
existing stock of houses in a local authority's area should form an integral part of
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