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Council's proposals were submitted to the Minister in accordance with his request,
and these proposals indicated that the whole Borough would be included in Smoke
Control Orders by 1974, covering a total of 8,781 acres and 59,280 premises.
In Circular No. 4/62 of January 1962, the Minister again approached black area
authorities and asked them to consider whether the target dates originally set for
completing the programmes could be brought forward, and to prepare programmes
for establishing smoke control areas in the five year period 1962—1966. This Council's
proposals were submitted to the Minister and these indicated that by the end of 1966,
38,112 premises and approximately 5,948 acres would be included in areas covered
by Orders.
In December of 1962, the Command Paper "Smoke Control (England and Wales)
1962—1966" was published. The report listed 34 black area authorities in England
which did not submit programmes for publication in 1960 but had now done so for
the years 1962—1966. In addition the report included a list of 54 black area authorities
which had not by the 1st July 1962 responded to the Minister's invitations to submit
programmes. Of the latter number 18 stated that they had programmes in preparation
or under consideration, but most of the others maintained either that they did not
consider their districts to be black areas or that they had been prevented by administrative
difficulties from taking any action.