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Hadley High stone Clearance Area: The Medical Officer of Health
represented a Clearance Area of eleven houses in Hadley Highstone to
the November Committee. This Area was subsequently declared by
the Council to be a Clearance Area. The Area comprises eleven
terrace cottages arranged in two blocks along Hadley Highstone, one
being a block of eight houses Nos. 39 to 53 and the other three houses
Nos. 55 to 59. The cottages are brick built, each block having a continuous
slate pitched roof. Most of the dwellings have four rooms with
a back addition scullery.
49 Leicester Road: A report was made to the Committee in May,
1960 regarding the condition of these premises. It was reported that
the premises were unfit and that the cost of repairs was unreasonable.
The property is a semi-detached house, No 1 Plantagenet Road being
the other one of the pair. The houses are brick built with a slate roof
and No. 49 Leicester Road comprises seven rooms and a scullery.
After consideration the Council made an Order for the demolition in
October, 1960.
1 Plantagenet Road: A report to the Committee on these premises
was made at the same time as the report on 49 Leicester Road. As
previously stated this house, together with 49 Leicester Road, make
a pair of semi-detached houses. The Council considered the report and
made a demolition order on the premises in October.
10 Margaret Road: A report was made regarding two first floor
rooms in these premises to the January Committee and after consideration
the Council were of the opinion that they were unfit for
human habitation and in February a Closing Order in respect of
this part of the building was made.
Rent Act, 1957: During the year there were only three applications
for certificates of disrepair under this Act. Of these, one certificate of
disrepair was issued and in the case of the other two the landlords
gave undertakings to carry out the works.
The only other action under this Act was an application by a landlord
for the cancellation of a certificate of disrepair. This was reported
to the Council and as the tenant did not raise any objection the
certificate was cancelled.
Since the Act came into force only 47 applications for certificate of
disrepair have been received. In the first two years of the operation
of the Act 38 applications for certificates of disrepair were dealt with.
As previously mentioned in Annual Reports it is apparent that the
full use of the certificates has not been made by the tenants of houses
and from the year under review it seems as though the sections dealing
with the issue of certificates of disrepair under the Rent Act are falling
into dis-use.
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