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SLUM CLEARANCE
Clearance Areas.
The Council's programme of properties in the Borough scheduled to be cleared
during the years 1950-55 was substantially completed by the end of the year. The
total number of properties involved in this five-year programme was nearly 600.
Details of the action taken by the Council during the year are as follows :—
Thrift Cottages (Frances Street Area).
This area, comprising five dwelling houses (1-5 cons. Thrift Cottages), had been
represented by me on the 6th April, 1954 for clearance, and was subsequently
declared by the Council to be a Clearance Area. The Council's Clearance Order
was confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on the 31st March,
1955.
Eustace Place (No. 1 Area).
I represented, in 1954, that this area, comprising 16 houses, should be dealt
with for clearance. The Minister of Housing and Local Government held a Public
Inquiry in respect of this area on the 19th April, 1955. Objections had been made
by the owners of Nos. 17 and 18, Borgard Road, 25-31, 32 and 33-38, Eustace Place.
The Minister confirmed this Clearance Order on the 15th June.
Eustace Place (No. 2 Area).
This Area, comprising ten houses (3-12 cons., Limbrey's Buildings) was represented
to be dealt with for clearance in 1954. The Minister of Housing and Local
Government confirmed the Council's Clearance Order, without modification, on
the 15th June, 1955.
Greenlaw Place (No. 1 Area).
This Area, comprises twelve houses, the number of occupants totalling 35.
The Council declared the area to be a clearance Area in November, 1954. In
September, 1955, the Minister of Housing and Local Government confirmed the
Council's Clearance Order without modification.
Greenlaw Place (No. 2 Area).
This Area comprises the following dwelling houses : 25-47 (odd) Kingsman
Street, which I represented to the Council as unfit in October, 1954. The number
of occupants was 36, and the Council's Clearance Order was confirmed by the
Minister during 1955.
Greenlaw Place (No. 3 Area).
This Area consists of 97 dwelling houses, and was represented by me during
1954. The Council's Clearance Order was confirmed by the Minister in September,
1955, subject to modifications which involved the exclusion of No. 290, Woolwich
Church Street, and Nos. 36 and 38, Church Hill from the Clearance Area ; also 41
properties which the Council had already acquired by agreement had been excluded
from the Order.
Greenlaw Place (No. 4 Area).
There are only two houses in this area, and the Council's Clearance Order was
confirmed by the Minister during 1955.
Samuel Street (Nos. 1-5 Areas).
At the end of the year I represented to the Council that the houses comprised
in the following five areas were unfit for human habitation and should be dealt
with as Clearance Areas :—
No. 1 Order : 71-83 (odd), Samuel Street
87-119 (odd), Samuel Street
129-141 (odd), Samuel Street
71-113 (odd), Frances Street.
No. 2 Order : 39-43 (odd), Samuel Street
49-67 (odd), Samuel Street
66-78 (even), Frances Street
117-125 (odd), Frances Street
129-151 (odd), Frances Street
25-31 (cons.), Chapel Hill
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