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A further three individual unfit houses had been represented to the
Council at the end of the year for demolition or closure»
The Council also made Closing Orders in respect of unfit rooms
at a further two houses as follows:-
26a, Passey Place (basement front and back rooms, but permitting
use for office purposes)
110, Woodhiil (basement rooms)
During the year the Council determined Closing Orders in respect
of 21, Merchland Road, 16, Gavin Street (substituting a new Closing
Order on the basement rooms), 22, Heverham Road (basement rooms),
106a, Elthaa Road (basement rooms), and 10, Eltham Green (basement
rooms).
SLUM CLEARANCE
CLEARANCE AREAS
Further progress was made during the year with regard to the
Councils Slum Clearance Programme. Details of the work carried out
during this period are as follows:-
Ann Street (Nos. 1-4) Areas. I had previously represented to the
Council that the houses comprised in the following four areas were
unfit for human habitation and should be dealt with as clearance areas.
Clearance Orders were made by the Council on the 3rd April, 1957, in
respect of these four areas, as follows:-
No. 1 Areas 160-170(even), 161-179(odd), and 185 Ann Street,
125-137(odd) Villas Road, 21 and 23 Waverley Road.
No. 2 Areas: 3-9 (odd) Brewery Road
No.3 Areas 108-134(even), 138-142(even), 109-145(odd), 145a,
and 147-155 (odd) Ann Street; 24a, 24b, and 26-34 (even) Glyndon
Road; 86-92 (even) and 100, 122 and 124, Robert Street; 83-101(odd),
105 and 107, Villas Road.
No. 4 Areas 12 and 14, Glyndon Road.
There are 100 dwelling houses in the above -mentioned four areas.
In addition, there are approximately 60 properties on adjoining land
which are not considered representable but which it is necessary for
the Council to acquire in order to obtain a cleared site of convenient
shape and dimensions for the satisfactory redevelopment of these
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