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Many of those residents who carried out conversion types
(1) - (4) above incurred slightly more expenditure than was
considered reasonably necessary. Generally this was due to the
appliances costing more than £5.0.0. and the renewal of defective
but standard firebacks and surrounds. The residents who carried
out conversion types (5) - (13) above, generally incurred
considerably more expenditure than was reasonably necessary.
Thus, whilst the total approved expenditure in these Areas
was considerably less than the estimated cost, it gave rise to
further expenditure by residents of £2,500 for Abbey Wood No. 2,
and £5,600 for Clothworkers Wood, which did not rank for grant.
PROCEDURE
As previously reported, the Minister of Housing and Local
Government has been considering the adoption of a simple administrative
procedure to enable local authorities to obtain
preliminary approval to the setting up of Smoke Control Areas.
The Minister decided, early in the year, that in view of the
considerable experience which had been gained by local authorities
in the operation of Smoke Control Areas, the requirement that
proposals for new Areas should be referred to him for preliminary
approval before the Orders were formally submitted for his confirmation
could be waived. He stressed the importance of early
consultation with the appropriate Regional Fuel Advisory Committee
regarding supplies of Smokeless fuels. This consultation now
replaces the preliminary approval.
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