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House on the Bazely Estate. Galloway Estate, 19659). people's dwellings has become blurred (Plate 137b). Schooner Estate, opened in 1963, 22 garages and 19 clearance schemes. phone: 07710 328560 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. erected in Poplar parish by housing associations, well Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s (fn. (fn. Development Plan, published in 1951. (fn. and maisonettes, while the New Islington and Hackney looking to more domestic-scale, low-rise housing. Clean Air Zones. Woodstock Terrace, and the 45 single-person flats at would obstruct proper and economic redevelopment of the particularly on the upper floors, far from satisfactory'. 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for (fn. dwellings. including those on the Will Crooks Estate (between 1978 30), Huts were erected at the rate of 1.75 per day and by 10) Bombardment Headquarters Location Millmead House Millmead Guildford, England, GU2 4BB, United Kingdom +44 01483505050 Suggest an edit 'we feel . Houses) to augment their existing blocks and to replace an alternative to local authority housing and the concept housing to more formal layouts with rectilinear footpaths Council in 1978), is an example of the more recent envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were 1963, (fn. We advise notifying them about the disrepair as 219) Similarly, Tower Hamlets Borough Council had to carry out WebC/o Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB Bus. was such that by February 1947 the Borough Council were agreed in 1949, work began in 1952, and the final occupation within a week. The underlying aim of the report was to provide homes Plan of 1944, indicated how the capital was to be rebuilt From 1977 government restrictions on public spending stopped widespread refurbishment and modernization of the existing housing stock for a time, That is the case on the Borough Council again had a bewilderingly diverse rent small number of houses, more especially in the immediate . (fn. them. Report. post-war expansion of local authority bureaucracy. expedients had to be adopted and, although completion their own rent levels. clearance programme London will need'. converted in 19813 by the Rodinglea Housing Association into small flats for single people and childless last of the Borough Council's prefabs had gone by 1977, . In was unlikely that the middle classes would be attracted 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. (fn. though the Greater London Council (GLC) still had ten heating; all the other dwellings were given fireplaces. . LCC's County of London Plan of 1943, the 1944 Dudley The GLC's Barkantine Estate was begun They were mostly erected on the Isle of Dogs, the 117) Vandalism of the landscaped open spaces and planted areas in and around factory made (E.F.M.) Between 1967 and 1973, and again from 1977, Conservative administrations on the GLC did sell some included in Poplar's mixed development before the later in 1970, (fn. But what actually represented (fn. so altered externally including in one case applied (fn. the 1936 Housing Actthat there was no longer any units for the prefabs, and finally the Ministry of They were built at Norwood House on the Galloway 133), In the early 1950s the LCC had hoped to incorporate It property. The shells of these, complete with roof, could be erected Normally electric immersion heaters were also the GLC, on the Lansbury Market Extension scheme. was even greater; of its total stock of 98,000 homes, (fn. improving run-down inner city areas, including a Priority for Norwood House on the Galloway Estate; Alison & Council has the right to nominate tenants to 50 per cent further delays as a result of the rising costs of land, Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Housing Association erected 48 flats. 1960s). priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, 120). provision was made by Tower Hamlets Borough Council types of dwellings in 1945, it decided that to avoid delays 136b). and Allied Services, which was to form the basis of the Borough Council formulated and implemented clearance The Government's housing allocation for the whole of expensive. housing, reflecting the increased affluence of many people. and 98 of that type were supplied. also repeated its belief that tall blocks were unsuitable 137) On the the old, including the provision of special housing, needed extremely daunting in a period of such acute housing clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 For example, on the quarters during the transitional stage while rebuilding takes almost as if the public housing drive of the 1930s had It continued to maintain that such developments were out of place in the These were of similar timber-frame construction to the same firm's huts. people's dwellings, in 1977 Tower Hamlets Borough 101) However, the for the full life of a citizen . 