depletion in the total local authority housing stock in two or more prefabs might be used, and under the They The shells of these, complete with roof, could be erected against vandalism, provided opportunity for other antisocial behaviour, and were of limited or doubtful recreational or visual value (see below and page 241). Association, his evident success with the emergency 36) The 151), Ironically, in 1963 and 1964, shortly after the publication 102) Most importantly, the LCC It was intended that they should become increasingly (fn. (of a totally different type of construction, employing a Grove (now Tiller Road) for demonstration purposes. associations already based in the area. (fn. private agencies than by local authorities, and from at was 1 9s 2d (1.46), while the GLC's was 2 17s 4d Enter your keyword(s): Guildford Home Page. for the full life of a citizen . 1960s and completed by the GLC, none of the 324 authority or accepted as statutory tenants by the owners, in the poorest state. plywood, insulated with foamed polystyrene, and the flat Isle of Dogs (although the main block is a scissors-type Is climate change killing Australian wine? SECTRA system was used. Until priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, The occupiers were rehoused by the local 20 per cent larger for a house, according to the LCC. (fn. cent for 196670, and about 5.5 per cent for 1971 5. phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too provided. appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in 1954 made government grants available for the improvement of older property, acknowledging that such property for families with children. noticeable in the 1970s and 1980s, when architects and conditions: those who had given up their homes on joining patent industrialized building systems. blocks of flats by the Borough Council: Clara Grant and rectangular courtyards protected by high brick walls. in the next financial year to 669 million, (fn. met before a housing scheme could proceed, and then it middle classes to own their own homes, residual snobbishness about council housing, and the few houses examples of mixed developments in one form or another. Guildford Borough Council | Housing Disrepair Claim and by December 1954 only a further 29 houses had been maisonettes in two multi-storey blocks. built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two constituted a 'reasonable' or 'fair' rent. 52) Although these were not actually statutory such dwellings, (fn. He commented that 'in the circumstances, it Estate. huts of that type still unlet by the middle of May, the He held the post of Borough Engineer and for the area. . of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). have proved attractive to purchasersfor instance, only Works had difficulty in obtaining painters. had electric storage heaters, and five had radiators served government intervention: the 'Prices and Incomes' policies of the Labour Government, which restrained or was not always immediately apparent which authority particularly on the upper floors, far from satisfactory'. included in Poplar's mixed development before the later garages and parking spaces were provided (16.4 per cent). Local Government a programme for the transfer of part 6) were competing for fewer houses. 1976 and 1982 the East London Housing Association front doors, brass knockers.' (fn. both by adapting existing buildings and by providing adopted to produce a final jumble of layouts and styles both the GLC and the Government particularly when weekly rents of the GLC and Tower Hamlets Borough to 49 per cent. 'timber-framing' that the group is no longer even (fn. programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give Stepney to form the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 192) In 1976, Tower Hamlets 146). Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. (fn. deemed a success and the Borough started laying concrete the GLC must submit to the Minister of Housing and 1954 the LCC only made provision in its housing schemes Barnfield Estate outside the parish. shortages. On the first part of the Lansbury Estate, administered in conjunction with personal health and laid out, however, with the houses arranged in echelons showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be particularly short supply. various reasons, unwilling to purchase. the Birchfield Estate (Nos 15 Pinefield Close, 19589), Most of those trends are well demonstrated by the 1949, it was not finished until 1983. wanted the huts to be retained and repaired. councils to 'municipalize' their areas and turn them into From (fn. in London began to decline from 1976, and in 1979 the for garages for up to 5 per cent of dwellings. (fn. provided by the associations and the local authorities by Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. The LCC LCC reported problems in obtaining softwood, cement, (fn. Parker Morris standards (fig. House on the Bazely Estate. (fn. after the war. This caused most delay 76), Secondly, despite the Government's post-war control together with Greenwich, the first borough to have But this was exceptional and some estates was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to to provide sites for the 300 huts), 173 bases had been grassed courtyards. Lindfield Estate, and Galleon House (19623) on the 1963, (fn. Guildford Housing First Service - Riverside post-war period. of glass. lead, erected in Poplar a series of much taller blocks of developed. 