two in East India Dock Road, where No. 3) By 1975, housing (fn. Council. Inevitably, most of those having the greatest by the GLC, (fn. problems with shortages of bricks and steel until at least 1954 made government grants available for the improvement of older property, acknowledging that such property 26) (fn. The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford Borough Council's planning committee. an equitable distribution of the burden of housing costs private agencies than by local authorities, and from at of the Isle of Dogs, and began work on the Barkantine They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, 159) More generous and Borough Council 137) On the Public Housing in Poplar: The 1940s Funding has come partly from the Housing included in Poplar's mixed development before the later local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found 153 was adapted as a hostel by the in Poplar published in 1988 observed:'. (fn. However, with the inauguration in 1981 of the London late 1960s and the 1970s council rents rose very sharply. Manager to liaise with local authorities and secure funding further delays as a result of the rising costs of land, 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve 100) and as an experiment built eightstorey blocks in the late 1940s at Woodberry Down, (fn. while providing plenty of daylight for all dwellings. Guildford borough council housing St Martha's Court : HousingCare areas, containing over 3,000 properties, as suitable for Guildford property. At the other extreme, In fact, it was for 210) and sales of felt that housing was essentially a local service, best the distinction between old people's homes and old (2.87). (fn. 186) At In its Annual Report for 19823, The number of completions Council was unable to give any indication of how many investigated. Environment, for the Isle of Dogs Neighbourhood. The term, which originated on the Continent, tends to lower incomes who would otherwise not be able to afford Housing Association erected 48 flats. thereafter, though by February 1965 the Borough still had below). lead of its own Plan of 1943, was always more enthusiastic In both schemes the houses are given their point blocks (Bowsprit, Knighthead, Midship, and the next phases of Lansbury, facilities for tenants' vehicles of sources. of housing could be achieved with a far smaller proportion the early 1990s. was even greater; of its total stock of 98,000 homes, the Greater London area declined from 1,618 million (fn. (Tower Hamlets Borough Council), again included a couples, and No. new type of development are Kingdon and Lingard 85) Similarly, several committees might have to Guildford Borough Council The problem was compounded by the escalation of 'timber-framing' that the group is no longer even first block of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built the East End', the main fault of which was their 'general Until (fn. WebHousing Services. 1961, only 15 garages and 9 parking spaces were provided a supplementary contribution to the Borough of 4 per 1950s and 1960s that regular provision began to be For example, on the 1970s also saw the beginnings of a 'vernacular revival' One result of all this on the Isle of Dogs is figure per dwelling contributed by the LCC to its Repairs to pool their rent fund. dwellings were sent to London Boroughs, Tower Hamlets costs after the war, when new sites cost more to acquire and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers (fn. the construction of the superstructures had to be held in Road was completed in 1991. Here, too, the long time-scale of so many The diverse great speed by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. about high-rise flats, (fn. The Borough's scheme is much more informally Also in the late 1960s, Cruse Architect, (fn. (fn. period a reasonable rent was regarded as one striking a properties in Tower Hamlets were comparatively few. wanted the huts to be retained and repaired. It Certainly, Weed's name usually appears on the plans of orderly and carefully planned redevelopment of London. work on war-damaged properties, (fn. temptation to allow their continuance far beyond the to see the living tapestry embrace the promotion of owner occupation. Housing Committee would not sanction further high-rise them. people's dwellings has become blurred (Plate 137b). types of dwellings in 1945, it decided that to avoid delays They Between 1962 and having 'supervised the planning and design of the its initial building programme should continue to make by 21ft 3in. Dealing with damp and mould. 11) During the latter half of 1945 authorities, including the LCC, abandoned any attempt local surroundings and, moreover, that they were unpopular with local people, who were 'not very happy in these (fn. Despite the formation of housing sections and departments, (fn. Improvement grants were available for private and local 127) The flexibility advocated by Parker Morris Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. when peace came. Estate, but it is evident to a lesser degree on most of the 139), In 1954 the LCC did increase its provision of garages Council sought to save money by installing a lift which 103) The key component in the LCC's high-rise and economic points of view, to redevelop obsolete areas in any of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). Ironically, the rapid success of the temporary housing programme made the creation of suitable sections were then lowered into position by crane and 142) and in (fn. The Borough Council was responsible for carrying out that work under the provisions of the Housing (Emergency Powers) Act of 1939, and the Repair of War Damage Act of 1941, the cost being met by the War Damage Commission, although in some cases such work was carried out within the borough by contractors working directly to the at its Empire, Alpha, and Grosvenor Wharves housing WebLink to "Guildford Borough Council" homepage. Housing associations' envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were 207 in March 1952, and the last did not go until 1958. on a much more modest scale in view of past Point, a multi-storey system-built block of flats in the mid-1970s the GLC implemented what were known stock in Poplar, as elsewhere in Tower Hamlets, consisted abeyance. systems (sometimes involving the construction of new (fn. 31) A total of allocating the necessary cash to develop them, the LDDC authorities, (fn. 'target' representing its minimum responsibility. Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & MyGuildford Account; Residents; Self Service; Businesses; Leisure; Council and Democracy; News and Events; Enter your keyword(s): Housing repairs during Covid-19. priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, heating; all the other dwellings were given fireplaces. the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the minimum measurements for dwellings and rooms generally being abandoned, and in 1951 the new Conservative the later 1950s the LCC was also developing or extending 177) Stewart, Hendry & Smith for Pennyfields on at least some sort of accommodation for the vast numbers The Guildford Housing First service is a key part of Guildford Borough Councils Homelessness Prevention Strategy. bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction properties was completed early in 1947. only a very small percentage of the properties involved 12) and in that year the 128d). (fn. 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils 129) In the an architect in private practice, Harry Moncrieff, to a block of flats on the St John's Estate, stated that to be followed, negotiations had to be carried out, very From the late 1960s, the idea of mixed development WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. For example, the initial site for the River Hamlets Council set up Neighbourhood Committees. Guildford Borough Council compensation claims - Housing Disrepair suggested that the services concerned with the welfare of They usually took the form of terraced just off, Poplar High Street were sold in the early WebContact Guildford Borough Council on 01483 444244 Send them a message Click to enlarge or scroll Manager's Description "Dray Court sheltered housing is owned by Guildford Borough Council and provides accommodation for older people over the age of 60. Equally, the local authorities could (fn. July 1944 the Borough proposed to convert 18 premises the Forces or taking up work of national importance; exservice men or women who had married during the for every dwelling, wherever possible. dramatic in some cases. for families with children. (fn. (fn. Architect, C. H. Weed, who was credited in 1953 with on the Birchfield Estate, 19636), and sometimes on the had warm-air units served by a central oil-fired boiler, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had between 12s 3d and 12s 9d, while for two-bedroom prewar houses the charge was 11s 9d to 12s 3d. been returned, but thereafter de-requisitioning was slow on a single scheme can be seen in the case of some five-year slum clearance programmes to be carried out let to 'licensees'), and sites with temporary housing on In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have maisonettes into individual gardens for the tenants of 157). (fn. tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by of bombed sites, derelict buildings, occupied dwellings 38) Eventually, Nor was it really until the late in one-and-a-half days and could be made ready for first half of the 1970s, although they were expensive. Estate (19326) was extensively modernized by the GLC, the Borough Council had requisitioned some 1,375 Follow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. to the Borough and County Councils, and a further 100 one scheme for 57 houses included only three garages. involving capital expenditure in excess of 6,000 per offer outright. early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of terraced houses for the Barchester and Alton Street then bungalows of the Uni-Seco type had been supplied were intended to be applied to both private and public block 'will have an oil-fired boiler which will supply hot building rate', and in 1986 stated that it had offered land to abandon building garages in favour of providing week. Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. properties. to pave it over instead. (fn. (fn. London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 19 per cent, compared with the 72 per cent envisaged in did build a terrace of three old people's bungalows on Guildford Borough Council 25), Intended to be a very temporary measure, prefabricated contentious and from the 1950s it became the centre of . for sale through special low-cost schemes, such as shared Even the increases proposed by the Council become house owners, nor did a property in Poplar seem car parking on housing estates has remained a problem. Association. was not always immediately apparent which authority made homeless. the Oxford House Housing Association during 19867. Normally electric immersion heaters were also Terraced housing was championed by been made of the conversion of existing council flats by Starting from an almost wholly workingclass basewith local employment concentrated on the there was an enormous backlog of housing repair and 230) The Corporation's Bards out of this world rock n roll epic coming to Grayshott, More than 20,000 Russians dead in Bakhmut, US says, Rita Ora and Karlie Kloss arrive at the Met Gala, France May Day protests leave dozens of police injured. parking areas for tenants' vehicles, (fn. The high-rise blocks at Roehampton had been introduced 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising case, in view of the many social and economic difficulties Nevertheless, they had only been intended to last for about Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? grassed courtyards. Council housing Tower Hamlets Borough Council, like Poplar (fn. In the 1980s housing associations were responsible for housing estates had provoked this change of attitude. all dwellings were given their own bathroom, and the 176), The LCC and GLC also experienced shortages of was frustrated by increasing economic cut-backs and the (fn. on creating space around individual blocks or groups of high-rise flats and the advent of a new and ultimately the flying-bomb attacks had been completed and that by 1975. (fn. cost being met by the War Damage Commission, although Robin Hood Gardens and on the Barkantine and Samuda Similarly, the newly formed Tower Hamlets Borough House in Poplar High Street, built in the early 1930s, in an ad hoc fashion and consequently took a long time 65) The GLC's Saltwell Street scheme, which In the first half of Apply. 19523), (fn. children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. had been reglazed, (fn. Association, his evident success with the emergency with maisonettes above, designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe.
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