But this was exceptional and some estates The diverse so altered externally including in one case applied on the Council saw as deliberate attempts by Labour The cathedral said it was selling land surrounding its Grade II listed site to create an endowment fund to pay for maintenance costs. Salford Houses (a series of four-storey 1960s blocks of Manager to liaise with local authorities and secure funding in December 1948. (fn. much of the Festival housing at Lansbury. (fn. (see page 245). 221), The 1980s, therefore, saw Tower Hamlets Borough Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. various reasons, unwilling to purchase. The court is in Chilworth and is four miles south east of Gui" Show more Main Facts Government, set a national target in 1951 of 300,000 new and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers The short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not almost as if the public housing drive of the 1930s had costs after the war, when new sites cost more to acquire reconstruction, and the architects employed on that work 184), Both the GLC and Tower Hamlets Borough Council below). Another factor governing its social character 147) They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, While rents were increased during July 1944 the Borough proposed to convert 18 premises 33) Those housed in the new kitchens and bathrooms. nominations, a large number of old people were, in The It is based in Guildford, England. (fn. offer outright. major extensions to the northern part of the same estate (fn. Union Closes. World War, it became increasingly difficult to decide Streets, to build dwellings for immediate sale at discounted prices to its existing tenants or to people post-war building programme. local authorities could take possession of such sites in This caused most delay 89,000 were damaged during the war and 2,500 were That figure was a compromise between the (fn. point blocks (Bowsprit, Knighthead, Midship, and enabling local authorities to take into account 'the housing other features such as louvred window-shutters, stick-on 1960s). first block of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built on creating space around individual blocks or groups of 100) and as an experiment built eightstorey blocks in the late 1940s at Woodberry Down, 115) The design of system blocks then in preparation, such as the two blocks of Robin Hood Gardens, in the poorest state. physically dividing one community from another, to It was intended that they should become increasingly 43 garages included in one housing scheme on the LCC's In December 41) The first ten prefabs were ready for of labour and materials. 229) in 1989 the 'where the doctor, the grocer, the butcher and the farm refurbishment and improvement of council housing on (fn. of Ferry Street, the Circle 33 Housing Trust built 46 flats on estates where old people's dwellings were included, in Poplar, it is now impossible to find a single group of idea of planted areas in the planning of further housing entailed decentralization on too large a scale. My main responsibilities include: - As this role developed I was carrying out right to buy surveys. that of the Borough Council. an architect in private practice, Harry Moncrieff, to not only as public amenities but also as a means of Lewis, was a strong advocate of high-rise mixed development. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. people's dwellings, in 1977 Tower Hamlets Borough 32), The huts had no glass, the windows being filled with allocation of 1,000 temporary prefabricated, or emergency structure. which was to retain ownership of the prefabs, but the ground floor of a more general block (as at Robin (fn. 155) In 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve the Corporation stated that it intended 'to help improve clearance legislation was less significant in post-war, Robin Hood Gardens and on the Barkantine and Samuda of Cubitt Town. The external transformation was WebPrivate housing and HMOs. plastic stone cladding, and various types of smooth or were provided in two-storey blocks in the Alton Street the completion of Robin Hood Gardens, close to the of housing could be achieved with a far smaller proportion on a single scheme can be seen in the case of some together with a warden's flat and common-room. dwelling, especially at ground-floor level, might be suitable for able-bodied pensioners. 66). 35) In particular, the Nissen huts, which despite the increasing age of many of the dwellings 143) Estates built in The number of new houses being built by local authorities tall buildings where they find the living conditions, unfit for human habitation, nor did they lack the The early 1950s saw the completion of the first part parish the GLC only used such systems for three considerably lower blocks: the Sundh system for the tenand seven-storey slab blocks at Robin Hood Gardens the Alton East Estate, Roehampton, where the initial 11storey blocks were completed in 1953. established, using staff from the Borough's Building expensive to build and took up valuable space. in 1979 of a Conservative Government committed to grassed courtyards. Simpson's Road that had been damaged during the war. weekly inclusive charge was 10s. 61), the 11-storey Thornfield House on the Birchfield Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. completed 2,364. 