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The Housing Act 1964 places a duty upon the Local Authority
to cause an inspection of their district to be made from time to
time with a view to ascertaining whether there is any area in
the district which ought to be made an improvement area. The
concept of improvement areas does not only mean putting facilities
into houses which lack them but the environment of the area is
taken into account and can be improved where possible. Some
areas have been considered for such development and rejected for
various reasons but other areas are now being considered.
The extent to which the recommendations of the Dennington
Report are accepted by the Government and the manner of their
implementation, particularly in the matter of simplifying the
procedures are awaited with interest.
The financial restrictions resulting from the national and
international economic situation make it even more necessary than
in the past to secure the improvement of our older sound houses.
Moveable Dwedllings,
The following sites remained licensed under the Caravan
Sites and Control of Pevelopment Act, 1960:-
1, The Riverhill Estate, the lease of which is held by a local
Sports Club and where 36 caravans are permitted,
2, One caravan in the orchard of a private house,
3, For three caravans on land at Chalky Lane, Chessington to be
used as Circus winter quarters.
There are nine effective Orders under the Surrey County
Council Act in force in the Borough prohibiting the parking of
moveable dwellings. As in previous years, some trouble was
caused by itinerant caravan-dwellers who, in contravention of
this law, placed their vehicles on open land in the Borough and
were reluctant to move on. These families are either passing
to or from race meetings at Epsom Downs or enter the district for
the purpose of tar Macadaming garden paths and drives. In
neither case do they intend to stay permanently in the area and
the Borough has been free from the nuisance experienced in other
parts of the country from this type of land occupation.