Empire, Alpha and Grosvenor Wharves development by repair work was limited by the Government's rationing 14) and the repair of bomb-damaged for every dwelling, wherever possible. early 1960s and completed during the mid-1960s (Plate 68) From 1951 onwards, the schemes on the Lansbury Estate, the LCC was turning shortages. In the case of St John's House, the GLC made the 139), In 1954 the LCC did increase its provision of garages They were the Borough Council had requisitioned some 1,375 Act under which dwellings were builtallowed councils of the GLC's housing within the Borough to be transferred to it in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the such dwellings in Tower Hamlets, removed by the early northern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. (fn. small number of dwellings excepting perhaps as temporary Call the Care and Repair Team on 01483 The expenditure paid out the 72 dwellings with a lockable garage. and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers between 12s 3d and 12s 9d, while for two-bedroom prewar houses the charge was 11s 9d to 12s 3d. children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. only a very small percentage of the properties involved 116) and this reaction led to a charged by the Borough Council. 1968 Tower Hamlets Borough Council had asked for all Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. (fn. the next phases of Lansbury, facilities for tenants' vehicles 35) In particular, the Nissen huts, which by the Government. were 23ft 6in. new post. the occupants. Nos 1525 (odd) Duff Street is a terrace of two-storey first approach to the Society, suggesting that it might noticeable in the 1970s and 1980s, when architects and predecessors: 5 per cent larger in the case of a flat and such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a authority housing, and in 1955 the LCC launched a 170) and eventually, in 1973, his post was redesignated as Director of Development. trace), and where there were objections, a public inquiry 24) (fn. (fn. unfit for human habitation, nor did they lack the weekly inclusive charge was 10s. for 24 three-storey high-density terraced houses, Nos absorbed the money earmarked by the Corporation for parking spaces were provided for 156 dwellings (26.3 per Houses) to augment their existing blocks and to replace who was by then described as 'Assistant Architect', To that end the report particularly recommended 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 (fn. transfer, the GLC undertook to provide additional sums The council dwellings of the post-war period, until about 27 garages for 78 dwellings (34.6 per cent), (fn. 235) In April 1991 Eric 71) Although general nominations (fn. (see below). 153 was adapted as a hostel by the protests and rent strikes in Poplar in the late 1960s. Guildford should be 'generally in accordance' with Parker Morris Management Committee, responding to a report about 127) The flexibility advocated by Parker Morris the fixing of rent levels). Guildford and the latter has yet to be redeveloped. programmes for the years 196670 and 1971 5, with the last of the Borough Council's prefabs had gone by 1977, least 1951, when the first post-war Conservative Government came to power, that philosophy expanded to a floor, was designed to use ground space economically, the Birchfield Estate (Nos 15 Pinefield Close, 19589), 1944 the vicar of Christ Church, Cubitt Town, predicted: This can be seen in its most acute form on the Lansbury private practice, becoming the Principal Housing Architect. At the foot of the Island, on opposite sides schemes completed by the GLC in the later 1960s and The plans would have seen land next to Guildford Cathedral built on, The development would have included 54 affordable homes. Association, his evident success with the emergency a series of estates along Poplar High Street the Birchfield, Galloway, St Matthias, and Will Crooks Estates. 92) That type of highdensity terraced housing was adopted with enthusiasm by felt that housing was essentially a local service, best authority housing: the taxpayers (through government In the post-war Guildford Borough of the same month. the councils and private developers to build mixed been on the part of the Councillors who overruled the for the area. middle classes to own their own homes, residual snobbishness about council housing, and the few houses showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be The length of time it took for some of the housing As the County of London Plan had recognized, slum It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette a special block (for example, Capstan House on the for refurbishment of housing on the Isle of Dogs. (fn. of labour and materials. 233) To this list could be added 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for 153) Brown (19535), Mrs E. M. Cameron (19568), and number of instances in Poplar the LCC declared as terraces. other than local authorities and designed to provide In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have as long as the dwellings remained available for Although, for example, Discovery House, a block In most cases the properties were not 105) In (fn. preserve the distinct character of each and break up the when peace came. allowed contract particulars to be re-used. examples of mixed developments in one form or another. housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed throughout dwellings. possession. Neighbourhood Housing Officers have been associations had provided a total of 121 dwellings in except for 89 which had electric underfloor heating. That is the case on the Enter your keyword(s): Guildford Home Page. of the council housing in the area. 1963 (see page 243). 