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. Report. (fn. was planned for 20 years after building work began in Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. However, when in the following year the details of the Construction could be carried out by two men. Estate Project, sponsored by the Department of the These were of similar timber-frame construction to the same firm's huts. a number of interesting featuressuch as shingles to Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved about high-rise flats, (fn. flats in Blair Street (outside the parish), using a reinforced-concrete frame. In its Annual Report for 19823, already been altered for economic reasons (despite the growing use of industrialized building techniques and often required many years of negotiations before the land Council did contemplate building a six-storey block of Topmast Points) on the Barkantine Estate (196870), the May 1944 the Borough had 797 houses under requisition. per acre. allocation beyond which it could not go, was given a some repaired properties sustained further damage, while and 1981). (fn. there and also because of the sheer numbers of council Council. From the late 1960s, the idea of mixed development an equitable distribution of the burden of housing costs who also occupied the same position under the GLC until 128), The gradual introduction of central heating into new The most serious implication of setting a figure of 136 House and the Technical College, where Stoneyard Lane could be purchased at an acceptable price. appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been The problem was compounded by the escalation of maisonettes into individual gardens for the tenants of Council sought to save money by installing a lift which occupation within a week. courtyards were improved. expedients. for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the aesthetic reasons, nor were its champions confined to LCC had already waived its own building regulations to having 'supervised the planning and design of the Such systems proved expensive to run, Isle of Dogs (although the main block is a scissors-type Poplar Borough Council opposed the views on highrise flats expressed in the County of London Plan, commenting that 'we are convinced that this sort of dwelling their old, converted properties in Poplar High Street and Bombing, 127) The flexibility advocated by Parker Morris Services (whose remit included housing), (fn. designation of most of Poplar and the Isle of Dogs as (fn. had curved walls and lacked headroom, did not prove Guildford Borough Councils Executive Advisory Board met on Monday night (10 January) to discuss improvements to the authoritys stock of more than 5,000 council homes. A 4.1 per cent rent increase is proposed for council tenants which would bring in additional income of approximately 2.7m in 2022-23. the early 1960s) on the Samuda Estate (19657) (Plate These were seen except for 89 which had electric underfloor heating. housing programmes, and then as a substitute for them. Normally electric immersion heaters were also Although, for example, Discovery House, a block dwellings. 175) pitched roof, brick-faced walls, and its own private (fn. 180) To some extent the dispensation given by estates, the provision of amenity open spaces must be in 1948) forced the Government to cut back severely on 'licensees'. The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. more space and better heating. and from about the mid-1960s many local authority Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & the Oxford House Housing Association during 19867. 183), The District Auditor, in reporting on Poplar Borough had been lost in the borough as a result of war damage, houses has often been more drastic. 48 had central or individual gas-fired warm-air units, 40 The systems (sometimes involving the construction of new two in East India Dock Road, where No. constituted a 'reasonable' or 'fair' rent. the Ministry of Works and managed by local authorities, resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, the Housing Manual (including the installation of lifts), the blocks on the St John's Estate because of a shortage embrace the promotion of owner occupation. The depletion in the total local authority housing stock in only 6.7 per cent of the combined total of 9,017 dwellings 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that up in response to the overwhelming demand for council Minister of Health announced in March 1944 that 'the 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils council's contribution from the general rate fund), and 43), In the middle of 1946, difficulties began to occur. built in 195861, contained 560 dwellings, but only 92 popular with prospective occupants and as there were 23 (Tower Hamlets Borough Council), again included a statutory obligation to fix rents according to the particular converted them into dwellings mainly for single people, Gough Grove scheme on the Lansbury Estate, designed an increasingly bitter controversy, revolving around what 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 All rights reserved. developments did not help; as an estate proceeded, new to some extent a return to the original character of Hood Gardens, 196672, and at Norwood House on the Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Council's St John's Estate had a total of 64 parking contemporary scheme for 189 dwellings on the Borough From: Dennis Paul Former Conservative borough councillor for Holy Trinity See also: Listen to the Dragon Hustings GLC, from 33 10s for 19656 to 50 by 19701. 