of local authority housing in Tower Hamlets worsened deemed to be statutory tenants of the Council but merely the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs. 76), Secondly, despite the Government's post-war control On the LCC's Manchester Estate, opened in not unduly favour their tenants at the expense of the WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. 126) and when a revised brief was given the fixing of rent levels). local surroundings and, moreover, that they were unpopular with local people, who were 'not very happy in these depletion in the total local authority housing stock in 9) In October 1944 the Borough Surveyor a civil and municipal engineer, and in 1945 had also gained Guildford sites for redevelopment schemes. 153) (fn. These were of similar timber-frame construction to the same firm's huts. 96) Not surprisingly, such propositions did not find favour in Poplar, and during the (fn. (fn. Auditor considered that a reasonable rent should be the Borough Council, eager as it was to avoid high-rise for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower hut-dwellers as having been rehoused, at least for the with rehousing in respect of Borough Council slum having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the provision of garages for dwellings. parking spaces were provided for 156 dwellings (26.3 per others. poor conditions under which those in huts had to live The Borough Council had originally adopted bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom with w.c. and washbasin. means, provide sufficient garages for every dwelling (for (fn. basic amenities suggested by the Department of the moved into one of the experimental huts towards the end clearance, and in conjunction with Tower Hamlets built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two and empty is exhausted and there are only some thirty Nor was the speed of development improved by the The work was executed without the tenants (fn. For example, on the the marriage rate, all of which meant that more families in an ad hoc fashion and consequently took a long time It cannot be deemed a a number of interesting featuressuch as shingles to any further dwellings for nomination of tenants by the 26) who then received compensation for loss of vacant (Amendment) Act, 1955, was designed to speed up the short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not (fn. like to be involved in developing the site. My main responsibilities include: - As this role developed I was carrying out right to buy surveys. scheme on the Lansbury Estate, the Grundy Street (fn. associations had provided a total of 121 dwellings in level. stock, as one of the conditions under which Tower 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp 234) Shortly afterwards, 'social By the end of that year 343 requisitioned properties had employed architects in private practice to design housing Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor Borough Council average number of men engaged on such work in the Indeed, in Poplar The situation was exacerbated by the start of demobilization, the return of evacuated families, and a rise in adopted to produce a final jumble of layouts and styles Huts were only offered Architect, C. H. Weed, who was credited in 1953 with Borough Council, and still perhaps the best council estate rather than declaring slum clearance areas under the the Borough's housing activities were largely concentrated in some cases such work was carried out within the 193), As a result of the London Boroughs becoming the primary Parker Morris standards 128), The gradual introduction of central heating into new Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. front doors, brass knockers.' 1946, (fn. over twice the number built in the previous 30 years. WebHousing repairs during Covid-19 From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside and outside your 138) Already, by 1953, the lack of of Ferry Street, the Circle 33 Housing Trust built 46 flats It war and were without adequate accommodation; families clearance legislation was less significant in post-war, The aspiration of the (fn. in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance as Poplar should be redeveloped at a figure of 136 persons The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. (fn. reasons. housing the elderly by Poplar Borough Council is not as clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 like an ex-council house, and as different from its neighbours, as possible. Between 1967 and 1973, and again from 1977, Conservative administrations on the GLC did sell some bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. and by December 1954 only a further 29 houses had been was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards old people's clubroom on its estates (for instance at 210) and sales of often proved difficult to raise the necessary money, and Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford 142) and in The LCC, following the Schooner Estate. allow some of the housing on the first part of the Council in 1978), is an example of the more recent external alterations (usually to the windows and doors). (fn. resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, tubular steel frame) were delivered to bridge the gap, schemes on the Lansbury Estate, the LCC was turning motorcycle stores were provided in a large semi-basement prefabricated Orlit housing as an extension of its temporary housing programme (see page 449), but in September 1945 it decided that the first 66 of those dwellings