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In lieu of making a closing order, an undertaking to render the following
parts of premises fit for human habitation was accepted:-
55 Hertford Road - ground floor back room and scullery,
first floor front and back rooms, and
top floor front and back rooms,
An undertaking not to use the basement front and back rooms at 39 Clapton
Common for human habitation was cancelled, the owner having carried out the
work necessary to render the rooms fit for that purpose.
SECTION 15 (Appeals). Any person aggrieved by
(a) a notice under this Part of this Act requiring the execution of works
(b) a demand for the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority
in executing works specified in any such notice:
(c) an order made by a local authority with respect to any such expenses;
(d) a demolition order made under this Part of this Act;
(e) a closing order, or a refusal to determine a closing order;
(f) a withholding of approval in relation to the use for any purpose of
premises in respect of which a closing order is in force;
may, within twenty-one days after the date of the service of the notice, demand
or order, or after the refusal, as the case may be, appeal to the County Court
within the jurisdiction of which the premises to which the notice, demand, or
order relates are situate, and no proceedings shall be taken by the local
authority to enforce any notice, demand or order in relation to which an appeal
is brought before the appeal has been finally determined,, On an appeal, a
County Court Judge may confirm, quash or vary the notice, order or demand, and
may accept any such undertaking as might have been accepted by the local
authority, but cannot accept any offer to carry out works which have not been
submitted previously to the local authority under Section 11 (2), If the
judge allows an appeal against a notice under Section 9 requiring the execution
of repairs, he may be required by the local authority to include in his judgment
a finding whether the house can or cannot be rendered fit for human
habitation at a reasonable expense.
17 Hindrey Place - an appeal was lodged against the demolition order made
in respect of these premises but at the end of the year had not been finally
determined.
SECTION 51 (Certificates as to the condition of houses) Provision is made
under this section for an owner wishing to carry out works of improvement
(other than by way of decoration or repair) or structural alteration, to submit
a list of the proposed works to the local authority and to ask them to state
whether, in their opinion, such works will make the house fit for human habitation,
and that with reasonable care and maintenance it would remain so fit for
a period of at least five years. The authority may accept the specification
as submitted or suggest additional works and if the owner executes the work to
their satisfaction must, on request, furnish him with a certificate that the
house is fit and will remain so for a period of not less than five years and
not more than ten years, as they may determine. Whilst this certificate
remains in force the Council cannot take action in respect of the house under
Part III (which relates to clearance and redevelopment areas) or Sections 11
and 12 of the Act. No such application was made during the year.
PART III (Slum Clearance)
SECTION 25 (Power to declare an area to be a clearance area). The first postwar
five-year programme for slum clearance in Hackney covered the years 19511955,
and provided for the clearance of approximately 39 houses in nine areas