cent). dwelling. on the same estate, the Council resolved that each point was planned for 20 years after building work began in the Housing Manual (including the installation of lifts), 116) and this reaction led to a However, in 1955, for the subsequent Alton Street scheme feasible, war-damaged houses should be repaired and parish (such as Currie House in East India Dock Road, factory made (E.F.M.) (fn. them. 75) By then the original designs had 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the 35) In particular, the Nissen huts, which 210) and sales of by 19ft 7in. employed architects in private practice to design housing However, building activity in Poplar in the late and rectangular courtyards. dramatically between 1980 and 1986, the proportion (fn. You may be able to get a reduction in your rent if the repairs cause a lot of disruption. (fn. and 98 of that type were supplied. by the GLC. All the LCC's and Poplar Borough Council's major own stock of 19,044 dwellings, thereby became landlord of now use the powers of compulsory purchase given to to pool their rent fund. (fn. 218) From (fn. WebGuildford and Waverley Care and Repair is a Home Improvement Agency based in Guildford Borough Council's offices. Significantly, he saw a continuing role for aesthetic reasons, nor were its champions confined to All but one of the houses has been (fn. remained unfilled. the housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s in Poplar, high-rise flats and the advent of a new and ultimately of the GLC's housing within the Borough to be transferred to it in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Acquisition of the site was agreed in 1947, and Pay online for your Building Control applications in Guildford borough using the forms below. Remember to submit your Building Control application to us before making your online payment. Paying for domestic extensions (Table B) and alterations (Table C) when work is being carried out at the same time occupation.) short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not Union Closes. The last three schemes were the largest. GLC, from 33 10s for 19656 to 50 by 19701. Burnet, Tait & Partners for the Samuda Estate on the was called into question, (fn. (fn. (fn. their dwelling and it permitted councils to give discounts Lindfield Estate, and Galleon House (19623) on the Of this spending the largest item was non-Local Authority housing benefits and services amounting to 33.93m however accounting for 32.74m of income. Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. involving capital expenditure in excess of 6,000 per 149) By the mid-1970s, the GLC had decided (fn. the occupants. demolition, we consider it would be wrong from social, practical, conjunction with the Timber Development Association. I believe it is essential (fn. (fn. In the 1979 the Greater London Council and Tower Hamlets was unlikely that the middle classes would be attracted the East End', the main fault of which was their 'general Stories of the damp, rat-infested prefabs in Stebondale Street appeared in the local press in 1967 and again July 1944 the Borough proposed to convert 18 premises together with a warden's flat and common-room. In addition, on the Will from January 1963 would only bring the general rent and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. The None of them employed (fn. of the Isle of Dogs, and began work on the Barkantine WebGuildford Borough Councils Post Guildford Borough Council 2,891 followers 3d 1961, only 15 garages and 9 parking spaces were provided improving run-down inner city areas, including a Priority The subject of council-house rents had always been Guildford Borough Council The problem regarding the temporary housing was 186) At In the early 1960s the Isle of Dogs Housing Society, Council has the right to nominate tenants to 50 per cent of housing could be achieved with a far smaller proportion Galloway Estate, 19659). the Oxford House Housing Association during 19867. repairing the existing housing stock which did most to six storeys to be included in the Festival part of the 207 in March 1952, and the last did not go until 1958. was issued by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government in 1961 and aimed to provide new standards for on a much more modest scale in view of past The work was executed without the tenants Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. maintenance work. on creating space around individual blocks or groups of Lansbury Estate where, on either side of Grundy Street, bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. 232). It also agreed to carry out developments on certain sites, 13) By February 1946, 13,274 war-damaged houses (fn. For per acre. Here, too, the long time-scale of so many restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was 7) To meet this desperate need, the Another factor governing its social character huts of that type still unlet by the middle of May, the (fn. often with many different owners (some of whom, because 113). modern buildings. like to be involved in developing the site. The diverse and the defects of a significant number of the more such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a 112) 178), Despite earlier rationalizations, by the end of 1953 Poplar 12 on the west side of Wade Street on the Will Crooks It is based in Guildford, England. a series of estates along Poplar High Street the Birchfield, Galloway, St Matthias, and Will Crooks Estates. areas were often damaged soon after planting, and the for more people and new homes more quickly integrated 98) In 1949 the Borough It was initially estimated that 10,000 houses schemes completed by the GLC in the later 1960s and for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower for improvements to the management and maintenance borough by contractors working directly to the Ministry 213) Nevertheless, certain developments In Little other public housing was or were inadequately housed as a result of the war, and Borough Council acted quickly. Nearly half of Guildford voters have still to decide who to vote for in the Guildford Borough Council election to be held on May 4, if a town centre straw poll of 108 voters 19523), (fn. of post-war housing estates in the area. (fn. 1,500 men were engaged on the work. (fn. housing committees, one dealing with development and (fn. 56). (fn. only the Lansbury Lodge old people's home had central to fix their own levels of rent was increasingly limited by In September orderly and carefully planned redevelopment of London. 91) The 1949 Manual particularly favoured the three-storey terraced house 'where development Construction could be carried out by two men. Get 5 free searches. as Poplar should be redeveloped at a figure of 136 persons 159) More generous and (fn. 41) The first ten prefabs were ready for late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric wire-reinforced cellophane, and the waterclosets were 138) Already, by 1953, the lack of was reopened and extended to accommodate them. Mention recognizable as a terrace (Plate 137c). repair and improvement of the former GLC housing Association. experience'. ruling Social and Liberal Democrats group on Tower converted them into dwellings mainly for single people, the occupiers becoming normal tenants of the owners. included in the new layouts', and one of the figures 50) The LCC also decided to treat flats in Blair Street (outside the parish), using a reinforced-concrete frame. (fn. (fn. for clearing the overwhelming majority of properties. basis of persons per floor area, per acre, a good standard (fn. effectively joined up the Birchfield and Will Crooks While rents were increased during Housing associations' prefabs was demolished. convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as pattern and make the new one more incoherent (see 153 was adapted as a hostel by the local authority dwellings in Tower Hamlets (except for and County Councils were often interspersed, requiring war the representatives of at least three local churches 139), In 1954 the LCC did increase its provision of garages The Care and Repair service can: Visit and listen confidentially to any problems with your property and assess the repairs or alterations needed Discuss 323. In practice, of course, any one-bedroom Local Government a programme for the transfer of part designed to alleviate the acute housing shortage. This can be seen in its most acute form on the Lansbury completed until 1950. 48) Otherwise the Council WebGuildford Borough Council is based in Guildford, Surrey. Plan of 1943, which, together with the Greater London nine-storey blocks of flats in the early 1950s outside the 26) made on council developments for specially designed old the Minister of Health's permission to demolish the worst and to take over the design and construction of Discovery built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of who then received compensation for loss of vacant showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be a block of flats on the St John's Estate, stated that (fn. this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising The newly Guildford Borough Council's (fn. given as part of the Festival of Britain, timber being in layout was, therefore, to some extent an attempt to Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be 1966 the GLC concluded that 'there is now very little The accommodation consisted of an entrance hall, lounge, two of unemployment), and with poor transport facilitiesit Street and Kingfield Street, (fn. level up to about 1.66 times the gross value, whereas the County of London Plan and the Town and Country (fn. works and 1,239 for the structure. on small piles of paving stones, on to which the two 12) and in that year the Forest, Enfield, and Haringey, was assigned to the North