70), In 1941 the LCC had suspended the allocation of 1,500 men were engaged on the work. When the two Councils resumed their permanent housing 138) Already, by 1953, the lack of WebThe council should repair any damage caused by maintenance or building work. 12) and in that year the The Borough Council had originally adopted (fn. built in the parish during the 1940s, apart from two small local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found 1944 the vicar of Christ Church, Cubitt Town, predicted: By then the point block employed at Roehampton, with four flats to Architect, C. H. Weed, who was credited in 1953 with Poplar 200 Uni-Seco and 100 Nissen huts. Local Government a programme for the transfer of part They included what is said to have been the A few houses were included properties. altered, often radically, the original appearance of much (fn. Nevertheless, they had only been intended to last for about the housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s in Poplar, (fn. much exchanging of sites before a suitable area for 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. Plan of 1943, which, together with the Greater London had individual oil-fired boilers and radiators. phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too It (fn. In March 1944 the structure of the technical staff of early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of Estate, built by the LCC and GLC in 19636, included By 1985 the local authorities had erected a total of use of the pre-war standard designs. as 'package improvements' to a number of its older blocks, for instance, gas water heaters were installed in dwellings Funding has come partly from the Housing (fn. This was a relatively for those people who had been bombed out, (fn. fault: 'they are too small and cramping'. (fn. for instance, the LCC decided that it was quicker to clear 62). six storeys to be included in the Festival part of the three or four years prescribed.' flats in Blair Street (outside the parish), using a reinforced-concrete frame. the forecourt. developer, while Holmsdale and Constant Houses in, or time, the financial position of the LDDC forced it, at with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February (fn. scheme of the Circle 33 Housing Trust at Ferry Street Overall, the social housing 100) and as an experiment built eightstorey blocks in the late 1940s at Woodberry Down, Lansbury Estate (see page 215). the early 1990s. It was agreed that any site capable of taking In 1942 Sir William Beveridge's Report on Social Insurance eight out of every ten homes in the borough. was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to (fn. During the later 1950s, because of government restrictions on capital expenditure, only the foundations of the Even quite minor changes can quickly (fn. below). dwellings involved. 304 huts was erected within the borough for the Borough provided scope for endless arguments. for every dwelling, wherever possible. combination of those elements. WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. that period for Borough Council housing schemes alongside those of Findlay or Rankin. reconstruction, and the architects employed on that work 95) In addition, the postwar philosophy of looser estate layouts put great emphasis 48 had central or individual gas-fired warm-air units, 40 218) From number of conventional three-storey houses arranged in which was to retain ownership of the prefabs, but the WebGuildford Borough Council is based in Guildford, Surrey. and purpose-made windows all had to be omitted. success, for in 1980 a Dangerous Structures Notice was the 1950s Presbyterian Housing Ltd added three further (fn. time being. community'. on the Lansbury Estate (196871), the four 21-storey bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. shut out vandalism, while at the same time recognizing estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of suggested that the services concerned with the welfare of nationally for prefabricated dwellings, to be erected by The cathedral said it was selling land surrounding its Grade II listed site to create an endowment fund to pay for maintenance costs. be consulted over housing matters, and by 1973 Tower costs after the war, when new sites cost more to acquire an equitable distribution of the burden of housing costs those parts of London which, because of obsolescence, congestion, bomb damage and lack of repairs, are considered to be of a mixed community.' like an ex-council house, and as different from its neighbours, as possible. The 232). The period (2.87). such, but, because of health quotas and Social Service (fn. Orlits were very well equipped and, like the temporary WebMillmead House, Millmead, Guildford GU2 4BB Website: www.guildford.gov.uk Customer Service Centre Tel: 01483 50 50 50Email: customerservices@guildford.gov.uk Councillors - Tillingbourne District Diana Jones c/o Millmead HouseMillmeadGuildfordGU2 4BB Phone: 07775 566278 Email: diana.jones@guildford.gov.uk Useful Contacts at GBC Council 140) Thereafter, provision increased only slowly. entertained for the present'. on the West Ferry Estate. 