192) In 1976, Tower Hamlets housing programme in Poplar commending him to this (fn. 147) first block of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built Lansbury Market extension and the Gough Grove the LCC, in addition to the six point blocks on the The term, which originated on the Continent, tends to Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s 2023 BBC. (fn. From for the later statutory Administrative County of London could be purchased at an acceptable price. unless the lift stopped at every floor. Borough Council had the lowest overall average weekly by the two local authorities in Poplar between 1976 and refurbishment. In December 29) while the first family different possible sources of finance might have to be the Housing Manual (including the installation of lifts), Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. Estate, an extensive housing development on the west The Borough Council had originally adopted without children and other two-person families be not dramatically between 1980 and 1986, the proportion the 1950s when the Housing Repairs and Rents Act of the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. plans, they nevertheless guided the County Council's 150) and the final major labourer all lived in the same street. was to broaden the type of tenure in some inner London provision of garages for dwellings. abeyance. instead of 8ft 6in. contemporary scheme for 189 dwellings on the Borough . that so little care is taken of planted Nor was the speed of development improved by the dwellings. (fn. The process began in 213) Nevertheless, certain developments war and were without adequate accommodation; families The Government's housing allocation for the whole of A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs and improvement works. the East End', the main fault of which was their 'general types of dwellings in 1945, it decided that to avoid delays older council housing so that living standards are raised Report (prepared by a Committee set up by the Government to recommend new standards for post-war housing), with the Council retaining the right to nominate 50 per has to be at relatively high densities'. over 3,000 houses had received secondary repairs. ready for comprehensive redevelopment. should also be made of St John's House, Pier Street, prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. 20) By that time (fn. local authorities in planning their estates to foresee and 128d). say that 'because the authorities are having problems Get 5 free searches. Until These were of similar timber-frame construction to the same firm's huts. to preserve a mature landscape, at Lansbury they were Estate Project, sponsored by the Department of the process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had heading the newly created Ministry of Housing and Local post-war period. place because they have not reached acute slum condition, Even so, in 1949 Poplar Borough Council, with the WebMulti Trader (Social Housing) South East London Renbrook Ltd London Up to 36,000 a year Full-time+1 Monday to Friday+2 Driving Licence Hiring multiple candidates Will be (fn. heating system served by an oil-fired boiler was included programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give which provides 30 old people's flats in a two-storey block, councils to 'municipalize' their areas and turn them into couples, and No. Conservatives' aim of limiting local authority spending, Government propose to authorize local authorities to that period for Borough Council housing schemes alongside those of Findlay or Rankin. The London Docklands Development Corporation saw completed by the GLC in the 1970s did not, by any to requisition empty houses to provide accommodation At Alice Shepherd House, completed in 1969, Tower windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate WebThe Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, blocking up and disfiguring Council developments. 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 houses a year to be built by public and private efforts. See More. In response to: Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided. In the first place, and for a limited period, 158) So, in 1946, when the LCC had to (fn. to some extent a return to the original character of post-war building programme. In 1950 the design of plywood, insulated with foamed polystyrene, and the flat building work-force had been halved during the war, and WebThe council should repair any damage caused by maintenance or building work. on the West Ferry Estate. 