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Edgworth Road to the roundabout and north to the Urban District
boundary. The southern boundary being the north side of Chase Way,
crossing Hampden Way and the north side of the passageway between
No. 70 and No. 72 Hampden Way and then in a S.W. direction to
Pymmes Brook and then northward along Pymmes Brook, west along
Parkside Gardens, Avondale Avenue to the Urban District boundary,
On the west by the Urban District Boundary as far as the railway
bridge over Longmore Avenue. The area at present subject to Smoke
Control Orders comprises 4,256 houses.
The Council at its December meeting approved Smoke Control
Order No. 5 and the Order was sent to the Minister for confirmation.
This area is bounded on the north by the northside of Parkside
Gardens, the north side of Avondale Avenue from Church Hill Road
to the passageway to Gallants Farm Road, and the north side of the
passageway including the footbridge over the railway line to the Urban
District boundary; on the east by Pymmes Brook ; on the south by
the northern boundary of the Great Northern London Cemetery to
Brunswick Park Road; north along the west side of Brunswick Park
Road to the northern boundary of Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd.,
west, north and then west along the said boundary to the railway
embankment, west along the north side of the railway embankment
to the Urban District boundary ; on the west by the Urban District
boundary.
The area contains 1,313 private dwellings and it is estimated that
1,582 fireplaces require conversion or adaptation to satisfactorily burn
smokeless fuel. The total capital cost of this work will be approximately
£19,430 of which the net estimated capital cost to the Council will be
£5,829 after Exchequer grants have been received. This cost would,
of course, only be realised if all the owners applied for grant and from
previous experience this seems unlikely. This area does not contain
quite so many houses as the previous one No. 4 but the cost is the
highest of all the areas yet approved as there are a greater number
of fireplaces to be converted.
In December, 1963, the Ministry issued Circular No. 69/63 this
circular advises with regard to revised arrangements for the availability
of smokeless fuels and grants. In principle the circular states that there
will be little further increase in the production of gas coke and as this
coke has been the mainstay of open coke burning fires in smoke control
areas it is not safe to rely on such supplies. In view of the above
the circular states that the Minister considers that the installation of
openable stoves, under-floor draught open fires or fixed gas, electric
storage or oil heaters should now be regarded as "reasonably necessary
" works and that the full expenditure on such installations should
rank for grant. Also that encouragement be given to householders to
choose a form of space heating other than improved open grates.
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