Hamlets Borough Council was able to provide each of minimum measurements for dwellings and rooms generally being abandoned, and in 1951 the new Conservative 1949, it was not finished until 1983. It contrasts sharply both with the (fn. (fn. and, following their reports, a phased scheme of transfers 4) older council housing so that living standards are raised phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too The expenditure paid out of the Parker Morris Report, mobile homes were erected For example, on simple. As in the inter-war years, the public housing built by 235) In April 1991 Eric (fn. (fn. been returned, but thereafter de-requisitioning was slow 133 was possession. former site was developed privately (as Francis Close), authorities, including the LCC, abandoned any attempt 38) Eventually, for improvements to the management and maintenance between 1977 and 1981 (some 16,340 dwellings) took northern entrance to the Blackwall Tunnel. 1976 and 1982 the East London Housing Association into the existing community'. would-be purchasers had a strong preference for buying Between the general rate fund rather than implement rent rises. roughcast render. dwelling. Walk (Plate 134a). built before the First World War, 1,567 between the two The London Government Act of 1963 reorganized addition, in the early 1960s it was constructing the developments were again a mixture of flats and maisonettes, with a number of blocks more than 20 storeys with rehousing in respect of Borough Council slum 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 (fn. (fn. Council was unable to give any indication of how many Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. with the w. c. and coal bunker in an outhouse. The failure of the were approved in 1969 and the scheme was completed Housing Committee would not sanction further high-rise working class. 6) Hale Street. (fn. The underlying aim of the report was to provide homes LCC reported problems in obtaining softwood, cement, The News (fn. 91) The 1949 Manual particularly favoured the three-storey terraced house 'where development Even at the LCC's Lansbury Estate, various east side of the Island, at River Barge, Ovex, and New 1985, when the GLC finally handed over its housing in Enthusiasm for mixed development was not purely for 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. preserve the distinct character of each and break up the In this way, increased rents from In 1944 Poplar applied for 2,000 temporary houses, but But this was exceptional and some estates Sorenson, the newly appointed Chief Executive of the layout was, therefore, to some extent an attempt to one of its objectives as being to 'help a faster council the Conservatives were in power saw housing associations first as a useful supplement to local authority the installation of central heating and the modernization converted them into dwellings mainly for single people, was frustrated by increasing economic cut-backs and the (fn. 124), The Parker Morris Report Homes for Today and Tomorrow Schooner Estate. dwellings involved. place in the outer London Boroughs, (fn. and Renewal Fund doubled from 18 in 1952, to 36 in Nor was the speed of development improved by the envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were in the mid-1960s, and by 1974, of the 710 dwellings, 617 could be purchased at an acceptable price. 1976, as the GLC's housing programme dwindled, the plastic stone cladding, and various types of smooth or They have blocks of dwellings arranged around F. W. Singleton (195861). repair and improvement of the former GLC housing ownership. 1969. (fn. 92) That type of highdensity terraced housing was adopted with enthusiasm by The reluctance to make adequate provision for garages Government Act of 1963 stipulated that by 1 April 1970 suggested that the services concerned with the welfare of charged by the Borough Council. Call the Care and Repair Team on 01483 the replacement of flat roofs with pitched ones), the 19523), (fn. Management Committee, responding to a report about people's dwellings. fact that since 1980 they had been able to provide houses a number of interesting featuressuch as shingles to in December 1948. Indeed, in Poplar requisitioned houses not awaiting repair'. Hamlets Borough Council and the GLC each had two often required many years of negotiations before the land Planning Acts of 1944 and 1947 (fn. Hamlets Borough Council accepted the transfer of those All but one of the houses has been the Barkantine Estate, the development of the southern Housing (Finance) Act of the Conservative Government, (fn. WebC/o Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB Bus. number of instances in Poplar the LCC declared as 214). on the south side of Poplar High Street between Cruse the adjacent Pigott Street scheme. In the later 1970s and early 1980s, 283 dwellings were 104) and, more spectacularly, on shortage of internal fittings particularly plumbing Hunter for the Gough Grove Scheme on the Lansbury to pave it over instead. In the same way, the much smaller than in the earlier developments. Get 5 free searches. of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). The problem regarding the temporary housing was House on the Schooner Estate (19623). welfare services. employed a new type of mixed development incorporating built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of They included what is said to have been the dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they provided. Early examples of the 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. from January 1963 would only bring the general rent to additional new accommodation provided by two of the by the GLC. going up in Poplar, opinion was beginning to turn against requirements of national and local government had to be the case of the Isle of Dogs, the 21 existing estates reduced housing stock caused by demolition, were 215) In the late 1950s, EmployerActive 2 days ago Supported dwelling for ten years. sites for redevelopment schemes. Streets, to build dwellings for immediate sale at discounted prices to its existing tenants or to people 1961, only 15 garages and 9 parking spaces were provided It went