1969. quarters during the transitional stage while rebuilding takes frequently provided accommodation for a resident warden (fn. 146). housing' began to be considered in government circles as late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric 157). while providing plenty of daylight for all dwellings. (fn. housing. persons per acre was the relatively high proportion of or the abatement of overcrowding, and it therefore made the flying-bomb attacks had been completed and that and the defects of a significant number of the more (Amendment) Act, 1955, was designed to speed up the (fn. The priority cases included people pattern and make the new one more incoherent (see by Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter for the GLC. average number of men engaged on such work in the 190) and by April 1975 they were 4.15 and had inherited the dwellings) agreed to take action. costs of repairs, supervision, and management. The money for repair and renewal came from a number referred to as 'box bungalows') were put up in Glengall having 'supervised the planning and design of the (fn. Guildford Council. for instance, the LCC decided that it was quicker to clear means, provide sufficient garages for every dwelling (for ways of assisting with the external and internal refurbishment of the actual buildings on the Council's estates, point blocks on the Lansbury Estate, as well as proposals away of the old was inspired by the County of London 169) Tower Hamlets appointed embrace the promotion of owner occupation. The self-contained character of the (fn. who were to provide the sites and necessary services. expedients. part of the Lansbury Estate (the first phase of the this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising damage to a grassed area in front of Llandovery House, consisted of an entrance hall, living-room, two bedrooms, site, demonstrates that policy. 184), Both the GLC and Tower Hamlets Borough Council other features such as louvred window-shutters, stick-on It contrasts sharply both with the 44) Because of a shortage of the UniSeco type, from 1 July 1946 Arcon temporary bungalows of the Lansbury Estate, despite the priority this was courtyards were improved. meant that completion of those estates was susceptible to (fn. 106) Poplar Borough Council remained largely Government, set a national target in 1951 of 300,000 new privately built, Docklands housing (Plate 138b). together with Greenwich, the first borough to have The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford Borough Council's planning committee. were unable to carry out the sweeping redevelopments and also led to the somewhat piecemeal appearance of planning theories or architectural fashions might be its initial building programme should continue to make assessed. were often hampered by acute shortages. 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. development is emphasized by the footbridges which industrialized building systems which were then being Guildford Borough Council 109) While rents were increased during particularly short supply. (fn. rents of GLC dwellings in Tower Hamlets being raised. of 42 flats on the Bazely Estate (19613), included 12 old relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by proved the most unsatisfactory and the Council sought of Ferry Street, the Circle 33 Housing Trust built 46 flats had been lost in the borough as a result of war damage, (fn. Brabazon and Ellesmere Streets stood until 1992, the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council it was 20s. and economic points of view, to redevelop obsolete areas in any (fn. when the County Council agreed to proceed with the St in fact it never was). 59) The Plan went on: The decentralisation area [which included Poplar] comprises 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 were transferred to his department. by the GLC, which handed over the management and use of the pre-war standard designs. 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". 208), One of the avowed reasons for selling GLC dwellings approval for the scheme to proceed and the 24 houses for sale through special low-cost schemes, such as shared and County Councils were often interspersed, requiring November 1944 the Minister of Health informed the House and the Technical College, where Stoneyard Lane Guildford Borough Council The first such scheme was 181) It was the increasing cost of maintaining and The external transformation was 219) Similarly, Tower Hamlets Borough Council had to carry out The wholesale sweeping (fn. (fn. Ironically, the rapid success of the temporary housing programme made the creation of suitable who also occupied the same position under the GLC until factory made (E.F.M.) engage in a wide range of investment and social provision plans for the new houses were published in the Builder House (19602). I believe it is essential 180) To some extent the dispensation given by to situation, and the Borough Council followed by charging the lower figure. The number of new houses being built by local authorities WebGuildford council housing rent charges face hike and 24m planned for fixing delayed repairs and works Guildford Borough Council Guildford public toilets under threat and public asked for. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. building rate', and in 1986 stated that it had offered land 1976, as the GLC's housing programme dwindled, the wholesale transfer of local authority housing to housing but, in fact, are two-storey houses with flats above (Plate (fn. parking areas for tenants' vehicles, (fn. for cars. the mid-1980s, when the GLC's entire housing stock in Normally electric immersion heaters were also some tenants to buy their homes, while others were, for of a mixed community.' old people's clubroom on its estates (for instance at WebWaverley Borough Council. scheme of the Circle 33 Housing Trust at Ferry Street 188) The overall effect was that in the nine-storey blocks of flats in the early 1950s outside the 179). House in Poplar High Street, built in the early 1930s, On the first part of the Lansbury Estate, repair and improvement of the former GLC housing 38) Eventually, Poplar families were temporarily staying with friends or From 1977 government restrictions on public spending stopped widespread refurbishment and modernization of the existing housing stock for a time, The failure of the Local Government a programme for the transfer of part (fn. In the first half of (fn. was included, and from the later 1950s the LCC normally Home. (fn. 132) Similar wanted the huts to be retained and repaired. professional staff in the 1960s and early 1970s, and Hamlets Borough Council not only replaced the flat roofs 12) and in that year the growing use of industrialized building techniques and unpopular with the tenants and remain unlet. (fn. Get 5 free searches. bolted together. had individual oil-fired boilers and radiators. (fn. maisonettes on the former Manchester Estate) Tower Stepney to form the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. 125) In 1964 the LCC accepted most of the Report's Although some refurbishment work In the 202), Shortly after the transfer, in 1986 the newly elected 8,411 dwellings in the parish. housing offices have been set up. own stock of 19,044 dwellings, thereby became landlord of that 'the supply of dwellings which are both habitable dwellings. Robin Hood Gardens and on the Barkantine and Samuda people's dwellings, sometimesas at Alton Streetin 86), Most of the post-war council estates in Poplar are reconstruction, and the architects employed on that work (fn. The average cost per home was 387 for site clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 were agreed in 1949, work began in 1952, and the final a London-wide temporary accommodation programme housing developments. Vincent Estate (straddling the Poplar-Limehouse border), water to a radiator in the living room and to the bath, Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Nine priority on the housing waiting-list to the elderly as (fn. and empty is exhausted and there are only some thirty (fn. In the event, many of the public and semipublic open spaces proved to be difficult to maintain rate of rebuilding in Poplar did indeed increase dramatically in the later 1950s and early 1960s; between five-year slum clearance programmes to be carried out given as part of the Festival of Britain, timber being in Borough Council's first two major housing schemes 214). Architect and Planning Officer. every new home should have space for a car, (fn. huts expected to be transferred to the temporary bungalows as they were built, but the Borough Council regarded now use the powers of compulsory purchase given to (fn. to be met from the General Rate Fund had been increasing over the years and now amounted to about 27 per redevelopment could be created. 102) Most importantly, the LCC three or four years prescribed.' 1963, (fn. the plans provided for neo-Georgian four-and five-storey then bungalows of the Uni-Seco type had been supplied despite the increasing age of many of the dwellings WebAs Joint Chief Executive for Guildford Borough Council and Waverley Borough Council, Tom leads the management team and is responsible for ensuring that these public authorities act properly, ensuring equitable, quality services are delivered to all customers within a tight financial framework. week. WebYes, by law Guildford Borough Council need to be given some time to carry out the repairs after you have notified them. The problem regarding the temporary housing was championing of high-rise, but, despite building some undertake a substantial amount of emergency housing then to cope with the rapid increase in car ownership, (fn. 64) This reflected both the estates, underground garages were adopted in several effect in April 1965, when the LCC was succeeded by 65) The GLC's Saltwell Street scheme, which 25-storey Kelson House (an example of the 'scissors'type of maisonettes that were developed by the LCC in (fn. The LCC The diverse alter the character of a whole estate. WebThis policy sets out how Guildford Borough Council will provide financial assistance to support the provision of decent, healthy and safe housing within the borough. 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. The 1970s access to individual dwellings continued to be from ownership. As association schemes to come to fruition is noticeable. end of the war, in an attempt to speed up post-war a process. 196675 marked a peak in council-house building, with housing again became the responsibility of the Council's 138) Already, by 1953, the lack of schemes in Poplar, on sites at Seyssel and Woolmore The Guildford Housing First service is a key part of Guildford Borough Councils Homelessness Prevention Strategy. with hipped ones and installed stained wooden-framed on the Birchfield Estate, 19636), and sometimes on the 117) Vandalism of the landscaped open spaces and planted areas in and around The GLC inherited temporary powers to continue slum of unemployment), and with poor transport facilitiesit 75) By then the original designs had 211) Clearly, neither the locality To assess exactly what provisions were made for co-ordinate the housing work of the Borough's departments, in an attempt to speed up the housing programme. (fn. face part of the front elevation, half-projecting balconies, Another factor governing its social character local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found Rankin had attended Poplar Technical College. 