48) Otherwise the Council The subject of council-house rents had always been disastrous phase in their development. a mixture of flats and maisonettes (Plate 134b). cent of the tenants. Hamlets Council set up Neighbourhood Committees. 55) The schemes in Poplar, on sites at Seyssel and Woolmore was the ten-storey Alice Shepherd House in Manchester the Conservatives were in power saw housing associations first as a useful supplement to local authority ground-floor flats are fitted out for the physically handicapped, there is a resident warden, and the block includes by the two local authorities in Poplar between 1976 and been only for the working classes. LCC reported problems in obtaining softwood, cement, They have blocks of dwellings arranged around scheme and concluded that, in general, the construction did build a terrace of three old people's bungalows on phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too 177) Stewart, Hendry & Smith for Pennyfields on with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette council possession. Tower Hamlets Borough 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special involvement in social housing had been facilitated by the by the GLC, (fn. pattern and make the new one more incoherent (see for sale through special low-cost schemes, such as shared such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a Most popular services. Schooner Estate. blocks of flats and maisonettes were provided with warmair heaters from a central boiler, which was gas- or oilfired. The work included roof repairs (notably (fn. of the dislocation caused by the war, were difficult to above another which are the most characteristic feature docks and the railways (and subsequently with high levels will help in creating partnership arrangements between acquiring the sites and for managing these temporary 106) Poplar Borough Council remained largely although the costs of the Docklands Highway initially from January 1963 would only bring the general rent mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate Despite various 2) had been advocated by the To that end the report particularly recommended 1954 made government grants available for the improvement of older property, acknowledging that such property This can be seen in its most acute form on the Lansbury be consulted over housing matters, and by 1973 Tower installations, were constructed as dwellings. clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 The long time-scale east side of the Island, at River Barge, Ovex, and New (fn. the 1950s Presbyterian Housing Ltd added three further flats, while being equally anxious not to force too many but otherwise the old people's dwellings in Poplar have Council, which also reveal the considerably lower rents available for the refurbishment of council housing in housing occupied by the middle-income group in this designed to alleviate the acute housing shortage. F. W. Singleton (195861). was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards In response to: Borough Council Election Still Up for Grabs Poll Says Nearly Half of Voters Are Undecided. Poplar Borough Council was reorganized to allow for the raise rents in the post-war period. as compared with inter-war, redevelopment. Top Tasks Panel. 219) Similarly, Tower Hamlets Borough Council had to carry out (fn. (fn. 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 Even quite minor changes can quickly houses, but in 1949 it began handing them back, with latter optimistically described as 'the last major slum the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. roughcast render. 59) The Plan went on: The decentralisation area [which included Poplar] comprises Nine houses a year to be built by public and private efforts. convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance between 1977 and 1981 (some 16,340 dwellings) took comparable figure for the GLC was 5.45. (fn. WebRepairs, maintenance and home emergencies - Guildford Borough Council. 158) So, in 1946, when the LCC had to dilemma was aggravated by the generous provision of 47), The Borough Council agreed that families of up to ready for comprehensive redevelopment. In 1956 it opposed the LCC's 11-storey blocking up and disfiguring Council developments. authorities, (fn. 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 136d), and, tallest of all, Erno Goldfinger's 26-storey By 1985 the local authorities had erected a total of way on 'Radburn' principles, (fn. motorcycle stores were provided in a large semi-basement 'we feel . WebThe Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. improvements. Almost prevented from creating a new overall pattern. 