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the inclusion of Army property under Smoke Control was commenced.
This Area comprises 260 acres, and includes a substantial number
of Garrison buildings, and the whole of the Married Quarters. Of
the total of 350 premises, 349 are under the control of the Army.
The works of conversion in Crown properties are being carried out
by the Ministry of Works. The works do not attract grant aid.
Operative date:- 1st October, 1962.
Glyndon Area
This Area forms the first phase of the Council's
redevelopment scheme, and comprises six acres. It will consist
of approximately 250 newly erected Borough Council dwellings.
Therefore, no conversions are necessary. Operative date:- 1st
October, 1962.
NEW AREA
In addition, work was commenced upon a further large Area
to be known as the Eltham Smoke Control Area. It will comprise
1,550 acres and include 5,300 dwellings, of which 351 are Borough
Council properties, 763 are London County Council properties and
the remainder are private dwellings. There are over 300 shops.
Approximately 2,900 dwellings will require some 4,300 fuel appliances,
and a further 600 appliances will require adaptation. It is anticipated
that the operative date will be 1st October, 1963.
GENERAL
At the end of the year there were 1,754 acres and 14,600
dwellings within operative Smoke Control Areas, and a further
2,650 acres and 9,475 dwellings within Areas being brought into
operation. Details of the size and number of properties in these
Areas, together with the proposed new Area, are set out in Table
No. 12 and the accompanying map.
In accordance with the requirements of the Minister of Housing
and Local Government, the original estimate of cost for each Area
has been based upon a 100% conversion rate. In the Abbey Wood No. 2
and Clothworkers Wood Areas, which came Into operation in 1960, it is
estimated that after survey 2,139 private dwellings required 3,725
solid fuel appliances, and a further 304 dwellings required gas
ignition to existing approved appliances. However, upon completion
of the Areas it has been found that final costs have been considerably
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