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HOUSING (FINANCIAL PROVISIONS) ACT, 1958
SECTION 43 (Power of local authorities to make advances). Applications
for advances for the purpose of house purchase were granted by the Council
in 264 instances.
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT, 1947
Thirty-one objections by the Borough Council to applications for planning
permission for development involving dwelling houses being used other than
as dwellings were supported by the London County Council. All of the
eight appeals dealt with by the Minister of Housing and Local Government
were dismissed.
RENT ACT 1957
The downward trend in the number of applications for certificates of
disrepair referred to in my Report for 1958 continued during the year under
review Applications received totalled 67; 30 Certificates were issued and
in 6 instances the applications were refused, in two cases because the defects
of which complaint was made did not justify the issue of a certificate of
disrepair, and in four because the necessary work was carried out between the
time of the issue of the Council' s notice of proposal to issue a certificate
of disrepair and the date on which such a certificate could have been issued.
Under takings to remedy defects given by landlords totalled 51, of which 45
were accepted and 6 were refused because the landlords concerned had failed to
comply with undertakings given in respect of other properties in the Borough
There were 38 applications for the cancellation of certificates of disrepair
of which 18 related to certificates issued under the Housing Repairs and
Rents Act, 1954. A total of 28 certificates were cancelled, and cancellation
was refused in 9 instances; one application was outstanding at the end of the
year. It is of interest to note that 12 tenants objected to cancellation, but
in 3 instances the objections were deemed to be unjustified.
Of a total of 103 applications for certificates as to the remedying of
defects, 28 were received from tenants and 75 from landlords Certificates
issued totalled 107, including 4 relating to applications received in the
previous year; the defects having been remedied in 56 cases and not remedied
in 51 cases.
The action taken under this Act during the year is summarized in the
following table:-
APPLICATIONS FOR CERTIFICATES OF DISREPAIR
OR
CANCELLATION OF SUCH CERTIFICATES
(1) Certificates of Disrepair
Number of applications received (Form I) 67 (607)
Number of notices to landlords of proposal to issue
Certificates of Disrepair (Form J) 65 (586)
Number of undertakings to remedy defects given by landlords
(Form K) 51 (354)
Number of undertakings accepted 45 (338)
Number of undertakings refused 6 ( 16)
Number of certificates of disrepair issued (Form L) 30 (216)
Number of applications refused 6 ( 40)
Number of applications withdrawn 2 ( 10)