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Details of the proposed Areas are as follows:Coldharbour
Area
This Area is bounded to the south-east, south and
south-west by the Borough boundary with Chislehurst and
Sidcup, to the north-west and north by the rear of Chapel
Farm Road and by a line through the playing fields at the
rear of Chapel Farm Road and Sidcup Road, and by Sidcup
Road from the Crossways Hotel to the Borough boundary with
Chislehurst and Sidcup. It comprises 350 acres, and
includes 2,806 dwellings, of which 1,715 are permanent
Borough Council post-war properties, and 1,091 private
dwellings. It is estimated that approximately 2,300 of
these dwellings will require some 3,000 new solid fuel
appliances.
Abbey Wood (No.3) Area
The Area is bounded to the north by the North Kent
Railway line, to the east by Eynsham Drive, Basildon Road
and Old Park Road (part), east and north-east to meet
Bostall Hill, along Bostall Hill to the Borough boundary
with Erith, to the east and south by the Borough boundary
with Erith and Bexley, to the west by Camdale Road, the
eastern boundary of the old portion of Woolwich Cemetery,
King's Highway, and by a line across Winn's Common to
Grosmont Road/Winn's Common corner, continuing north to
meet St. Nicholas Road, along the northern boundary of St.
Nicholas Gardens to Church Manorway, north along Church
Manorway to the railway line. The proposed Area comprises
380 acres, and includes 1,973 dwellings, of which 1,793 are
private. It is estimated that some 1,700 dwellings will
require conversion of approximately 2,900 solid fuel
appliances.
At the end of the year there were approximately 548
acres, and 5,483 dwellings within operative Smoke Control
Areas, and a further 1,170 acres and 8,519 properties within
Areas in various stages of completion. Details of the
size, number of properties and costs of the afore-mentioned
Areas, together with the proposed new Areas are set out in
Table No. 11 and the accompanying map.
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