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Caravans and Camping
Site licences issued under the provisions of the Caravan
Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960, in full during the
year were 5 individuals and 2 multiple, the total number of
caravans involved being 208. One of the multiple sites is subject
to conditions for a progressive reduction of the caravans during
the year.
The Council own and administer — through the Housing
Department — a residential site consisting of 66 vans plus a
site shop.
The temporary site for gypsies which the Council established
last year at the southern end of Stubbers Outdoor Pursuits Centre,
Dennises Lane, North Ockendon, is now known as the South Park
Caravan Site and the responsibility for running this site was
assumed by the Housing Department during the year.
The decision on the provision of a permanent site for gypsies
had not been resolved by the Council at the end of the year.
The Council own the Outdoor Pursuits Centre at Stubbers,
North Ockendon, which includes a tented camping site for 450
tents. This Centre is administered by the Education Department.
Sewerage and Sewage Disposal
In last year's report I outlined the details of the closure of
Bretons Farm Sewage Works and the diversion of the sewage
flow to the Riverside Works, Manor Way, Rainham.
A six million pound scheme to cope with the increased main
drainage for parts of Dagenham, Hornchurch and Romford was
completed by an extension of the Riverside Sewage Disposal
Works in the early part of the year, and the works have operated
satisfactorily throughout the year.
The following is the background to the above-mentioned
extension: —
In the late 1930's a drainage scheme for Dagenham, Romford,
Hornchurch and part of Brentwood was under consideration. After
the war increased restrictions by the Port of London Authority
on discharging into the Thames caused the then Dagenham Council
to consider extending their Riverside Works and at the same time
the regional drainage scheme was reviewed.
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