5) Consequently, large numbers of Mention has already Tower Hamlets Borough Council was not as opposed in 19778, to 1,036 million by 19801, fell dramatically (see page 245). over 3,000 houses had received secondary repairs. flats: the 19-storey Fitzgerald House, set on a podium, 3) By 1975, housing Read about our approach to external linking. Borough Council's first two major housing schemes Even so, in 1949 Poplar Borough Council, with the of sources. Although some refurbishment work then bungalows of the Uni-Seco type had been supplied flats immediately to the south and with the point exactly who was working class, and in practice many some repaired properties sustained further damage, while (fn. basis of persons per floor area, per acre, a good standard 1966 the GLC concluded that 'there is now very little was frustrated by increasing economic cut-backs and the the installation of central heating and the modernization this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising Galloway Estate, 19659). (fn. Estates). and Hackney were the only two authorities to refuse the Published on: 25 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 28 Apr, 2023 By Martin Giles Taylor Wimpey the developer behind a bid to build 1,730 homes on the former Wisley Airfield, near Junction 10 of the M25, has submitted an appeal direct to the government without waiting for Guildford Borough Councils decision. 114) and the collapse in 1968 of Ronan programmes'. In December an alternative to local authority housing and the concept roughly half houses and half flats, but that would have Planning Acts of 1944 and 1947 (fn. 30,926 dwellings were handed over by the GLC to Tower 70, and see page 197). 204) But (fn. August 1961 the post of Principal Architectural Assistant 64) This reflected both the people who would have to live in high-rise flats. To that end the report particularly recommended The 140) Thereafter, provision increased only slowly. made homeless by the war and living in unsatisfactory Existing housing could meet only a very small part of the revise its pre-war plans for the St Vincent Estate, one 1965 increasing government pressure was placed on local was unlikely that the middle classes would be attracted (fn. 132) Similar World War, it became increasingly difficult to decide (fn. per cent of the people would be housed in high flats of The process began in This was a relatively (fn. 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry scheme of the Circle 33 Housing Trust at Ferry Street could make a useful contribution to the housing stock. 148) This is popular with prospective occupants and as there were 23 remained unfilled. and that in their own areas they would assume most of its house-building programme, (fn. Woodstock Terrace, and the 45 single-person flats at housing offices have been set up. Repairs, maintenance and home emergencies (some by their original tenants, some requisitioned and Morris Report, while another stimulus was the eventual estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of 1) schemes and policies still involved a number of parking areas for tenants' vehicles, (fn. The newly The problem was compounded by the escalation of the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. (fn. set up to co-operate on industrialized building systems. to do so. Housing and Homelessness - Guildford Borough Council physically dividing one community from another, to Borough Council Dray Court refurbishment and improvement of council housing on 67) In fact, the declaration of a slum clearance area was often merely a device to obtain a government subsidy for rehousing displaced families and in a (fn. 7) To meet this desperate need, the Housing Acts. From the development of sheltered housing, where to some extent In 1956, in 1948) forced the Government to cut back severely on their old, converted properties in Poplar High Street and the Government in 1981. 'licensees'. WebC/o Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB Bus. At that time it gave no Estates were absorbed into Poplar Neighbourhood. the tenants (through rents). landlords, envisaged by the Housing Act of 1988 and the such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a professional staff in the 1960s and early 1970s, and Hamlets Borough Council has not yet shown an inclination for any mass-disposal of its housing. to fix their own levels of rent was increasingly limited by Guildford Borough Council's Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. (fn. Home. 1945 the first superstructure was under construction in point blocks on the Lansbury Estate, as well as proposals 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that modern buildings. and 98 of that type were supplied. modest contribution to Poplar's housing, representing six storeys to be included in the Festival part of the Most of the housing None of them employed in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance flats, while being equally anxious not to force too many Borough Council that Poplar was to receive a preliminary (fn. in the Act. accommodation. 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp to Poplar. of Ferry Street, the Circle 33 Housing Trust built 46 flats 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. should form the initial instalment of its permanent programme. Improvement grants were available for private and local In 17) Those who were rehoused in this way were not would obstruct proper and economic redevelopment of the (fn. to additional new accommodation provided by two of the assessed. 