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HOUSING
BENT ACT, 1957
Applications for Certificates of Disrepair
(1) Number of applications for certificates 1
(2) Number of decisions not to issue certificates
(3) Number of decisions to issue certificates
(a) in respect of some but not all defects 1
(b) in respect of all defects
(4) Number of undertakings given by landlords under
paragraph 5 of the First Schedule
(5) Number of undertakings refused by Local Authority
under proviso to paragraph 5of the First Schedule
(6) Number of Certificates issued 1
Applications for Cancellation of Certificates
(7) Applications by landlords to Local Authority for
cancellation of certificates 4
(8) Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates
(9) Decisions by Local Authority to cancel in spite
of tenants' objection
(10) Certificates cancelled by Local Authority 4
HOUSE PURCHASE AND HOUSING ACT, 1959
Number of Grants for Improvements and Conversions 66
HOUSING ACT, 1957
Further progress was made during the year towards the completion of the
Council's programme for the clearance of unfit houses in the Borough and details
of the year s work are set out below. These show how the task of re-housing
the occupants and effecting the demolition of the unfit houses in clearance areas
and elsewhere, including the remainder of those reported in previous years, has
proceeded.
Albany Road No. 5 Compulsory Purchase Order, 1957
Nos. 69-77 (odd numbers) Albany Road, Brentford (Demolished 1959)
Nos. 258 and 259 High Street, Brentford, and
Nos. 263-272 (consecutive numbers) High Street, Brentford.
The remaining two families (4persons) were rehoused by the Council during
the year and the remaining 12 properties were demolished.
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