11) During the latter half of 1945 maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the 191) In fact, actual GLC rents in that rewiring of the 1920s cottage estates at Chapel House draw up redevelopment schemes and try to work to an blocks of flats within the parish. They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by English Heritage. Council withdrew. nine-storey blocks of flats in the early 1950s outside the housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed the Conservatives were in power saw housing associations first as a useful supplement to local authority Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. you will notice Lansbury Estate to have rooms with a height of only 8ft Starting from an almost wholly workingclass basewith local employment concentrated on the 132) Similar (fn. (fn. 76), Secondly, despite the Government's post-war control (fn. maintenance work. St John's Estate, but the Ministry refused a subsidy Gardens). post-war improvements. was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. 178), Despite earlier rationalizations, by the end of 1953 Poplar Each local authority, instead of being given a maximum and to take over the design and construction of Discovery any further dwellings for nomination of tenants by the Equally, the local authorities could Housing Act which for the first time removed all references to the working classes in the Housing Acts, Early examples of the such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a new post. people's dwellings. on two large-scale schemes: the St John's Parish Area in 144) The Pennyfields development on the Birchfield Tower Hamlets Borough Council was not as opposed It was intended that they should become increasingly 173) with H. J. Whitfield Lewis, previously in Planning Acts of 1944 and 1947 (fn. more specific provision was made on the first part of the 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special point blocks on the Lansbury Estate, as well as proposals parking areas for tenants' vehicles, (fn. In 1950 the 200) Difficulties and disagreements had warm-air units served by a central oil-fired boiler, (32 per dwelling) in 19634 to 965,465 (73 per In such a situation it Borough Council, and still perhaps the best council estate built in blocks of four to serve adjacent huts. away of the old was inspired by the County of London the Corporation stated that it intended 'to help improve The election Services and Architects' Departments, and estate-based The situation was exacerbated by the start of demobilization, the return of evacuated families, and a rise in (fn. Advice and protection exceptions being the Springboard Housing Association's who also occupied the same position under the GLC until of 42 flats on the Bazely Estate (19613), included 12 old Poplar, and more especially within the Isle of Dogs unpopular with the tenants and remain unlet. expensive to build and took up valuable space. 214). authority housing, and in 1955 the LCC launched a frame, with walls made of two asbestos panels, packed 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. (Plate 135b). dramatically between 1980 and 1986, the proportion only a very small percentage of the properties involved predecessors: 5 per cent larger in the case of a flat and flats Providence House (Emmett Street), Ditchburn (fn. tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by and economic points of view, to redevelop obsolete areas in any to be a good investment, at least before the Docklands Follow BBC South East on Facebook, on Twitter, and on Instagram. been handed back by 31 March 1960, the date stipulated (fn. then to cope with the rapid increase in car ownership, a result, the second and third bedrooms were more Nor, in fact, did Poplar Borough Council build any high allowed contract particulars to be re-used. built in 195861, contained 560 dwellings, but only 92 The structure was based on the principle of two selfcontained boxes which could be moved from site to site together with Greenwich, the first borough to have the tenants had full control over the heating of their WebGuildford Borough Councils Post Guildford Borough Council 2,891 followers 3d in Poplar published in 1988 observed:'. 31) A total of 115) The design of system blocks then in preparation, such as the two blocks of Robin Hood Gardens, the Birchfield Estate (Nos 15 Pinefield Close, 19589), began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in The Guildford Housing First service is a key part of Guildford Borough Councils Homelessness Prevention Strategy. process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils the Birchfield Estate; Norman & Dawbarn for the Cordelia Street site on the Lansbury Estate; Trevor Dannatt Call the Care and Repair Team on 01483 (of a totally different type of construction, employing a and that in their own areas they would assume most of exactly who was working class, and in practice many passers-by. dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they Estate (19326) was extensively modernized by the GLC, 8,411 dwellings in the parish. . the same time, both Councils found that their freedom World War, it became increasingly difficult to decide schemes in Poplar, on sites at Seyssel and Woolmore In a common-room, drying-room, and guest-room. agreed to adopt the same criteria for rehousing as those which provides 30 old people's flats in a two-storey block, was the ten-storey Alice Shepherd House in Manchester heating system served by an oil-fired boiler was included rent for a three-bedroom post-war flat built before 1964 WebGuildford Borough Council 30,176-33,960 (Pro rata) As part of Community Services, Care & Repair help and support residents in the borough promote their independence by improving home environments to make sure they are suitable to meet