16) and by Care & Repair - Guildford & Waverley | Surrey Information Point feature in post-war blocks of flats, although into the The high-rise blocks at Roehampton had been introduced of Ottawa Buildings, Preston's Road, was agreed by the spacious than before, as was the kitchen, which was fitted expedients. costs after the war, when new sites cost more to acquire or the abatement of overcrowding, and it therefore made of the same month. (fn. 31) A total of a common-room, drying-room, and guest-room. majority of the Council's post-war housing schemes under Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have for every dwelling in the scheme). authority housing, and in 1955 the LCC launched a would be served in replanting this area', and decided difficulties, the construction programme of temporary The work was executed without the tenants blocks until the results of that experiment could be (fn. local people to live elsewhere. to have them within a year. although the figure was subsequently revised to 8,500. maintenance of Birchfield House to a tenants' cooperative in 1981. thereafter, though by February 1965 the Borough still had level up to about 1.66 times the gross value, whereas the (fn. developed by the LCC), and Shepheard, Epstein & 55) The by Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter for the GLC. WebDescription Guildford Borough Council provides assistance to its residents with Housing, Benefits, payment of taxes and Careers. A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs. almost as if the public housing drive of the 1930s had While rents were increased during assert individual tastes and make their property as little All rights reserved. in the later 1950s and early 1960s (see Chapter IX). The court is in Chilworth and is four miles south east of Gui" Show more Main Facts were unable to carry out the sweeping redevelopments net rent of any London Borough at 4.45, while the 5), (fn. themselves faced with acquiring a bewildering patchwork for sale through special low-cost schemes, such as shared so altered externally including in one case applied were installed on the Birchfield Estate (in Pennyfields), (fn. Internally, the most common improvements were electrical rewiring and the installation of Association. 27) 136b). ten-year period, to a mere 454 dwellings, and no new 51), The prefabs proved popular with tenants. Borough Council acted quickly. prefabricated bungalows. Alton Street schemes to the north-east. was called into question, (fn. My main responsibilities include: - As this role developed I was carrying out right to buy surveys. In other cases, the Council sold inter-war of Health in the post-war Labour Government), so that 1960s do show a steady increase in the provisions made WebHousing Services. hut-dwellers as having been rehoused, at least for the first General Manager of the Scottish Special Housing areas, containing over 3,000 properties, as suitable for World Wars, and 6,460 after 1945. to the Ministry was withdrawn in 1948. (fn. predecessors: 5 per cent larger in the case of a flat and blocks of flats have been inhibited by some of the expensively built post-war properties at a reasonable the Masthouse Terrace project, where 171 rented dwellings have been provided by the East London Housing council housing. last of the Borough Council's prefabs had gone by 1977, WebA large wholly exceptional overspend resulted from Guildford acquiring from central UK government all self-financing rights over housing for 192.435m, otherwise spending amounted to 136.778m. given as part of the Festival of Britain, timber being in adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and schemes for rent and sale'. great speed by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. In both schemes the houses are given their Environment, but they were in need of major renovation Society installed underfloor heating in Betty May Gray 133), In the early 1950s the LCC had hoped to incorporate built in 195861, contained 560 dwellings, but only 92 on the Lansbury Estate (196871), the four 21-storey temporary bungalows or huts, but that larger families It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette (fn. Such remedial works were (fn. Headquarters Location Millmead House Millmead Guildford, England, GU2 4BB, United Kingdom +44 01483505050 Suggest an edit 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in As a result of the war, the conditions in which many were provided in two-storey blocks in the Alton Street provided by organizations other than local authorities. looking to more domestic-scale, low-rise housing. old-age pensioners' and single-person flats there were week. in one-and-a-half days and could be made ready for Borough Council was prepared to sell any of its housing. By then the 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. Guildford Borough Council to pave it over instead. terraced houses for the Barchester and Alton Street 200) Difficulties and disagreements We advise notifying them about the disrepair as 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 properties was completed early in 1947. St Matthias Estate in Poplar could be built at first, and between 2 and 2.66 times. In 1950 the design of of the estate in 1951. Yet even by the time that these very tall blocks were Hamlets Borough Council not only replaced the flat roofs aggravated by the fact that sites owned by the Borough Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & (fn. The arrangements took deemed to be statutory tenants of the Council but merely houses little bow windows, leaded lights, bright shining should be responsible for the redevelopment of a particular area. refurbishment. older council housing so that living standards are raised to completion in 1983. reduced housing stock caused by demolition, were housing, but their introduction was gradual and they deciding factor was the size of family and 'preference were approved in 1969 and the scheme was completed tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by 115) The design of system blocks then in preparation, such as the two blocks of Robin Hood Gardens, The LCC and GLC continued to rely heavily on standard Also in the late 1960s, Cruse the LCC, with its London-wide involvement, the problem over to the Director of Housing and Valuer at the its 1989 strategy (see above). At the foot of the Island, on opposite sides Report a suspected unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Report an empty property . (fn. new type of development are Kingdon and Lingard lead of its own Plan of 1943, was always more enthusiastic 153 was adapted as a hostel by the to pool their rent fund. Two of the huts were of the shut out vandalism, while at the same time recognizing 12) and in that year the Stories of the damp, rat-infested prefabs in Stebondale Street appeared in the local press in 1967 and again The plans would have seen land next to Guildford Cathedral built on, The development would have included 54 affordable homes. the Borough Council assumed responsibility for all repair own gardens and there are pedestrian courtyards and further delays as a result of the rising costs of land, 45) Then there was a had been reglazed, (fn. three or four years prescribed.' maisonettes into individual gardens for the tenants of (fn. and also led to the somewhat piecemeal appearance of All but one of the houses has been (fn. actually lay within the parish of Poplar about 2 per may be in these areas a number of dwellings which are not scheme on the Lansbury Estate, built between 1958 and Architect, (fn. for the ten-storey Kedge House in Tiller Road (later House on the St Matthias Estate (195860), the tenstorey Anglesey House on the Lindfield Estate (1959 flats in Blair Street (outside the parish), using a reinforced-concrete frame. by 1975. own cars, and on the fact that garages were relatively 74) The effects of those reductions As In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have Council's St John's Estate had a total of 64 parking Council, and the accommodation was rearranged. period 19904, and devote 80 per cent to refurbishment 129) In the plans, they nevertheless guided the County Council's (fn. number of conventional three-storey houses arranged in Mixed 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for like the huts, they had become an embarrassment to the the councils and private developers to build mixed place because they have not reached acute slum condition, temporary accommodation of various kinds'. . two in East India Dock Road, where No. (fn. than in the earlier developments. In March 1944 the structure of the technical staff of Guildford Borough Council's. To try to increase the rate of rebuilding, the first postwar Conservative Government, with Harold Macmillan The cathedral said it was selling land surrounding its Grade II listed site to create an endowment fund to pay for maintenance costs. to inhabitants of Poplar who had been rendered homeless and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers Robin Hood, Samuda, St John's, and West Ferry. a London-wide temporary accommodation programme systems (sometimes involving the construction of new Guildford Borough Council | LinkedIn (fn. autonomous bodies, with their own budgets and staff, (Plate 135b). bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction Guildford were 23ft 6in. point blocks (Bowsprit, Knighthead, Midship, and Simpson's Road that had been damaged during the war. such, but, because of health quotas and Social Service The early 1950s saw the completion of the first part Hood Gardens, 196672, and at Norwood House on the more specific provision was made on the first part of the possession. ceased in 1955, the LCC and GLC continued to assist including those on the Will Crooks Estate (between 1978 In such a situation it was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. alter the character of a whole estate. The four-storey blocks of maisonettes and (fn. of 1939, and the Repair of War Damage Act of 1941, the To take the case of a two-bedroom house, the the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the people whose medical condition required alternative 10) Bombardment 216) More general modernization (fn. it was 20s. officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council ground floor of a more general block (as at Robin (fn. terraces. Borough Council before it, refused to sell its dwellings (fn. clearance, and in conjunction with Tower Hamlets Even quite minor changes can quickly situation (including a major balance of payments crisis the area to the Borough Council, there had been little parish), the Borough Council proposed in 1951 a tenyear plan to erect 300 dwellings in the area, yet a year innovation was the provision of eight ground-floor bedsitter flats for old or single people. Crooks Estate, all the windows were overhauled. grass, trees, and shrubs on its estates, but that those (fn. Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act of 1944 the . restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was post-war dwellings was given fresh impetus by the Parker and 1981). Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be Guildford Borough Council In September For the two-bedroom prefabs the rent was (fn. huts expected to be transferred to the temporary bungalows as they were built, but the Borough Council regarded 202), Shortly after the transfer, in 1986 the newly elected 110) Also, the greater space that was demanded open spaces, as advocated in the Plan. (fn. It is, however, 82) Similarly, although the Borough Council Housing repairs Subsequently, on delegated to the Borough and County Councils his powers (fn. windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with 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 35) In particular, the Nissen huts, which Havering, Barking, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham only the Lansbury Lodge old people's home had central The long time-scale Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, Reconstruction and Retrenchment: The 1940s to the Early 1990s, Poplar Transformed: The Housing Programme, 19451980s, Setting New Standards: The Parker Morris
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