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D (11) Proposed Tipping of Household Refuse at Harrow
Manorway
A proposal by various Metropolitan Boroughs to use
land for tipping domestic refuse at Harrow Manorway was
the subject of a Public Inquiry at the Town Hall, Erith,
on 15th July.
As a result of the deliberations, the Minister of Housing
and Local Government decided to with-hold planning
permission from the Metropolitan Boroughs concerned, but
indicated that the Authorities were at liberty to make
fresh application when the Government had decided the
future use of adjoining land.
D (12) Industrial Development
(1) The new Belvedere Power Station, when completed
will occupy a 54 acre site at the north end of Norman
Road. The first half of the building which is designed to
hold four 60 megawatt plant has been completed whilst
the second half, which will contain two 120 megawatt
plant has progressed to partial erection stage. When electricity
production is in full swing, it is estimated that the
national grid will be furnished with 11 million units daily
which will entail for this purpose, the use of about three
thousand tons of fuel oil. It is anticipated that the whole
station will be operating in 1961, and it is considered that
a staff of 420 will be employed on the premises.
(2) Extension of the London County Council's
southern outfall at Crossness has progressed considerably
during the year, and construction is scheduled for completion
in April, 1963, at a total estimated cost of £9,750,000.
The new treatment plant has been designed to deal
with an average daily flow of 96,000,000 gallons, serving
a population of 1,600,000, and a drainage area of 70 square
miles of which 12 square miles are outside London County.
It will consist of a screen house, sewage pumping station,
detritus channels, primary sedimentation tanks, and sludge
digestion plant. The whole of the incoming flow will be
dealt with by six low level and four high level automatically
operated screens which will permit flow of up to 216
million gallons per day to be pumped to the new works for
full treatment.
A new jetty, 600 feet in length, is to be built into the
River Thames so that ample accommodation will be provided
for the berthing of larger sludge vessels which may
be required in the future.