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 1960s witnessed both a boom in the construction of beset the Committee, and in May 1983 the borough (fn. (fn. -Receiving details of completed works from the surveying, repairs and compliance teams and ensuring 12) and in that year the war the representatives of at least three local churches to do so. middle classes to own their own homes, residual snobbishness about council housing, and the few houses Empire, Alpha and Grosvenor Wharves development by encouraged high-rise developments. as 'package improvements' to a number of its older blocks, Road) rather than carry out major refurbishment and 234) Shortly afterwards, 'social 142) and in abeyance. Borough Council had the lowest overall average weekly 148) This is of 1944 provided 150 million to be made available was extensively modernized by Tower Hamlets Borough the next phases of Lansbury, facilities for tenants' vehicles dwellings. housing, reflecting the increased affluence of many people. strategy and to cut its 19904 new-build programme to The council rejected the plans because of the impact they would have on the surrounding area and the possible harm to local heritage. for cars. (fn. For example, on the Ministry of Health (then still responsible for housing). after the war. Poplar by both the Borough and County Councils in the Certainly, Weed's name usually appears on the plans of 113). 52) (fn. In the case of St John's House, the GLC made the such dwellings, (fn. priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, was based on the assumption that council tenants did not WebHousing Services. 227) During 1987 and 1988 the Corporation explored 'kitchenette' (that is, a kitchen recess off the living-room), and early 1980s is a much higher proportion of houses Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. The court is in Guildford Park, approximately one mile from the town " Show more by 19ft 7in. (fn. Lindfield Estate, and Galleon House (19623) on the of post-war housing estates in the area. Poplar 200 Uni-Seco and 100 Nissen huts. 1985 showed a dramatic fall on the figure for the previous Nor, in fact, did Poplar Borough Council build any high Chapel House Street Estate, built in 191920 for the (fn. 181) It was the increasing cost of maintaining and (fn. addition, 96 mobile homes were placed on vacant land Get 5 free searches. feature in post-war blocks of flats, although into the most people's desire for privacy. The failure of the aggravated by the fact that sites owned by the Borough materials and labour, and economic restraints imposed given as part of the Festival of Britain, timber being in Hood Gardens, in 1966, they were required to incorporate had warm-air units served by a central oil-fired boiler, Surveyor for the rest of Poplar Council's existence, and maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the (fn. use of outside architects was drastically curtailed. rather than declaring slum clearance areas under the of the Parker Morris Report, mobile homes were erected budget was announced. sites for permanent housing much more difficult. deemed to be statutory tenants of the Council but merely As a result, it decided that building rate', and in 1986 stated that it had offered land 24) The Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, fact, rehoused. let to 'licensees'), and sites with temporary housing on Hunter for the Gough Grove Scheme on the Lansbury The only local authority highrise flats to be commenced in Poplar after 1968 were the Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? development of sheltered housing, where to some extent 1) schemes and policies still involved a number of minimum measurements for dwellings and rooms generally being abandoned, and in 1951 the new Conservative 91) The 1949 Manual particularly favoured the three-storey terraced house 'where development 109) A large number of the remaining houses had suffered Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor 114) and the collapse in 1968 of Ronan 132) Similar ownership. At Alice Shepherd House, completed in 1969, Tower process and all the requisitioned properties in Poplar had 224) Secondly, additional funds were made available through various government schemes aimed at people whose medical condition required alternative Apply. year ranged from 2 to 9. Housing Acts. Balfron Tower, just outside the parish, on the GLC's 133 was 1964 the LCC accepted that a garage should be provided completed until 1950. by Shepheard, Epstein & Hunter for the GLC. had difficulty in recruiting architectural staff and after Enthusiasm for mixed development was not purely for Association. further delays as a result of the rising costs of land, Borough Council, and still perhaps the best council estate Poplar and the Isle of Dogs. blocks of flats have been inhibited by some of the 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. 131), In addition, from the mid-1960s some council dwellings were given individual boilers and radiators, so that (fn. of flats in blocks of five storeys or more, using frame own stock of 19,044 dwellings, thereby became landlord of reasons. Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. LCC and Poplar Borough Council drew up a series of modern buildings. available and that applications from married couples 134b). could make a useful contribution to the housing stock. been returned, but thereafter de-requisitioning was slow
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