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Environmental Health
CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR—RENT ACT, 1957
The operation of the procedure for making regulated tenancies in substitution for controlled
tenancies (Housing Act, 1969) will reduce the already limited use of this process. In future, should
a Landlord fail to keep a house in good repair, a tenant will be able to apply to the Rent Officer for
a rent re-adjustment.
The following table gives details of the type and number of certificates applied for and the
action taken:—
Certificates of Disrepair—Rent Act, 1957
Part I—Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
1. Number of applications for certificates 6
2. Number of decisions not to issue certificates
3. Number of decisions to issue certificates:
(a) in respect of some but not all defects
(b) in respect of all defects 5
4. Number of undertakings given by landlords under paragraph 5 of the First Schedule 3
5. Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority under proviso to paragraph 5 of the
First Schedule
6. Number of Certificates issued 3
Part II—Applications for cancellation of Certificates
7. Applications by landlords to Local Authority for cancellation of certificates
8. Objections by tenants to cancellations —
9. Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants' objections —
10. Certificates cancelled by Local Authority

There are five major caravan sites in the Borough, three in West Drayton, one in Sipson and
one in Harlington—four are privately owned and one is under the control of the Borough Council.
All the sites are provided with adequate amenities including mains water and drainage facilities, but
it is frequently necessary to take action against some of the private owners to prevent overcrowding
on the site.
The municipal site at Colne Park, West Drayton is now mainly occupied by itinerants (gypsies).
The condition of the site has deteriorated considerably during the period of occupation by the
itinerants. The sanitary block consisting of sanitary accommodation, washing and bathing facilities
separate for each sex, and a laundry has been severely damaged and grossly misused by some of the
caravan dwellers. The condition of the site which in former years was a model, has deteriorated to
the condition of a scrapyard.