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HOUSING
Unfit Houses
Progress continued during the year iri the drive to eradicate the basically unfit properties throughout
the Borough. The Schedule of inspections and representations of areas for clearance as contained in
the Provisional Clearance Programmepreviously approved by theCouncil was adhered to. One provisional
area, St. James's Lane, was found on examination not to be in such an advanced state of deterioration
as to warrant clearance of the houses and a recommendation was accepted by the Council that treatment
of the area by clearance be postponed, to be taken up again at a later date should conditions in the
area justify such action.
Work involved in the preparation of clearance areas for representation included detailed inspections
and reports, the preparing of principal grounds, obtaining particulars of owners and occupiers, and the
defining of areas on ordnance maps. Housing Act, Section 170, notices were sent out in respect of all
houses within areas considered suitable for Part III Compulsory Purchase Order procedure.
Observations were made of progress in the demolition of houses in previously confirmed clearance
areas. Some of these areas were cleared during the year and work proceeded at several others.
Six areas containing sixteen clearance areas represented since the advent of the Borough were
confirmed during the year and occupiers are presently being re-housed from these areas. The areas
include 351 houses housing 481 families.
Two areas containing six clearance areas represented in 1966 await confirmation. These cover
212 houses and 228 families.
Nine areas containing thirty four clearance areas were represented for clearance during the year.
These include 414 houses and 559 families.
Public Local Inquiries were held in respect of Orders relating to nine areas containing thirty one
clearance areas.
The figures given above relate only to houses within clearance areas. Total numbers set out in
the statement below also show houses which were not classified as unfit but included in the Compulsory
Purchase Orders related to clearance areas. Detailed inspections were also made of these houses
before they were so classified.
1. Areas demolished and cleared during 1967
Tottenham Lane/Church Path/Ada Cottages
St. Mary's Road
Osborne Grove
Church Road/King's Road
Culvert Road/Woodville Road
2. Areas confirmed before 1967 and not yet cleared
Park Lane/Waverley Road
Clyde Road/Elizabeth Place
Tewkesbury Road/Seven Sisters Road
Acacia Road (Part)
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