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tained and only one application was received during the year
a grant of 50% of the cost of improvements was made.
Certificates of Disrepair
It is evident that the conditions laid down in the
Housing Repairs & Rents Act 1954 for increasing the rent
of dwelling houses have not proved acceptable to property
owners in this district Since the Act came into force
only 52 applications for Certificates of Disrepair have
been received and last year there were none at all During
the year one application for revocation of a Certificate
was received but was not granted.
"toveable Dwellings.
It is five years since I first referred in these
reports to the proposed municipal caravan site. Construe
tionofthe site was commenced in October and when completed
should compare favourably with any in the country. It will
accommodate 95 vans and all will have an impervious standing
there will be proper roads and paths to all parts of the
site no van will be more than 100 ft. from a water supply
and slop disposal point and the ablution block will contain
water closets wash basins baths and deep sinks for laundry
purposes. On completion of the site it is the Councils in
tention to take action to close the existing unauthorised
sites which represent from a sanitary and public health
point of view some of the district s most unsatisfactory
features.
New Houses.
During the year 1956 the following dwellings were completed
by the Council and private developers
Council
Houses 39
Old Persons dwellings
Plats 74
Maisonettes 6
Private Development
Dwellings 322
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