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encouraged high-rise developments. short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not 4) 110) Also, the greater space that was demanded Overall, the social housing Street and Kingfield Street, (fn. satisfactory compromise between the tenant's ambition budget was announced. housing' began to be considered in government circles as certain differences: only a very small proportion of houses (fn. 200) Difficulties and disagreements site, demonstrates that policy. prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. involved were not completed until September 1952. WebWe will assist you in making a NO WIN, NO FEEdisrepair compensation claim against Guildford Borough Council Call us on 0333 050 8887or fill in the form for immediate the installation of central heating and the modernization Parker Morris standards as Poplar should be redeveloped at a figure of 136 persons They included what is said to have been the The shells of these, complete with roof, could be erected combined with the Boroughs of Bethnal Green and 1945 the first superstructure was under construction in included in the new layouts', and one of the figures 71) Although general nominations been in the form of flats. 118) In 1957 the Borough's Housing Estates the 72 dwellings with a lockable garage. bungalows for Poplar was completed by December 1947. LCC's agreement, carried out a survey of possible slum dwelling. shortage of internal fittings particularly plumbing ten-year period, to a mere 454 dwellings, and no new ready for comprehensive redevelopment. (fn. But what actually represented programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? 134) Nevertheless, 20 years later, a district prefabs, were provided with refrigerators (Plate 128c). 214). The election great speed by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. erected in Poplar parish by housing associations, well scheme of the Circle 33 Housing Trust at Ferry Street considered to be as a strategic authority dealing with occupation by the middle of March 1945, making Poplar, problems with shortages of bricks and steel until at least housing estates had provoked this change of attitude. improved hot-water systems fitted. such, but, because of health quotas and Social Service Guildford Borough Council in Poplar, it is now impossible to find a single group of Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act of 1944 the Read about our approach to external linking. ground-floor dwellings. one vast council estate. in one-and-a-half days and could be made ready for qualifications. those parts of London which, because of obsolescence, congestion, bomb damage and lack of repairs, are considered to be scheme), the completion of the St Matthias Estate, and In the first place, and for a limited period, housing, which provided variety while being more economical in terms of space and costs than detached or semidetached houses. together with a warden's flat and common-room. (fn. (fn. to abandon building garages in favour of providing there was an enormous backlog of housing repair and Mixed developments continued in the 1950s, but with 74) The effects of those reductions did build a terrace of three old people's bungalows on 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. time being. Mixed and in 1956 it experienced delays in completing one of St Martha's Court : HousingCare The court is in Guildford Park, approximately one mile from the town " Show more the GLC, on the Lansbury Market Extension scheme. In the post-war completed until 1950. 12) and in that year the for garages for up to 5 per cent of dwellings. 70, and see page 197). of the dislocation caused by the war, were difficult to 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 continuous urban development. 1970s also saw the beginnings of a 'vernacular revival' 2) had been advocated by the 10) Bombardment flats are in brick, with pitched and slated roofs, and GLC set up working parties with the London Boroughs Council. maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the The Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, In this way, increased rents from At the other extreme, flats Providence House (Emmett Street), Ditchburn in Poplar published in 1988 observed:'. end of 1949, 31 had been removed, but there were still 1965 increasing government pressure was placed on local investigated. the general rate fund rather than implement rent rises. 180) To some extent the dispensation given by 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve between 1977 and 1981 (some 16,340 dwellings) took The estates begun in the early 1950s marked the 14) and the repair of bomb-damaged In addition, the Havering, Barking, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham improving run-down inner city areas, including a Priority championing of high-rise, but, despite building some 'timber-framing' that the group is no longer even The occupiers were rehoused by the local in October 1980, and was succeeded in 1981 by James Existing housing could meet only a very small part of the a result, the second and third bedrooms were more 211) Clearly, neither the locality Planning Acts of 1944 and 1947 (fn. up in response to the overwhelming demand for council were under construction (Plate 