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The Minister confirmed by letter that this Authority should regard
its district as being in a "black" area for the purposes of Circular
5/59.
The Council then decided to make the whole Borough smoke
controlled within ten years, and the No. 1 Area should be that part
of the Borough bounded by Grove Boad on the north, Woodford
Boad and Hollybush Hill on the east and the Borough boundary
on the west.
It was further decided that the next four areas (which together
with No. 1 area make up the five years programme) should be
situated in the southern part of the Borough linking up with the
No. 1 Area.
The Deputy Chief Public Health Inspector was appointed Smoke
Control Officer.
The No. 1 Area was chosen, not because it was considered that
the problem of atmospheric pollution was worse in that particular
area than elsewhere in the Borough but because (a) owing to the
shape of the Borough and the direction of the prevailing winds the
greatest benefit will accrue to the Borough as a whole and (b) the
area contains a large variety of properties varying from the largest
houses in the Borough to small terraced houses. Valuable information
will be obtained for the use on the remainder of the Smoke
Control areas.
The No. 1 Smoke Control Area covers 232 acres and has a total
of 1,548 premises, as follow:s—
Industrial premises 5
Commercial premises 15
Dwellings 1,524
Other premises 4
1,548
As the Minister had already given provisional clearance to the
proposals in 1958, it was possible to proceed with the detailed
survey, although this was held up for some time owing to shortage
of staff.
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