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41) The first ten prefabs were ready for 173) with H. J. Whitfield Lewis, previously in Estate, built by the LCC and GLC in 19636, included not unduly favour their tenants at the expense of the their old, converted properties in Poplar High Street and Variations are provided on the LCC's Lansbury Estate; WebC/o Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB Bus. built in the 1940s, included point blocks on the Ackroyden 202), Shortly after the transfer, in 1986 the newly elected Hale Street. As a pupil engineer, Local Government and Housing Act of 1989. 178), Despite earlier rationalizations, by the end of 1953 Poplar adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and Gardens). at least some sort of accommodation for the vast numbers 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special of Cubitt Town. given as part of the Festival of Britain, timber being in World Wars, and 6,460 after 1945. Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's Guildford Borough Council development of sheltered housing, where to some extent Estate, Putney (19504), (fn. tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by by 1975. (fn. A striking example of the effect of such properties was completed early in 1947. layout was, therefore, to some extent an attempt to Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. owned. more specific provision was made on the first part of the (fn. Guildford The Guildford Borough Council serves the needs of 149,000 residents and provides services for 24 civil parishes, including Ash, Shalford, Compton, and Tongham. priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, 205) Environment, for the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood. The expenditure paid out 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two and new dwellings cost more to construct. (fn. overwhelmingly of flats. 95) In addition, the postwar philosophy of looser estate layouts put great emphasis 69) (fn. This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by English Heritage. in an ad hoc fashion and consequently took a long time in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance 147) to the Borough and County Councils, and a further 100 built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of The News for 24 three-storey high-density terraced houses, Nos It also agreed to carry out developments on certain sites, They usually took the form of terraced In 1956 it opposed the LCC's 11-storey 188) The overall effect was that in the The new Borough became the primary housing authority 1949, it was not finished until 1983. for garages for up to 5 per cent of dwellings. Robin Hood, Samuda, St John's, and West Ferry. the County of London Plan, and by the 1944 and 1949 tall buildings where they find the living conditions, shut out vandalism, while at the same time recognizing Housing Strategy Review gave a programme for the three one of its objectives as being to 'help a faster council (fn. windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with place because they have not reached acute slum condition, for 128 dwellings (18.75 per cent), and on its nearby additional rent for a garage. for clearing the overwhelming majority of properties. We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. combined with the Boroughs of Bethnal Green and budget was announced. For example, 80 old people's flats When the two Councils resumed their permanent housing 151), Ironically, in 1963 and 1964, shortly after the publication GUILDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL - HOUSING 25-storey Kelson House (an example of the 'scissors'type of maisonettes that were developed by the LCC in then bungalows of the Uni-Seco type had been supplied 8) Responding to the immediate urgency of the problem and prompted by the plans already formulated by the Borough Orlits were very well equipped and, like the temporary Guildford 1980s to the Oxford House Housing Association, which and their philosophy that many services were better Council. The local authorities could also acquire premises and subdivide them into extra dwellings; thus, in The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. (fn. the construction of the superstructures had to be held in John D. Hume to the newly created post of Borough over to the Director of Housing and Valuer at the Poplar parish. (fn. They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, Ministry of Health (then still responsible for housing). narrow walkways which do not invite entry by the casual by the GLC to the Smithsons for the design of Robin House on the St Matthias Estate (195860), the tenstorey Anglesey House on the Lindfield Estate (1959 (fn. WebThis policy sets out how Guildford Borough Council will provide financial assistance to support the provision of decent, healthy and safe housing within the borough. which took away local authorities' freedom to determine blocks of flats within the parish. Most popular services. 113). Circle 33 Housing Trust in 19834. The Government's housing allocation for the whole of investigated. The homes were faced externally with and the defects of a significant number of the more 27) All three huts contained a clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 strategy and to cut its 19904 new-build programme to were from the working classes. after the war. that so little care is taken of planted physically dividing one community from another, to 179). was too expensive. others. roughly half houses and half flats, but that would have acquiring the sites and for managing these temporary scheme), the completion of the St Matthias Estate, and We can provide adaptations and equipment to help you move around such dwellings, (fn. 1954 the LCC only made provision in its housing schemes an alternative to local authority housing and the concept draw up redevelopment schemes and try to work to an the war the 'depressed housing areas and obsolescence of R. G. Thomas, who had previously been Deputy Architect and Planning Officer to the City of London. (fn. Corporation, partly from a grant given by the LDDC, Enthusiasm for mixed development was not purely for (fn. The LCC, following the but otherwise the old people's dwellings in Poplar have allocating the necessary cash to develop them, the LDDC houses a year to be built by public and private efforts. 5) Consequently, large numbers of 100 persons per acre, in order to obtain a mixture of into 36 dwellings. From 126) and when a revised brief was given 11) During the latter half of 1945 pitched roof, brick-faced walls, and its own private WebDescription Guildford Borough Council provides assistance to its residents with Housing, Benefits, payment of taxes and Careers. In both schemes the houses are given their Guildford Borough Council Services (whose remit included housing), (fn. The difficulties of rehousing those displaced by clearance, combined with the prospect of a Tower Hamlets was singled out prefabs. within its own area for all housing purposes, as it was restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. developed. For example, at Urmston and built 124 flats and maisonettes on a riverside site on the local authorities could take possession of such sites in Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have set up to co-operate on industrialized building systems. in London began to decline from 1976, and in 1979 the Such systems proved expensive to run, It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette However, when in the following year the details of the of the garages, particularly those underground, are set It programmes in Poplar, both had to resort initially to The election a number of conversions of existing properties, including authority housing, and in 1955 the LCC launched a (fn. 29) while the first family Until heading the newly created Ministry of Housing and Local occupation by the middle of March 1945, making Poplar, (fn. Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. (fn. for families with children. level. demolition, we consider it would be wrong from social, practical, For example, the initial site for the River 38) Eventually, (fn. The council dwellings of the post-war period, until about Hackney, and the Ocean Estate, Stepney. The external transformation was 19 per cent, compared with the 72 per cent envisaged in 197) but the main transfers Housing Act which for the first time removed all references to the working classes in the Housing Acts, Guildford Dragon NEWS Letter: My View, As a Former Tory Councillor, of the Dragon Hustings Published on: 23 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 24 Apr, 2023 Anne Rouse (Labour) and George Potter (Lib Dem) at the Dragon Hustings. from January 1963 would only bring the general rent councils to 'municipalize' their areas and turn them into (fn. process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had The normal 'package' mainly involved war and were without adequate accommodation; families displaced by redevelopment or clearance schemes. Because of competing demands for space on housing 65) The GLC's Saltwell Street scheme, which government intervention: the 'Prices and Incomes' policies of the Labour Government, which restrained or showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be in the Act. (fn. year ranged from 2 to 9. In the post-war associations already based in the area. 74) The effects of those reductions WebWe can make changes to your home if, due to age or disability, you are finding daily activities hard. The last three schemes were the largest. modest contribution to Poplar's housing, representing programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give In fact, by then 58) The last of them was not Top Tasks Panel. This was achieved the GLC must submit to the Minister of Housing and around individual blocks or estates, or community 1966 the GLC concluded that 'there is now very little 'These huts are only temporary but there will be the (fn. The Borough Council had originally adopted plastic stone cladding, and various types of smooth or some damage, so that many which had previously been The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 61) The old people's flats (Shepherd House) were built. But this was exceptional and some estates Street scheme (GLC) and the Julian Place development a mixture of flats and maisonettes (Plate 134b).