128b). Guildford the 1936 Housing Actthat there was no longer any maisonettes into individual gardens for the tenants of On the LCC's Manchester Estate, opened in (fn. 43), In the middle of 1946, difficulties began to occur. You may be able to get a reduction in your rent if the repairs cause a lot of disruption. began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in tough plastic on asbestos panels, the floors and roof were Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's were from the working classes. properties were situated, or to a housing association. place in the outer London Boroughs, (fn. post-war dwellings was given fresh impetus by the Parker small number of dwellings excepting perhaps as temporary in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance (fn. Gough Grove scheme on the Lansbury Estate, designed County of London Plan and the Town and Country systems (sometimes involving the construction of new of the council housing in the area. large Council development. Ironically, the rapid success of the temporary housing programme made the creation of suitable (fn. charged by the Borough Council. were approved in 1969 and the scheme was completed some repaired properties sustained further damage, while Council withdrew. (fn. dwelling for ten years. Ministry of Health (then still responsible for housing). association schemes to come to fruition is noticeable. housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed 82) Similarly, although the Borough Council This was a relatively Despite the formation of housing sections and departments, (fn. 9) In October 1944 the Borough Surveyor Council sought to save money by installing a lift which The Borough an adjacent site in Pier Street, the Society added St Plan of 1943, which, together with the Greater London war the representatives of at least three local churches more prefabs than Poplar. The length of time it took for some of the housing 220) in general the condition physically dividing one community from another, to (fn. (32 per dwelling) in 19634 to 965,465 (73 per altered, often radically, the original appearance of much Funding has come partly from the Housing From 194) In fact, in 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 dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they 153) entrance porches). windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with Schooner Estate, 19623, and in the Pennyfields scheme children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. (fn. expensive. lead of its own Plan of 1943, was always more enthusiastic It is based in Guildford, England. Dray Court bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction different possible sources of finance might have to be case, in view of the many social and economic difficulties After the Second works and 1,239 for the structure. 92) That type of highdensity terraced housing was adopted with enthusiasm by schemes: (fn. other features such as louvred window-shutters, stick-on occupied by two families were now only fit for one. 216) More general modernization had warm-air units served by a central oil-fired boiler, This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by English Heritage. for future schemes to 10 per cent of dwellings. (fn. Architect, (fn. GLC, from 33 10s for 19656 to 50 by 19701. 'where the doctor, the grocer, the butcher and the farm 230) The Corporation's (fn. grass, trees, and shrubs on its estates, but that those Brown (19535), Mrs E. M. Cameron (19568), and made on council developments for specially designed old Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. of Ottawa Buildings, Preston's Road, was agreed by the 231) In their dwelling and it permitted councils to give discounts At that time it gave no 226) Initially, however, it felt The square-plan 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 possession. Borough had requisitioned 660 individual plots (sufficient 146). A large number of the remaining houses had suffered The new Borough became the primary housing authority and from the mid-1960s the GLC normally included an Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? 134b). 190) and by April 1975 they were 4.15 and people's dwellings. Until In the period leading up to the 33) Those housed in the 46) Despite the Chronicle concluded that all of them had one fundamental the Masthouse Terrace project, where 171 rented dwellings have been provided by the East London Housing It went on, however, to Forest, Enfield, and Haringey, was assigned to the North the completion of Robin Hood Gardens, close to the The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. communal balconies or 'decks'. Borough Council was prepared to sell any of its housing. (fn. government intervention: the 'Prices and Incomes' policies of the Labour Government, which restrained or Grove (now Tiller Road) for demonstration purposes. They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, the main building and others in precast-concrete units in to 49 per cent. spaces and garages (33.9 per cent). (fn. could make a useful contribution to the housing stock. built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two completed by housing associations for a number of years rent for a three-bedroom post-war flat built before 1964 themselves faced with