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Of the total of 445 new dwellings, 6 are bungalows, 11 are
bed-sitters, 166 are one-bedroom, 260 are two-bedroom, and 2 are
three-bedroom flats or maisonettes. There is, therefore, a nett
profit of 67 dwellings, but some additional dwellings were added to
those originally represented in order to produce a better area for
development.
Area 7; i.e., Brunner and Side Roads and South Grove—66
dwellings; Area 8: Oatland Rise—13 dwellings; Area 9:
Courtenay Place, St. James' Path and Willow Walk—20 dwellings,
have been inspected, but not yet represented pending negotiations
in regard to acquisition.
This statement has been compiled with the co-operation of the
Borough Architect, Engineer and Surveyor.
Slum Clearance Programme 1960/65
The Council decided that certain specific properties in three
areas, i.e., two in St. James' Ward and one in Wood Street Ward
should be provisionally included in the next five year programme.
General
Mr. C. W. Rayner, A.I.Hsg., the Council's Housing Manager,
has kindly contributed the following details of rehousing carried
out by the Housing Department in 1958:—
"During 1958 major attention has again been given to the
rehousing of families from Clearance Areas and the occupants
of the properties included in the West Street/St. Stephens Road
and Wyatts Lane/Parkstone Road Areas have been rehoused.
Considerable strides have also been made with the transfer of
families from the Tenby Road/Southcote Road/Newman Road
Clearance Area. Additional to this, twenty-one tenants have
been rehoused from prefabricated bungalows which stood in
Langland Close. This land was held on a lease which has
expired and will be returned to the owners immediately the
work of reinstating the playing fields is complete.
Exchanges also continue to be popular and thirty-one were
arranged during the year, some of which resulted in securing
vacant possession of the larger type of house, whilst others
enabled tenants to move nearer to their places of employment,
in some instances as far away as the south coast."
No. of new properties made available for letting
Acquired
Normal vacancies
Nominations to private landlords
New properties at Canvey
Total
234
122
84
31
31
502