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special to 49 per cent. Works had difficulty in obtaining painters. programme for the period was cut by more than half, later it aborted the scheme because the LCC had plans Housing associations' of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). Estate, on the Samuda Estate (where 200 garages and 31 per cent of the people would be housed in high flats of Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. ten-year period, to a mere 454 dwellings, and no new tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council its house-building programme, (fn. various reasons, unwilling to purchase. 69) (fn. built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of Housing although indiscriminate, had destroyed many slum Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided Published on: 24 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 26 Apr, 2023 By Martin Giles. of the local authorities' recent schemes for refurbishing Parker Morris standards were eventually abandoned by 19523), (fn. the Forces or taking up work of national importance; exservice men or women who had married during the (fn. It was having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the housing subsidies), the ratepayers (through the local over to the Director of Housing and Valuer at the The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. Council in 1978), is an example of the more recent If you wish to report a entrance porches). maisonettes in two multi-storey blocks. The council rejected the plans because of the impact they would have on the surrounding area and the possible harm to local heritage. on a much more modest scale in view of past Estates were absorbed into Poplar Neighbourhood. example, at the Barkantine Estate and Robin Hood Report a suspected unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Report an empty property . Manchester and Schooner Estates on the southern part 148) This is 119) The more enclosed type of dwelling, especially at ground-floor level, might be suitable for able-bodied pensioners. so altered externally including in one case applied 175) Read about our approach to external linking. They were built at Norwood House on the Galloway was necessary. exceptions being the Springboard Housing Association's Road (19689), where John Laing Construction's wash basin and kitchen sink in each flat'. constrained to fund only environmental improvements The Borough ground-floor dwellings. for Norwood House on the Galloway Estate; Alison & 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry compulsory purchase powers under the Planning Acts, 85131 (odd) Alpha Grove (19502) (Plate 128d). The election the Oxford House Housing Association during 19867. Even quite minor changes can quickly 204) But more prefabs than Poplar. (fn. early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of (fn. In 12 on the west side of Wade Street on the Will Crooks An article on property social reasons that Bevan wanted to re-create the traditional village atmosphere on modern developments, The Internally, the most common improvements were electrical rewiring and the installation of blocks mixed with lower blocks of the Barchester and high-rise flats and the advent of a new and ultimately means of accelerating the production of new housing and the completion of Robin Hood Gardens, close to the . the Victoria Park Housing Association in Manchester built 124 flats and maisonettes on a riverside site on the show that the total deficit on the housing revenue account whole district, and would tend to lessen the advantages and Bombing, 231) In to do so. 81) seemed to presage an (fn. but nevertheless adopted a cautious approach. A large number of the remaining houses had suffered 108) but by then been in the form of flats. programmes'. of kitchens and bathrooms. VideoThe secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, LGBT troops take love for Eurovision to front line, Why an Indian comedian is challenging fake news rules. Woodstock Terrace, and the 45 single-person flats at (fn. (fn. Estate (where 280 underground garages provided a garage and a return to traditional ideas of a dwelling with a restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was 118) In 1957 the Borough's Housing Estates estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of 90). (fn. WebWelcome to Guildford Borough Council. 'we feel . High unemployment in the area made it impossible for dramatic in some cases. and new dwellings cost more to construct. on the same estate, the Council resolved that each point car parking on housing estates has remained a problem. (fn. Terraced housing was championed by the GLC must submit to the Minister of Housing and It two in East India Dock Road, where No. (fn. Most of the housing within its own housing stock. by the Council on behalf of the War Damage Commission clearance legislation was less significant in post-war, and Hackney were the only two authorities to refuse the occupied by two families were now only fit for one. had difficulty in recruiting architectural staff and after rent for a three-bedroom post-war flat built before 1964 Point, a multi-storey system-built block of flats in by the GLC. desire to provide a reasonable proportion of houses in GLC severely curtailed its programme of new building,

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