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HOUSING
Progress in reducing the number of premises on the Council
schedule of unfit houses has been slow during the year. Only five
Demolition Orders, and four Closing Orders have been made and
one Clearance Area declared. The reason for this tardy progress has
been due to the Requisitioned Houses and Housing Amendments
Act, 1955 with its responsibility for the de-requisitioning of houses.
In addition to the above figures, approximately 17 houses which were
on the list of unfit houses have been made fit by voluntary action by
the owners and subsequently removed from the schedule.
The Clearance Area which has been declared during the period
under review is in Edward Road, New Barnet, consisting of 12 houses,
being Nos. 32 to 54 inclusive. This area will not provide any
additional land for rebuilding as it is scheduled as Industrial under
the Town Planning Scheme. The area was declared in November,
1959, and the period for objections has not yet elapsed, so it is not
known whether or not an Enquiry will be held.
At the beginning of 1959 there were two houses on which Demolition
Orders had been served and the premises not demolished and
six Closing Orders. The premises on which Demolition Orders were
operative were as follows:
54 Edward Road, New Barnet—Demolition Order served.
37 Hadley Highstone, Hadley—Demolition Order served 1958.
65/65a Church Hill Road, East Barnet—Demolition Order served
1957.
The premises on which Closing Orders were operative being:
107 Leicester Road, New Barnet
55 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet
Basement Flat, 49 Lyonsdown Road, New Barnet
21 Victoria Road, New Barnet
70 East Barnet Road, New Barnet
16 Welbeck Road, East Barnet.
There are also five confirmed Clearance Areas affecting fifty-six
houses which have not yet been demolished although the majority of
the houses in these areas are vacant. There is no area in which all the
houses have been vacated.
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