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In lieu of making Closing Orders, undertakings that the following parts
of premises would not be used for human habitation were accepted by the
Council:-
39 Clapton Common (Basement front and back rooms).
115 Evering Road (Basement front and back rooms).
6 Graham Road (Basement front west room).
91 Middleton Road (Basement front left and right rooms).
68 Victoria Park Road (Basement front east and west rooms,
basement back east and west rooms).
SECTION 15 (Appeals), An appeal was lodged against the one notice served
under section 9 of the Act and was heard at Shoreditch County Court on the 28th
May, when the hearing was adjourned upon the owner undertaking to submit plans
for the conversion of the premises into flats and to offer alternative housing
accommodation to the one occupier of the house. The occupier died before an
offer was made, and at the end of the year the appeal had not been finally
determined.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1953
This Act empowers a local authority to make a Closing Order in lieu of a
Demolition Order on an individual unfit house where it is considered that
demolition would be inexpedient having regard to the effect of the demolition
upon any other house or building.
SECTION 10 (Closing Orders in respect of certain buildings). Closing Orders
were made in respect of the following houses:-
148 Dalston Lane
66 Digby Road
41 Dunsmure Road
42 Holmbrook Street
31 King Edward's Road
37 St. Mark's Rise
10 Shacklewell Lane
39 Templar Road
SECTION 11 (Provisions relating to certain outstanding demolition orders).
Under the provisions of this section closing orders were substituted for demolition
orders already made in respect of:~
25 Sanford Lane
58, 60 and 62 Templar Road
230 Wick Road
PART III (Slum Clearance)
The first post-war five-year programme for slum clearance in Hackney
covered the years 1951-55, and provided for the clearance of approximately 39
houses by the Borough Council and 57 houses by the County Council.
Four areas included in the Borough Council" s programme were represented by
the Medical Officer of Health during 1952, and clearance orders were made by
the Council in 1953, The Minister's confirmation of the orders has been
received in three cases but the public inquiry relating to Shacklewell Lane
stands adjourned. Two further areas were represented during the year and
clearance orders have since been made by the Council.