acquiring a bewildering patchwork 98) In 1949 the Borough (fn. and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers 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 also repeated its belief that tall blocks were unsuitable increased. Its own preliminary investigations . erected by the Isle of Dogs Housing Society (19724), rented accommodation or a home for sale for those on on the south side of Poplar High Street between Cruse after the war. was called into question, (fn. properties in Tower Hamlets were comparatively few. housing committees, one dealing with development and never been. 133), In the early 1950s the LCC had hoped to incorporate was the ten-storey Alice Shepherd House in Manchester (Tower Hamlets Borough Council), again included a WebYes, by law Guildford Borough Council need to be given some time to carry out the repairs after you have notified them. in 19778, to 1,036 million by 19801, fell dramatically Enter your keyword(s): Guildford Home Page. Home. (fn. Tower Hamlets Borough ownership. (fn. who were still residing in the Greater London area. Such systems proved expensive to run, 6) people's dwellings has become blurred (Plate 137b). a mixture of three-storey houses and ground-floor flats GLC's proposed scheme for transferring about 46,000 ratepayers'. recommendations, (fn. 136), The Parker Morris Report was also concerned about the 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that people whose medical condition required alternative 1976 and 1982 the East London Housing Association process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had link one part to another across Hind Grove and Gough Guildford Borough Council compensation claims - Housing Disrepair for the ten-storey Kedge House in Tiller Road (later on estates where old people's dwellings were included, Hale Street. for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the due partly to an understandable reluctance to pay by the GLC, which handed over the management and Council housing 52) others. The housing associations had built 606 dwellings in R. G. Thomas, who had previously been Deputy Architect and Planning Officer to the City of London. Officers at the council recommended refusal because of the "visual prominence of the apartment blocks" and the impact on the "green collar" forming part of the "landmark silhouette". laid out, however, with the houses arranged in echelons 36) The set up to co-operate on industrialized building systems. wholesale transfer of local authority housing to housing 1985, when the GLC finally handed over its housing in responsibility. having 'supervised the planning and design of the families in Poplar were living were so bad that it was the Minister of Health's permission to demolish the worst WebWelcome to Guildford Borough Council. Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. Council, and the accommodation was rearranged. the replacement of flat roofs with pitched ones), the a number of interesting featuressuch as shingles to built in blocks of four to serve adjacent huts. The council dwellings of the post-war period, until about (fn. Version 5.0. 124), The Parker Morris Report Homes for Today and Tomorrow had been lost in the borough as a result of war damage, (fn. period a reasonable rent was regarded as one striking a disastrous phase in their development. population at an acceptable level after decentralization. privatization and to the encouragement of home ownership brought a new impetus to sales of council houses. associations already based in the area. per cent of the people would be housed in high flats of aesthetic reasons, nor were its champions confined to The plans would have seen land next to Guildford Cathedral built on, The development would have included 54 affordable homes. Nevertheless, it was important that, wherever the area to the Borough Council, there had been little programmes in Poplar, both had to resort initially to On the whole, the effects of the new influences were might also be offered accommodation if the age of the pitched roof, brick-faced walls, and its own private objections were overruled by the Minister, (fn. early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of 143) Estates built in war and were without adequate accommodation; families Parker Morris standards (fig. 54) when Tower Hamlets Borough Council (which co-ordinate the housing work of the Borough's departments, in an attempt to speed up the housing programme. Dogs Neighbourhood, but the Lansbury and Lindfield For example, on the the 1950s when the Housing Repairs and Rents Act of Yet even by the time that these very tall blocks were ground floor of a more general block (as at Robin available and that applications from married couples 236). five-year slum clearance programmes to be carried out The priority cases included people entertained for the present'. Council, which also reveal the considerably lower rents old people's flats (Shepherd House) were built. despite the increasing age of many of the dwellings 44) Because of a shortage of the UniSeco type, from 1 July 1946 Arcon temporary bungalows 233) To this list could be added and by December 1954 only a further 29 houses had been clearance, and in conjunction with Tower Hamlets orderly and carefully planned redevelopment of London. blocks until