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Total in Area
In Clearance Areas of Compulsory
Compulsory Purchase Order Clearance
Purchase Order
No. Of
Areas
Houses Families Houses Families
3. Areas confirmed during 1967
Northumberland Park/West Road 4 41 95 75 158
HornseyVale 2 147 113 167 142
Lorenco Road/Pretoria Road 2 104 205 128 239
Acacia Road/White Hart Lane 6 42 50 48 59
Moreton Road 1 8 7 8 7
Suffolk Road Clearance Order 1 9 11 9 11
4. Areas represented before 1967 and not yet confirmed
Suffolk/Sutton/St. Ann's Road 4 129 145 156 180
Roslyn Road/Seaford Road 2 83 83 90 90
5. Areas represented during 1967
Langham Road/West Green Road 7 31 49 51 76
The Grove, N.8. 3 25 28 35 39
Brunswick Road/West Green Road 6 63 90 110 155
Stanley/Culross/Derby Road 9 163 223 213 291
Western Road, N.22. 2 14 13 15 14
Clyde Road 3 25 26 37 43
Park Lane/High Road 2 24 24 27 26
Station Road/Brograve Road 1 60 79 70 92
Upper Tollington Park 1 9 27 9 27
The list of Provisional Clearance Areas was revised during the year. Areas and houses which
have been dealt with by clearance procedure and the sites finally cleared were deleted from the programme
and additional areas which appeared to justify detailed examination within a ten year period were added
to the list. A new consolidated list was prepared and issued after approval by the Council.
A note is kept of deteriorating properties and areas throughout the Borough which, by general
observation would appear to warrant consideration for inclusion in the Provisional Programme at a
future revision.
There are many substantial areas of generally unfit properties remaining within the Borough, and
it is confidently expected that these can be put forward as areas for clearance over the next few years.
They are areas where disrepair, instability and dampness are prevalent and are most unlikely to be
found suitable for treatment other than by clearance. The present Part III procedure would seem
appropriate in these cases for some years to come.
It would seem that the clearance of houses would properly be held to be the "best method" of
dealing with them where the basic structure is unsound, i.e. having regard to extreme disrepair,
inherent rising dampness and bad arrangement.
The houses within a clearance area however must first be considered to be unfit under terms of
Section 4 of the Housing Act before the question of the "best method" arises. There appears to be a
trend to place an increasing importance upon the amenities (possibly to be extended) i.e. indoor water
closet, foodstore, draining boards to sinks, artificial lighting, baths, hot water supplies, food preparation
facilities, etc., when considering fitness or unfitness.
This increased importance may lead, particularly if legislation raises the standard in regard to
amenities, to a greater ease in proving houses to be unfit, but, where the basic structure of houses is
sound, to a greater difficulty in proving that the best method of dealing with the area is by clearance.
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