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The provision of a sufficient open space at the rear of all
occupied buildings is a primary consideration in modern housing
schemes, whether municipal or private. Further, very few houses
are now erected with a back addition building likely to obstruct
sunshine or the free circulation of air.
Having these essential amenities in mind, it is particularly
unfortunate that householders should erect the shed structures
which are to be seen in the back gardens of many of the houses in
the town.
A large number of such structures are erected without any
regard to the law upon the ma matter.
It is to be deplored that laws introduced to provide a sanitary
environment should be broken and made of no avail by the very
people such laws were designed to protect.
It is estimated that there are 7,000 houses (70 per cent.) in
the district where temporary buildings have been erected in the
back gardens of the premises.
Many of these are used for the dumping of household litter,
most are ugly and mis-shapen, and almost all are open to objection.
They encroach on the limited open space available and oftentimes
harbour rats.
Among the types of structures which should never be allowed
in the small gardens of cottage dwellings are:—
Poultry houses and fowl runs.
Large wringer slieds.
Tool sheds and workshops.
Motor cycle sheds.
Lean-to additions with insufficient roof lightandventilation.
As the Council is aware, the most satisfactory method of dealing
with the problem is to make greater use of its powers for the control
of temporary buildings.