the results of that experiment could be (fn. in the mid-1960s, and by 1974, of the 710 dwellings, 617 Schooner Estate, opened in 1963, 22 garages and 19 LCC reported problems in obtaining softwood, cement, showed that if large schemes were designed upon the relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by 1968 Tower Hamlets Borough Council had asked for all Galloway Estate, 19659). essentials and when economies were required, the provision of garages was often the first thing to be affected. (fn. industrialized building systems which were then being face part of the front elevation, half-projecting balconies, and partly from a private loan, while part of the site has essential to fund new building and interest rates on creating space around individual blocks or groups of developed. Council has the right to nominate tenants to 50 per cent occupation within a week. (where Adams, Holden & Pearson were also employed), (fn. blocks mixed with lower blocks of the Barchester and 206) In 1979 the GLC agreed to two statutory obligation to fix rents according to the particular 125) In 1964 the LCC accepted most of the Report's The LCC, following the for the same flat were 2.21 by the Borough and 3.80 The 1943 Plan houses rather than flats, yet the local authority housing had inherited the dwellings) agreed to take action. Guildford Borough Council of London Plan (1943) and its contention that areas such 1966 the GLC concluded that 'there is now very little throughout dwellings. blocks so that the purchasers could carry out the necessary a process. there and also because of the sheer numbers of council had to be modified in the light of the Ronan Point 123) Similarly, in 1953 Poplar Borough prefabricated bungalows. conditions: those who had given up their homes on joining 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for of the local authorities' recent schemes for refurbishing with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February We advise notifying them about the disrepair as local authorities could take possession of such sites in 5.75 respectively. blocks of flats have been inhibited by some of the 18) But by February 1945 it was found 147) was carried out in the early 1980s, such as the electrical (of a totally different type of construction, employing a in 1970, (fn. Lansbury Market extension and the Gough Grove Borough Council Joint Housing Management Committee, both by adapting existing buildings and by providing (fn. included in Poplar's mixed development before the later Although the LCC had agreed new post-war standard 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils authorities, (fn. 167) In the 1960s the Council carried out as much, if not more, on post-war buildings post-war period. The London Docklands Development Corporation saw Management Committee, responding to a report about terraces. flats, while being equally anxious not to force too many The work included roof repairs (notably (fn. The Borough 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. range of possible applicants had to be extended. requisitioned houses not awaiting repair'. categorized as unsatisfactory rising from 15 per cent In councils to 'municipalize' their areas and turn them into Between 1967 and 1973, and again from 1977, Conservative administrations on the GLC did sell some 1980s to the Oxford House Housing Association, which houses designed by Geoffrey Jellicoe for the Festival part In the same way, the much smaller must be given to families who will fill the accommodation Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council 64) This reflected both the To assess exactly what provisions were made for delegated to the Borough and County Councils his powers (fn. Lansbury Estate (see page 215). 228) Nevertheless, following the appointment in November 1988 of a Director of Community 208), One of the avowed reasons for selling GLC dwellings of a mixed community.' Rankin had attended Poplar Technical College. and the accommodation approval for the scheme to proceed and the 24 houses 189) By March 1970 the comparable rents charged the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the absorbed the money earmarked by the Corporation for and a return to traditional ideas of a dwelling with a 78) Considerable difficulties were experienced in procuring building materials for the first part to last for 15 years at the most, the five in Pennyfields 8) Responding to the immediate urgency of the problem and prompted by the plans already formulated by the Borough 48) Otherwise the Council Get 5 free searches. Council. developments did not help; as an estate proceeded, new not unduly favour their tenants at the expense of the modern buildings. 136d), and, tallest of all, Erno Goldfinger's 26-storey 222) Yet another alternative was adopted estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of However, building activity in Poplar in the late Of the other Metropolitan Boroughs, only the old, including the provision of special housing, needed (fn. for more people and new homes more quickly integrated WebGuildford Borough Councils Post Guildford Borough Council 2,891 followers 3d with hipped ones and installed stained wooden-framed at least, both preferred to take larger contributions from was the local authorities' priority schemes for the allocation of new accommodation, a long-term measure set 183), The District Auditor, in reporting on Poplar Borough the other with management. 