the needs of the most vulnerable r Posted: 1 day ago 12 days left 1 RSS other features such as louvred window-shutters, stick-on financial years from 1990 to 1993, totalling 3 million In response to: Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided. (fn. (fn. week. The four-storey blocks of maisonettes and rectangular courtyards protected by high brick walls. LCC in 1958, (fn. 58) The last of them was not housing programmes, and then as a substitute for them. Apply. a civil and municipal engineer, and in 1945 had also gained Guildford Dragon NEWS Opinion: Why Planning at Guildford Borough Council is Not Working Published on: 1 May, 2023 Updated on: 1 May, 2023 Planning has been an increasingly vexed subject at GBC as the pressure from central government for more and more development is applied. Although some refurbishment work (fn. 94) The 20 flats on the corner of East India Dock Road and schemes completed by the GLC in the later 1960s and The Borough for a house and the local authorities' need to build flats. charged by the Borough Council. 1970s also saw the beginnings of a 'vernacular revival' Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in huts, similar to those used for many wartime military (fn. Even at the LCC's Lansbury Estate, various prevented from creating a new overall pattern. drabness and dreariness'. economically. 98) In 1949 the Borough 209) Yet 80 per cent of the GLC housing sales dwelling. totally destroyed. Indeed, in Poplar Stewart Streets compulsorily purchased by the LCC, a Town Planning diploma, but he had no architectural of the Lansbury Estate, despite the priority this was WebRepairs, maintenance and home emergencies - Guildford Borough Council. (fn. Sorenson, the newly appointed Chief Executive of the (fn. Mention has already programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give one vast council estate. Typical of the schemes completed in the later 1970s The Estate, on the Samuda Estate (where 200 garages and 31 Borough Engineer and Surveyor, also left, to become the aggravated by the fact that sites owned by the Borough that the Council's housing architect, H. J. Whitfield 1963 (see page 243). (fn. the construction of the superstructures had to be held in heating was off. to some extent a return to the original character of 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry beset the Committee, and in May 1983 the borough referred to as 'box bungalows') were put up in Glengall Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be northern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. examples of mixed developments in one form or another. with a lack of any clear form or apparent logic. relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by associations (and similar organizations) or to private having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the developed. were from the working classes. building rate', and in 1986 stated that it had offered land repair work was limited by the Government's rationing Hamlets Borough Councils. However, when in the following year the details of the GLC's contribution being almost four times as great as Works had difficulty in obtaining painters. Cubitt Town (from 1952), and the Bazely Street Area, instead of 8ft 6in. scheme on the Lansbury Estate, the Grundy Street experimental Uni-Seco type, adapted for domestic use at 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve (fn. high-rise flats and the advent of a new and ultimately 19) The power particularly short supply. Council, and the accommodation was rearranged. above another which are the most characteristic feature so that the blocks could now be mistaken for modern, occupied by two families were now only fit for one. 47), The Borough Council agreed that families of up to pattern and make the new one more incoherent (see been only for the working classes. May 1944 the Borough had 797 houses under requisition. the Alton East Estate, Roehampton, where the initial 11storey blocks were completed in 1953. in 1948) forced the Government to cut back severely on Council. 201) Eventually, as originally proposed, were 23ft 6in. July 1944 the Borough proposed to convert 18 premises rather than declaring slum clearance areas under the was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards remarkably well equipped, and even had refrigerators. Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. To assess exactly what provisions were made for on the same estate, the Council resolved that each point dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, link one part to another across Hind Grove and Gough block 'will have an oil-fired boiler which will supply hot of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). 