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Ivy Cottages, Stanmore; and Nos. 1-3, Ivy Cottages, High Street,
Stanmore, were demolished during the year. Other properties
which were the subject of Clearance Orders but which had not been
demolished were West End Lane Cottages; Nos. 3-15 (odd numbers),
High Street, Edgware (all vacant but not all down); East
End Cottages, Pinner; Broadway and Holland Square, Stanmore
(all but one vacant); 1-12, Ferndale Terrace, Wealdstone; and
four shop properties in High Street, Stanmore.
During the year, official representations were made in respect
of the following properties: 96-102, Canning Road, and Spring
Villa and the adjoining properties. Preliminary steps were also
taken in regard to Nos. 1-61 (odd numbers) and Nos. 2-50 (even
numbers), Mead Road, Edgware; Nos. 137-147 (odd numbers),
Northolt Road, and Nos. 1-11, Green Lane, Stanmore.
Sections 11 and 12.
Demolition Orders were made in respect of Boxtree Cottage,
West End Lane, and 1-7, Kingsfield Terrace. Action under
Section 11 was being taken in respect of Hilltop Cottage, Elstree;
the wooden dwelling at the rear of Littlecote, Uxbridge Road ;
No. 17, High Street, Edgware ; and Nos. 2-12, Palmerston Road,
Wealdstone ; and under Section 12, in regard to Nos. 1-4, Canning
Place.
Properties which had been the subject of Demolition Orders
before the beginning of the year included No. 23, High Street,
Edgware, which, though vacant, had not been demolished ; Nos.
99 and 101, Greenford Road (one vacant); Nos. 93 and 95, Greenford
Road (one vacant) ; and Nos. 1-11, Peel Road (vacant).
A number of properties had, at different times, been the subject
of consideration from the point of view of demolition. Mostly
because the houses were occupied by elderly persons who were very
loath to leave their homes, undertakings were accepted from the
owners that, on the lapse of the existing tenancy, the properties
would not be re-let. Of such premises dealt with in this manner,
Belvedere Cottages, Stanmore, and Nos. 1-6, Felton's Cottages,
were still occupied at the end of the year, but Nos. 41, 43 and
45, High Street, Edgware, and Nos. 1, 2 and 3, French's Cottages,
were vacant. In December, 1937, the owner of Nos. 112 and 114,
Greenford Road, agreed to demolish them within 18 months. Nos.
59-65 (odd numbers), West Street, Harrow, and Nos. 57-65a, lhe
Broadway, Stanmore, were to be reconditioned, as were also Nos.
1-7, Rectory Cottages, Stanmore. In none of these premises had
the necessary work been completed by the end of the year.
Of Nos. 1-4, Wooden Cottages, Paines Lane, two had been
demolished, but two were still occupied. No. 95, East cote Lane,
was pulled down before an actual demolition order had been made
respecting it, though the preliminary steps had been taken.