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CLEAN AIR
Smoke Control Areas.
Good progress was made during the year in establishing smoke control
areas and on the 1st October, 1963 the No.3 Smoke Control Area came into
operation.
The survey of No.4 Smoke Control Area was completed and the Order
confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government. The Order which
covers the area bounded by the southern side of Maiden Way, Beverley Brook on
the north-eastern boundary, the railway lines (Motspur Park to Worcester Park
and Maiden Manor) and the eastern side of Maiden Road, comes into operation
on the 1st October, 1964.
A survey of the Malden and Coombe Norbiton Estate No. 1 Smoke Control
Area was also completed and the Order confirmed by the Minister. This Order
which covers the area bounded on the western side by the Borough boundary,
on the north-eastern side by the New Maiden - Kingston railway line to its
junction with the public footpath leading from Dickerage Lane to Norbiton
Common Road on the eastern side by the footpath, the rear boundary fences of
6-18 (consecutively) , War-wick Road, the boundary fences of the Fitzgeorge
and Mount Schools to its junction with the school playing field, "the eastern
boundary of the playing field to its junction with Kingston Road, and on the
south-western side by Kingston Road from the junction of the playing field with
Kingston Road to the Borough boundary, comes into operation on the 1st October,
1965.
The survey of the proposed No.5 Smoke Control Area was commenced during
the year.
At the end of the year under review, a White Paper 'Domestic Fuel
Supplies and the Clean Air Policy' was presented to Parliament by the Minister
of Power.
The conclusions are quoted;
(1) Adequate supplies of solid smokeless fuel for open grates will continue
to be available to meet the needs of existing smoke control areas
including those confirmed but not yet in operation. Supplies,
particularly of the reactive fuels, are however, likely to fall
increasingly short of requirements for new areas.
(2) Further efforts by producers to increase the output of open-fire
fuels and to switch supplies from commercial and industrial users
should improve matters. It is important that all the producers
concerned should take such action as far as can be economically
justified and should also examine the case for bringing demand and
supply into better balance by price adjustments.