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During the year the Council made Closing Orders in respect of unfit rooms
at a further fourteen premises and accepted an undertaking from the owner of
another house that one of the basement rooms would not be used for human
habitation. One Closing Order was subsequently determined on the satisfactory
completion of works necessary to render the rooms fit for habitation. The following
are the details of the rooms closed by the Council during the year:—
8, Nightingale Place losing Order on the underground rooms made
24th March, 1952. Determination of Closing
Order on 22nd July, 1952.
225, Plumstead High St. Basement back and back addition rooms.—
Closing Order dated 19th March, 1952.
27, Waverley Road Basement front room.—Closing Order dated
19th March, 1952.
1, Borgard Road Whole basement.—Closing Order dated 20th
February, 1952.
13, Brookhill Road Undertaking given by owner not to use basement
back room for human habitation.
Specified works to other parts of basement
carried out by owner.
4, Coupland Terrace Basement front and back rooms.—Closing
Order dated 17th April, 1952.
18, Heverham Road Basement front and back rooms.—Closing
Order dated 21st May, 1952.
11a, Woolwich Common Basement front and back rooms.—Closing
Order dated 21st May, 1952.
49, Nightingale Vale Basement front room.—Closing Order dated
19th June, 1952.
12, Fennell Street Basement front room.—Closing Order dated
25th June, 1952. Undertaking to erect a
substantial partition between the basement
front and back rooms given by the owner.
4, Fennell Street Basement front and back rooms.—Closing
Order dated 19th June, 1952.
12, Brookhill Road Basement front and back rooms.—Closing
Order dated 19th June, 1952.
72, Eltham Hill Basement front east and west rooms and back
west room.—Closing Order dated 29th
December, 1952.
126, Ancona Road Basement back room.—Closing Order dated
27th October, 1952.
25, Cantwell Road Basement back room.—Closing Order dated
•27th October, 1952.
Formal action under the Housing Acts was also being taken at the end of the
year in respect of a further four individual unfit houses and in respect of underground
rooms at three other houses.
Areas for Clearance
On the 1st October, 1952, the Council dealt with the Ropeyard Rails area,
situate between Warren Lane and Woolwich High Street, on the basis that part
of the site would be used for the provision of a temporary Car Park and the
remaining land, as may be appropriate, for a proposed relocation area for light
industrial and commercial business likely to be displaced from the St. Mary's
Redevelopment Area, or for such other purpose as may be determined.
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