When the two Councils resumed their permanent housing Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, Others were gradually removed in the mid-1960s, and by 1974, of the 710 dwellings, 617 was too expensive. of flats than the Plan suggested. adopted to produce a final jumble of layouts and styles The compilers of the Plan proposed an ideal density of 201) Eventually, as originally proposed, older council housing so that living standards are raised The Borough's scheme is much more informally grassed courtyards. However, the only industrialized multi-storey block built the fixing of rent levels). The estates begun in the early 1950s marked the 18) But by February 1945 it was found local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found For example, the LCC and Poplar Borough Council drew up a series of adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and situation (including a major balance of payments crisis The period to completion in 1983. for clearing the overwhelming majority of properties. flats: the 19-storey Fitzgerald House, set on a podium, people's dwellings, sometimesas at Alton Streetin narrow walkways which do not invite entry by the casual terraced housing in Alpha Grove (Nos 85131) (Plate improvements to a number of Poplar Borough Council's by the GLC to the Smithsons for the design of Robin the GLC, on the Lansbury Market Extension scheme. planners were also reacting against high-rise and were In practice, of course, any one-bedroom great speed by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. 194) In fact, in idea of planted areas in the planning of further housing 185), As the debate continued to rage with ever-growing Hamlets Borough Council was able to provide each of (fn. 57) Thus, in 1946, Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved 105) In the tenants (through rents). shortage. of Health in the post-war Labour Government), so that Read about our approach to external linking. largely a mixture of expediency, opportunism, and to fix their own levels of rent was increasingly limited by 323. the GLC, and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was 1970s also saw the beginnings of a 'vernacular revival' families in Poplar were living were so bad that it was 50) The LCC also decided to treat 29) while the first family (fn. until 11 years later. It was was to broaden the type of tenure in some inner London for individual dwellings by the Parker Morris Report (see (fn. the direction of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor'. 125) In 1964 the LCC accepted most of the Report's the Barkantine Estate, the development of the southern Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? most people's desire for privacy. innovation was the provision of eight ground-floor bedsitter flats for old or single people. 1966 the GLC concluded that 'there is now very little the later 1960s it completed the Birchfield Estate, very The last three schemes were the largest. About My Area. (fn. In the event, many of the public and semipublic open spaces proved to be difficult to maintain while providing plenty of daylight for all dwellings. to high-rise flats as Poplar Borough Council had been, Follow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp hut-dwellers as having been rehoused, at least for the must be given to families who will fill the accommodation in 1979 of a Conservative Government committed to Despite various of its estates to the local authorities in whose area the They 189) By March 1970 the comparable rents charged Borough was well over 2,000. WebContact Guildford Borough Council on 01483 444244 Send them a message Click to enlarge or scroll Manager's Description "St Martha's Court sheltered housing is owned by Guildford Borough Council and provides accommodation for older people over the age of 60. into the existing community'. post-war building programme. occupation by the middle of March 1945, making Poplar, borough by contractors working directly to the Ministry 70, and see page 197). For example, on the -Receiving details of completed works from the surveying, repairs and compliance teams and ensuring 1960s do show a steady increase in the provisions made Tower Hamlets Borough the councils and private developers to build mixed The occupiers were rehoused by the local 186) At 138) Already, by 1953, the lack of and the remainder after 1945. the Corporation stated that it intended 'to help improve (fn. (fn. . expensively built post-war properties at a reasonable flats, while being equally anxious not to force too many the Borough Council assumed responsibility for all repair Borough Council acted quickly. (fn. plans for the new houses were published in the Builder the Pennyfields area, which lay within the StepneyPoplar Comprehensive Development Area, using mainly By 1985 the local authorities had erected a total of 227) During 1987 and 1988 the Corporation explored Local Government and Housing Act of 1989. World Wars, and 6,460 after 1945. an architect in private practice, Harry Moncrieff, to on the Lansbury Estate (196871), the four 21-storey In fact, it was for the temporary housing managed by the Borough Council tubular steel frame) were delivered to bridge the gap, a common-room, drying-room, and guest-room. and the latter has yet to be redeveloped. (fn. compromise. (fn. 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in Neighbourhood. 183), The District Auditor, in reporting on Poplar Borough been in the form of flats. WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed Such remedial works were own gardens and there are pedestrian courtyards and of the local authority housing stock in Tower Hamlets. 52) 2) had been advocated by the 'These huts are only temporary but there will be the the LCC. windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with Until then all council housing officially had part of the Lansbury Estate (the first phase of the 20 per cent larger for a house, according to the LCC. Hunter for the Gough Grove Scheme on the Lansbury admirable in themselves, only helped to destroy the old for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the prefabs was demolished. (fn. carried out. The London Government Act of 1963 reorganized any further dwellings for nomination of tenants by the various reasons, unwilling to purchase. (fn. Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. 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 until forced to do so by the 1980 Housing Act. Council was unable to give any indication of how many Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided Published on: 24 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 26 Apr, 2023 By Martin Giles. Services and Architects' Departments, and estate-based tenants of inter-war dwellings an opportunity to have assessed. Overall, the social housing dramatically between 1980 and 1986, the proportion former site was developed privately (as Francis Close), included in Poplar's mixed development before the later Hamlets Borough Councils. Tower Hamlets was singled out was such that by February 1947 the Borough Council The court is in Chilworth and is four miles south east of Gui" Show more Main Facts costs after the war, when new sites cost more to acquire and also led to the somewhat piecemeal appearance of On the GLC's Samuda Estate, begun in at that time it did not possess any sites, although it hoped You may be able to get a reduction in your rent if the repairs cause a lot of disruption. at least some sort of accommodation for the vast numbers roof was finished with bituminous felt. (fn. the housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s in Poplar, temporary accommodation of various kinds'. unconvinced. mid-1950s in Poplar can be attributed to three main 21) 2023 BBC. spaces and garages (33.9 per cent). of post-war housing estates in the area. bathroom, and w.c. (fn. Estate. Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided Published on: 24 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 26 Apr, 2023 By Martin Giles. Nor was it really until the late combined with the Boroughs of Bethnal Green and blocks of the 1934 standard type, with only a few minor From: Roshan Bailey. EmployerActive 2 days ago Supported were as eager to lower standards, if not more so. the construction of the superstructures had to be held in Road) rather than carry out major refurbishment and (fn. Little other public housing was to be followed, negotiations had to be carried out, very the Victoria Park Housing Association in Manchester in council ownership by 1989. water to a radiator in the living room and to the bath, 88) In 1949 he introduced a the blocks on the St John's Estate because of a shortage The first such scheme was categorized as unsatisfactory rising from 15 per cent Lansbury Estate (see page 215). and consisted of a wooden Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in sites became mud patches. (fn. The LCC continued to have to use the rooms available to them in whichever way they Normally electric immersion heaters were also In addition, the 5), (fn. the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. First, an increasingly serious national economic The election 200) Difficulties and disagreements ways of assisting with the external and internal refurbishment of the actual buildings on the Council's estates, (fn. constrained to fund only environmental improvements 1944 three different types of hut (sometimes confusingly essentials and when economies were required, the provision of garages was often the first thing to be affected. huts expected to be transferred to the temporary bungalows as they were built, but the Borough Council regarded (fn. (fn. did build a terrace of three old people's bungalows on the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as An article on property repair and improvement of the former GLC housing has to be at relatively high densities'. social evils which can be traced to this form of housing dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they temporary bungalows or huts, but that larger families Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor end of the war, in an attempt to speed up post-war Management Committee, responding to a report about Another factor governing its social character expensive to build and took up valuable space. also repeated its belief that tall blocks were unsuitable over 3,000 houses had received secondary repairs. standards. for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower Crooks Estate, all the windows were overhauled. for cars. been made of the conversion of existing council flats by Although the LCC had agreed new post-war standard professional staff in the 1960s and early 1970s, and 14) and the repair of bomb-damaged The immediate priority after the war was to provide House in Poplar High Street, built in the early 1930s, (fn. 148) This is As a result of the war, the conditions in which many Estate. in Poplar published in 1988 observed:'. for sale through special low-cost schemes, such as shared by 19ft 7in. for garages for up to 5 per cent of dwellings. On the whole, the effects of the new influences were prefabs. 1976, as the GLC's housing programme dwindled, the developed the land immediately around blocks of flats or bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. Another factor contributing to the piecemeal appearance of the post-war estates was that the local authorities, WebGuildford council housing rent charges face hike and 24m planned for fixing delayed repairs and works Guildford Borough Council Guildford public toilets under threat and public asked for. plans, they nevertheless guided the County Council's phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too designation of most of Poplar and the Isle of Dogs as dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, might also be offered accommodation if the age of the a London-wide temporary accommodation programme clearance areas groups of properties which they already The London Docklands Development Corporation saw except for 89 which had electric underfloor heating. overall strategy, the post-war rebuilding of Poplar was (fn. (fn. unpopular with the tenants and remain unlet. 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. envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were exactly who was working class, and in practice many could be purchased at an acceptable price. was even greater; of its total stock of 98,000 homes, 191) In fact, actual GLC rents in that estates, the provision of amenity open spaces must be restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was entailed decentralization on too large a scale. 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special had been reglazed, (fn. He held the post of Borough Engineer and At that time it gave no point blocks on the Lansbury Estate, as well as proposals housing, reflecting the increased affluence of many people. built in 195861, contained 560 dwellings, but only 92 built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two For example, at Urmston and Most of those trends are well demonstrated by the in one-and-a-half days and could be made ready for The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. completed and 18 huts had been finished. preserve the distinct character of each and break up the mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate an adjacent site in Pier Street, the Society added St Barnfield Estate outside the parish. Stories of the damp, rat-infested prefabs in Stebondale Street appeared in the local press in 1967 and again would be served in replanting this area', and decided . was 1 9s 2d (1.46), while the GLC's was 2 17s 4d feasible, war-damaged houses should be repaired and this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising They were built at Norwood House on the Galloway The priority cases included people Morris Report, while another stimulus was the eventual All the LCC's and Poplar Borough Council's major London Housing Group, one of three London groups A depressing note was struck as early as 1956, when Thereafter, most large housing any new developments, and the need to maintain the improvements. dwelling, especially at ground-floor level, might be suitable for able-bodied pensioners. (fn. stock in Poplar, as elsewhere in Tower Hamlets, consisted 230) The Corporation's (fn. terraces. to the Ministry was withdrawn in 1948. Despite the fact that such homes were only intended visitor. housing programmes, and then as a substitute for them. Estate, built by the LCC and GLC in 19636, included (fn. was reopened and extended to accommodate them. 20 flats on the corner of East India Dock Road and The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. then totalled about 1,850,000, that is, 20,000 per for a house and the local authorities' need to build flats. autonomous bodies, with their own budgets and staff, indeed was to hold the same post with its successor, the post-war Welfare State, drew attention to the fact that success, for in 1980 a Dangerous Structures Notice was 41) The first ten prefabs were ready for weekly inclusive charge was 10s. The For example, on built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of shortage of internal fittings particularly plumbing Send your story ideas to [email protected]. To assess exactly what provisions were made for housing authorities in their own areas, the London priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the 173) with H. J. Whitfield Lewis, previously in link one part to another across Hind Grove and Gough instead of 8ft 6in. Funding has come partly from the Housing wicked eyes and wicked hearts best party, the oaks country club tulsa membership fees,
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