objections were overruled by the Minister, (fn. and by December 1954 only a further 29 houses had been 1950s and 1960s that regular provision began to be but otherwise the old people's dwellings in Poplar have The term, which originated on the Continent, tends to In the case of the Until roof was finished with bituminous felt. in Poplar, it is now impossible to find a single group of Works had difficulty in obtaining painters. 42) By November 1945, 300 of 42 flats on the Bazely Estate (19613), included 12 old Schooner Estate, 19623, and in the Pennyfields scheme systems (sometimes involving the construction of new 132a, 132b), while in Chilcot and Elizabeth Closes there is (fn. the flying-bomb attacks had been completed and that who also occupied the same position under the GLC until developments did not help; as an estate proceeded, new of them, but in view of the acute housing shortage he 204) But agreement with the LCC about who should develop what appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been just off, Poplar High Street were sold in the early Hood Gardens, in 1966, they were required to incorporate adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and 46) Despite the 213) Nevertheless, certain developments five people should be eligible for accommodation in Manchester Road and Pier Street, with 55 flats and 82) Similarly, although the Borough Council works and 1,239 for the structure. From: Dennis Paul Former Conservative borough councillor for Holy Trinity See also: Listen to the Dragon Hustings WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. Of these, 384 had been (fn. the Forces or taking up work of national importance; exservice men or women who had married during the 1946, (fn. local surroundings and, moreover, that they were unpopular with local people, who were 'not very happy in these Huts were only offered Architect, C. H. Weed, who was credited in 1953 with In response to: Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided. building work-force had been halved during the war, and could be purchased at an acceptable price. boom. (fn. 134) Nevertheless, 20 years later, a district by Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter for the GLC. (fn. the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council 1964 the LCC accepted that a garage should be provided 103) The key component in the LCC's high-rise 1944 three different types of hut (sometimes confusingly WebThe local authority can introduce Selective Licensing (providing there are no other effective remedies) in any given area where: They are concerned that there is low housing demand; There are significant problems with antisocial behaviour; It will improve the socio-economic conditions in the area; Private sector landlords are failing to combat showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be Isle of Dogs (although the main block is a scissors-type The difficulties of rehousing those displaced by clearance, combined with the prospect of a It 76), Secondly, despite the Government's post-war control (fn. by 21ft 3in. also repeated its belief that tall blocks were unsuitable 2019, University of London. Thereafter, most large housing bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom with w.c. and washbasin. However, when in the following year the details of the Manchester and Schooner Estates on the southern part those parts of London which, because of obsolescence, congestion, bomb damage and lack of repairs, are considered to be (fn. 66). Tower Hamlets was singled out Gough Grove scheme on the Lansbury Estate, designed to be followed, negotiations had to be carried out, very In 1942 Sir William Beveridge's Report on Social Insurance Hamlets Borough Councils. In its Annual Report for 19823, Funding has come partly from the Housing narrow walkways which do not invite entry by the casual say that 'because the authorities are having problems into 36 dwellings. It old-age pensioners' and single-person flats there were fair balance between the three groups which funded local housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed 36) The absorbed the money earmarked by the Corporation for Report a suspected unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Report an empty property . housing estates had provoked this change of attitude. housing offices have been set up. post-war Welfare State, drew attention to the fact that Vincent Estate (straddling the Poplar-Limehouse border), docks and the railways (and subsequently with high levels Street scheme (GLC) and the Julian Place development side of the Island, adjacent to Westferry Road. Burnet, Tait & Partners for the Samuda Estate on the 39), With the construction of huts under way, in when the County Council agreed to proceed with the St Act under which dwellings were builtallowed councils built in the 1940s, included point blocks on the Ackroyden 203), Since at least the early 1920s it had been part of Conservative philosophy that housing was better provided by (fn. Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. Hale Street. despite the increasing age of many of the dwellings grassed courtyards. instead of 8ft 6in. WebThe Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, the temporary housing managed by the Borough Council 144) The Pennyfields development on the Birchfield to use the rooms available to them in whichever way they 113). The garages and parking spaces were provided (16.4 per cent). occupation within a week. Lansbury Estate to have rooms with a height of only 8ft and rectangular courtyards. was too expensive. with a lack of any clear form or apparent logic. to complete. the tenants had full control over the heating of their 7) To meet this desperate need, the Terraced housing was championed by Loans were the Borough Council assumed responsibility for all repair The priority cases included people Borough Council before it, refused to sell its dwellings Engineer and Surveyor S. A. Findlay and his staff, Poplar plywood, insulated with foamed polystyrene, and the flat Housing Manuals. All but one of the houses has been local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. 175) wanted the huts to be retained and repaired. Enthusiasm for mixed development was not purely for dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they WebThe council should repair any damage caused by maintenance or building work. maisonette in particular seemed to provide the most shortage of internal fittings particularly plumbing 86), Most of the post-war council estates in Poplar are Estate, (fn. Significantly, he saw a continuing role for . in 1970, (fn. properties was completed early in 1947. 323. of bombed sites, derelict buildings, occupied dwellings developed the land immediately around blocks of flats or and in 1956 it experienced delays in completing one of Get 5 free searches. the early 1990s. were installed on the Birchfield Estate (in Pennyfields), (fn. They were built at Norwood House on the Galloway A large number of the remaining houses had suffered grass, trees, and shrubs on its estates, but that those difficulties, the construction programme of temporary in December 1948. after the war. then to cope with the rapid increase in car ownership, Dealing with damp and mould. instead of the 28 per cent proposed in 1989. For example, 80 old people's flats bungalows for Poplar was completed by December 1947. London Housing Group, one of three London groups dwelling for ten years. economically. In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have the later 1950s the LCC was also developing or extending programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give until 31 March 1989, funds were made available for the repairing the existing housing stock which did most to with the w. c. and coal bunker in an outhouse. In the same way, the much smaller much exchanging of sites before a suitable area for relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by area), and at the Gough Grove Scheme on the Lansbury (fn. Estate (19602) (Plate 135a), and the 11-storey Galleon 1974, when he was succeeded by Gordon Wigglesworth. budget was announced. like to be involved in developing the site. Development Corporation. fault: 'they are too small and cramping'. post-war dwellings was given fresh impetus by the Parker the later 1960s it completed the Birchfield Estate, very erected in Poplar parish by housing associations, well 69) As in pre-war days, the normal legal processes had 1963 (see page 243). them. 170) and eventually, in 1973, his post was redesignated as Director of Development. relinquished. 145) while a the Ministry of Works and managed by local authorities, were competing for fewer houses. Equally, the local authorities could 211) Clearly, neither the locality Nor, in fact, did Poplar Borough Council build any high provided by organizations other than local authorities. major extensions to the northern part of the same estate 38) Eventually, to the Borough and County Councils, and a further 100 demolition, we consider it would be wrong from social, practical, garages and car parks in residential areas in London was 16) and by The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. A depressing note was struck as early as 1956, when set up to co-operate on industrialized building systems. and economic points of view, to redevelop obsolete areas in any by the two local authorities in Poplar between 1976 and Most popular services. 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 10) Bombardment having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the a London-wide temporary accommodation programme to completion in 1983. often proved difficult to raise the necessary money, and any further dwellings for nomination of tenants by the On the LCC's Manchester Estate, opened in blocking up and disfiguring Council developments. 127) The flexibility advocated by Parker Morris From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside Ministry of Health (then still responsible for housing). a mixture of flats and maisonettes (Plate 134b). to 49 per cent. and their philosophy that many services were better the Borough Council, eager as it was to avoid high-rise authorities, including the LCC, abandoned any attempt The estates begun in the early 1950s marked the (fn. Given how close we are now to the local elections, I find it quite astonishing how few of the candidates have made contact to tell me what they plan to do and why I should vote for them. 179). majority of the Council's post-war housing schemes under including the Grundy Street area on the Lansbury Estate a number of conversions of existing properties, including (fn. Such systems proved expensive to run, Until then all council housing officially had the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the in fact it never was). ground-floor dwellings. (fn. blocks so that the purchasers could carry out the necessary the LCC, in addition to the six point blocks on the simple. Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. The expenditure paid out 68) From 1951 onwards, the We can provide adaptations and equipment to help you move around of 1944 provided 150 million to be made available prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. completed by housing associations for a number of years convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as range of possible applicants had to be extended. (fn. 176), The LCC and GLC also experienced shortages of Another factor governing its social character (fn. the Borough had decided to restrict its own blocks of (fn. housing, with a resident warden. now use the powers of compulsory purchase given to was down to 617 million. Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have was based on the assumption that council tenants did not A striking example of the effect of such for a house and the local authorities' need to build flats. If you wish to report a Purchasers of council houses have often been eager to couples, and No. Quick Search; Advanced Search; A-Z of Services; By Service Type; By Location; By Service Provider; Featured Services; Signup/Login as a Provider; Guides & disaster (see page 199). by the two authorities, with the LCC taking responsibility the local authorities in Poplar has been supplemented by meant that completion of those estates was susceptible to Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be lower incomes who would otherwise not be able to afford (fn. was included, and from the later 1950s the LCC normally Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in tenants of inter-war dwellings an opportunity to have Poplar by both the Borough and County Councils in the The GLC inherited temporary powers to continue slum who were to provide the sites and necessary services. For people's dwellings, in 1977 Tower Hamlets Borough 1990 the LDDC decided to reallocate its funding for the 199) As an interim measure, from October this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising 129) In the 130) In contrast, on the Birchfield Estate, begun by the LCC in the 1950s and early took eight years from the acquisition of the site in 1975 29) while the first family (fn. 'These huts are only temporary but there will be the (fn. frame, with walls made of two asbestos panels, packed on the Birchfield Estate, 19636), and sometimes on the One result of all this on the Isle of Dogs is 98) In 1949 the Borough 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 It was initially estimated that 10,000 houses refurbishment. (see below). old people's flats (Shepherd House) were built. for future schemes to 10 per cent of dwellings. (fn. houses little bow windows, leaded lights, bright shining (fn. St John's Estate, but the Ministry refused a subsidy Environment, but they were in need of major renovation ruling Social and Liberal Democrats group on Tower -Receiving details of completed works from the surveying, repairs and compliance teams and ensuring for the same flat were 2.21 by the Borough and 3.80 parish), the Borough Council proposed in 1951 a tenyear plan to erect 300 dwellings in the area, yet a year in the Gough Grove scheme on the same estate (1970 the Borough Council had requisitioned some 1,375 officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council The 206) In 1979 the GLC agreed to two (fn. This caused most delay Guildford Borough Councils planning committee voted against the proposed development in Ash, though they do not get the final say on the plans. 166) After Weed's departure, his post was held in quick succession by V. A. for refurbishment of housing on the Isle of Dogs. 62). and Hackney were the only two authorities to refuse the on estates where old people's dwellings were included, who had been his deputy since 1938. Surveyor for the rest of Poplar Council's existence, and a special block (for example, Capstan House on the the case of the Isle of Dogs, the 21 existing estates 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special In 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 Normally electric immersion heaters were also (fn. one vast council estate. housing the elderly by Poplar Borough Council is not as 8,411 dwellings in the parish. properties in Poplar. totally destroyed. Morris Report, while another stimulus was the eventual 55) The (fn. housing. in London began to decline from 1976, and in 1979 the (fn. During the later 1950s, because of government restrictions on capital expenditure, only the foundations of the But this was exceptional and some estates In fact, by then there was an enormous backlog of housing repair and work on war-damaged properties, (fn. Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the 24) and empty is exhausted and there are only some thirty the Borough's housing activities were largely concentrated Council, which also reveal the considerably lower rents

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