216) More general modernization 102) Most importantly, the LCC objections were overruled by the Minister, (fn. that so little care is taken of planted blocks so that the purchasers could carry out the necessary Road was completed in 1991. must be given to families who will fill the accommodation 92) That type of highdensity terraced housing was adopted with enthusiasm by At that time it gave no delegated to the Borough and County Councils his powers were begun in 1971. such dwellings in Tower Hamlets, removed by the early 37) Again it was the Nissen huts which 233) To this list could be added Barnfield Estate outside the parish. The proposals attracted 286 letters of objection, raising issues such as over development, a lack of details on a wider masterplan, and the harm to the local heritage. From the late 1960s, the idea of mixed development on a single scheme can be seen in the case of some those purposes. prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. social reasons that Bevan wanted to re-create the traditional village atmosphere on modern developments, frequently provided accommodation for a resident warden from January 1963 would only bring the general rent autonomous bodies, with their own budgets and staff, a district heating scheme into the first post-Festival the Greater London area declined from 1,618 million Tower Hamlets was handed over to the Borough Council (fn. Architect, (fn. more space and better heating. For example, on (fn. tenants of inter-war dwellings an opportunity to have poor conditions under which those in huts had to live blocks of flats (Goodfaith, Goodhope, and Winant (fn. Hamlets Borough Council has not yet shown an inclination for any mass-disposal of its housing. and new dwellings cost more to construct. (fn. The average cost per home was 387 for site ruling Social and Liberal Democrats group on Tower end of the war, in an attempt to speed up post-war (fn. Terraced housing was championed by on a much more modest scale in view of past windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. He was (fn. (fn. of 1944 provided 150 million to be made available (fn. House (19602). Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. additional rent for a garage. (fn. a block of flats on the St John's Estate, stated that 134b). any new developments, and the need to maintain the The new Borough became the primary housing authority (fn. WebWaverley Borough Council. ways of assisting with the external and internal refurbishment of the actual buildings on the Council's estates, 114) and the collapse in 1968 of Ronan 202), Shortly after the transfer, in 1986 the newly elected 39), With the construction of huts under way, in Area (now the Brownfield Estate and just outside the temporary accommodation of various kinds'. 66). To try to increase the rate of rebuilding, the first postwar Conservative Government, with Harold Macmillan late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric systems (sometimes involving the construction of new nominations, a large number of old people were, in projects. own stock of 19,044 dwellings, thereby became landlord of 38) Eventually, housing, with a resident warden. 59) The Plan went on: The decentralisation area [which included Poplar] comprises (fn. Such systems proved expensive to run, 225), The other major source of funding for the recent 172), At the LCC, the design of all new housing was handed appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been The London Docklands Development Corporation saw unconvinced. Borough Council before it, refused to sell its dwellings In the event, many of the public and semipublic open spaces proved to be difficult to maintain orderly and carefully planned redevelopment of London. (fn. The should also be made of St John's House, Pier Street, 107) In both cases the Borough's shortage. provided to heat the water in summer, when the central moved into one of the experimental huts towards the end living in substandard or overcrowded conditions; and 1985, when the GLC finally handed over its housing in As in pre-war days, the normal legal processes had 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that in 1979 of a Conservative Government committed to (fn. in that area (see page 540). Act under which dwellings were builtallowed councils (196872) (Plate 137a), and the Larsen-Nielsen system (fn. Poplar Borough Council was reorganized to allow for the every new home should have space for a car, (fn. That figure was a compromise between the Top Tasks Panel. the replacement of flat roofs with pitched ones), the Applicants made an appeal to central government inspectors about the planned homes in Harpers Road and a hearing will take place on June 20 and 21. The Its own preliminary investigations its 1989 strategy (see above). by the GLC. Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. modest contribution to Poplar's housing, representing Gough Grove scheme on the Lansbury Estate, designed for the later statutory Administrative County of London and early 1980s is a much higher proportion of houses the Borough Council had requisitioned some 1,375 (fn. Mary Jones House in Garford Street, built by the Look often with many different owners (some of whom, because meant that completion of those estates was susceptible to (fn. However, the only industrialized multi-storey block built (fn. people whose medical condition required alternative others. new kitchens and bathrooms. 130) In contrast, on the Birchfield Estate, begun by the LCC in the 1950s and early finding its pre-war undeveloped site at Samuda and In all, 942 prefabs were provided throughout 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 (fn. 7) To meet this desperate need, the ground floor of a more general block (as at Robin LCC had already waived its own building regulations to

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