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Nos. 3 to 13, Bath Place (11 houses).
This property being closed in the previous year, steps
were taken to secure its demolition. Notices were served for
this purpose, and the owners thereupon demolished the
property. Bath Place has now ceased to exist.
With regard to the property dealt with during the year—
a total of 24 houses—the following action has been taken:—
Nos. 1 to 15, Gladstone Place (15 houses).
This property is in a very dilapidated and insanitary
condition. Closing orders were served upon the owners under
the Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909. Plans of
proposed drainage and a specification of works to be
executed were submitted to the Council and approved.
Owing to the trustees being in different parts of the world,
negotiations with regard to the property have been protracted,
but the necessary powers to proceed with the work
of placing it into a habitable condition having now been
obtained, I anticipate the work will be put in hand at an early
date.
Nos. 1 to 4, Black Horse Yard (4 houses).
Closing orders were served upon the owners of this
property, who decided to close it. The cottages now remain
empty. Steps will be taken later to secure their demolition.
Oak Cottage, Bells Hill.
Closing order was served upon the owner who had the
cottage closed.
Nos. 1 to 4, Trent View Cottages (4 houses).
These cottages, although of modern construction, had
been erected contrary to the Bye-laws, which require a 24ft.
roadway to every new street. No such road exists,
the entrance to the property being by means of a narrow
passage-way, and consequently plans should never have been
passed for them.
They became insanitary, due to the fact that they were
frequently flooded with sewage owing to the position in which
they were built. The property changed hands, and the new
owners readily complied with the wishes of the Council and
gave the tenants notice to quit. The cottages now remain
closed. Closing orders were not served in this case, as it was