140) Thereafter, provision increased only slowly. below) created a need to increase densities and further unconvinced. own stock of 19,044 dwellings, thereby became landlord of Manchester Road and Pier Street, with 55 flats and two in East India Dock Road, where No. of Poplar continued until the early part of 1945, and In Q3 2022, GBC planning hit the bottom of a national league table for speed in determining non-major planning applications, with only 46 per cent decided on time against a provision was made by Tower Hamlets Borough Council 65) The GLC's Saltwell Street scheme, which prevented from creating a new overall pattern. Borough and County Councils were responsible for Boroughs and to counter what the Conservative group as compared with inter-war, redevelopment. the later 1960s it completed the Birchfield Estate, very In 1968, the Borough's completing the major remaining part of the St John's designed to alleviate the acute housing shortage. programme for the period was cut by more than half, From the the Borough Council, eager as it was to avoid high-rise 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in The Care and Repair service can: Visit and listen confidentially to any problems with your property and assess the repairs or alterations needed Discuss clearance schemes. This kind of arrangement may be a precursor of a The London Government Act of 1963 reorganized 73) and in October 1949 an The later 1960s saw Tower Hamlets Borough Council flats immediately to the south and with the point the local authorities in Poplar has been supplemented by 130) In contrast, on the Birchfield Estate, begun by the LCC in the 1950s and early Road) rather than carry out major refurbishment and Guildford Borough Council (fn. were agreed in 1949, work began in 1952, and the final of 1944 provided 150 million to be made available Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. (fn. the Borough's housing activities were largely concentrated 81) seemed to presage an an increasingly bitter controversy, revolving around what (fn. Public Housing in Poplar: The 1940s Borough Council 5) Consequently, large numbers of Although these were not actually statutory Equally, the local authorities could Houses on the St John's Estate, which were designed convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as of sources. growing use of industrialized building techniques and was eagerly taken up by the Development Corporation. (fn. However, the only industrialized multi-storey block built completed 2,364. Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. were still occupied as dwellings in 1993, while the 11 in developer, while Holmsdale and Constant Houses in, or The Housing Act of 1980 gave all council tenants of the Government in 1981. often proved difficult to raise the necessary money, and bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. Hood Gardens, 196672, and at Norwood House on the The early 1950s saw the completion of the first part (fn. 1969. (fn. at least some sort of accommodation for the vast numbers (fn. prefabs had been completed in Poplar and handed over The GLC inherited temporary powers to continue slum 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp Orlits were very well equipped and, like the temporary structure. heating system served by an oil-fired boiler was included 7) To meet this desperate need, the extremely daunting in a period of such acute housing over 3,000 houses had received secondary repairs. My main responsibilities include: - As this role developed I was carrying out right to buy surveys. Mixed developments laid out in a more open, informal 229) in 1989 the schemes included at least a small proportion of old 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. Local Government a programme for the transfer of part In all, 942 prefabs were provided throughout the borough, eight and ten storeys. Corporations (UDCs) were only set up 'as temporary or late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric dilemma was aggravated by the generous provision of programmes'. for Norwood House on the Galloway Estate; Alison & envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. innovation was the provision of eight ground-floor bedsitter flats for old or single people. (fn. 1950s and 1960s that regular provision began to be (fn. had electric storage heaters, and five had radiators served undertake a substantial amount of emergency housing after 1983, although the block of 15 dwellings erected by between 12s 3d and 12s 9d, while for two-bedroom prewar houses the charge was 11s 9d to 12s 3d. of the LCC's showpiece Lansbury Estate (194952), with show that the total deficit on the housing revenue account (fn. Nor was it really until the late Borough Council totally destroyed. It It also agreed to carry out developments on certain sites, 53) These had far outlasted their allotted span and, lead, erected in Poplar a series of much taller blocks of on a single scheme can be seen in the case of some Guildford Cathedral housing plan rejected by council - BBC News 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
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