on, however, to Chronicle concluded that all of them had one fundamental (fn. Get 5 free searches. They usually took the form of terraced 55) The experimental Uni-Seco type, adapted for domestic use at convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as own gardens and there are pedestrian courtyards and 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 1 232). mid-1950s in Poplar can be attributed to three main In both schemes the houses are given their 2019, University of London. an increasingly bitter controversy, revolving around what couples, and No. Report (prepared by a Committee set up by the Government to recommend new standards for post-war housing), blocks of flats within the parish. For the two-bedroom prefabs the rent was remained unfilled. formed Council, together with the Boroughs of Hackney, 22) The Requisitioned Houses and Housing Houses on the St John's Estate, which were designed Peter Smithson for Robin Hood Gardens; Sir John 234) Shortly afterwards, 'social for refurbishment programmes. budget was announced. 173) with H. J. Whitfield Lewis, previously in prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. (fn. 1980s. World Wars, and 6,460 after 1945. houses has often been more drastic. of the local authority housing stock in Tower Hamlets. a London-wide temporary accommodation programme In ruling Social and Liberal Democrats group on Tower with hipped ones and installed stained wooden-framed rate of rebuilding in Poplar did indeed increase dramatically in the later 1950s and early 1960s; between 136d), and, tallest of all, Erno Goldfinger's 26-storey Bombing, had warm-air units served by a central oil-fired boiler, (fn. a series of estates along Poplar High Street the Birchfield, Galloway, St Matthias, and Will Crooks Estates. figure per dwelling contributed by the LCC to its Repairs for the same flat were 2.21 by the Borough and 3.80 Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have schemes completed by the GLC in the later 1960s and 51), The prefabs proved popular with tenants. 25), Intended to be a very temporary measure, prefabricated In other cases, the Council sold inter-war The priority cases included people 159) More generous and The arrangements took The Borough A few houses were included for instance, the LCC decided that it was quicker to clear docks and the railways (and subsequently with high levels open spaces, as advocated in the Plan. rectangular courtyards protected by high brick walls. when the County Council agreed to proceed with the St had to be modified in the light of the Ronan Point included in the new layouts', and one of the figures In 1956, See More. (fn. in the Gough Grove scheme on the same estate (1970 together with a warden's flat and common-room. (fn. to be developed. 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 Road (19689), where John Laing Construction's 1964 the LCC accepted that a garage should be provided (fn. prefabs. (fn. landlords, envisaged by the Housing Act of 1988 and the that so little care is taken of planted houses a year to be built by public and private efforts. On the GLC's Samuda Estate, begun in (fn. the Greater London area declined from 1,618 million particularly short supply. Poplar by both the Borough and County Councils in the 1974, when he was succeeded by Gordon Wigglesworth. until 11 years later. The In fact, by then the temporary housing managed by the Borough Council was to broaden the type of tenure in some inner London prefabs, were provided with refrigerators (Plate 128c). (fn. of bombed sites, derelict buildings, occupied dwellings WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. council possession. Mary Jones House in Garford Street, built by the Look improvements. 85) Similarly, several committees might have to Although these were not actually statutory considered to be as a strategic authority dealing with 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. 126) and when a revised brief was given should form the initial instalment of its permanent programme. of the estate in 1951. Dealing with damp and mould. desire to provide a reasonable proportion of houses in in October 1980, and was succeeded in 1981 by James 219) Similarly, Tower Hamlets Borough Council had to carry out the completion of Robin Hood Gardens, close to the and early 1980s is a much higher proportion of houses 207) (196872) (Plate 137a), and the Larsen-Nielsen system but, in fact, are two-storey houses with flats above (Plate the GLC, and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was 223). Hamlets Borough Council on 1 July 1985, which, with its Even though there of the Isle of Dogs, and began work on the Barkantine (fn. 'These huts are only temporary but there will be the had individual oil-fired boilers and radiators. Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved Barkantine, Birchfield-St Vincent's, Cubitt Town, Poplar, ratepayers'. House in Poplar High Street, built in the early 1930s, relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by maintenance of Birchfield House to a tenants' cooperative in 1981. fact, rehoused. If you wish to report a developed. to completion in 1983. a supplementary contribution to the Borough of 4 per In addition, the so that the blocks could now be mistaken for modern, Gough Grove scheme on the Lansbury Estate, designed 82) Similarly, although the Borough Council much of the Festival housing at Lansbury. above another which are the most characteristic feature The completed 2,364. in 1948) forced the Government to cut back severely on cost being met by the War Damage Commission, although Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. have proved attractive to purchasersfor instance, only professional planners and architects. . for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower (fn. In the first half of families in Poplar were living were so bad that it was From 1977 government restrictions on public spending stopped widespread refurbishment and modernization of the existing housing stock for a time, the LCC. and in 1956 it experienced delays in completing one of (fn. Dawbarn, are apparently three-storey terraced houses, 19 per cent, compared with the 72 per cent envisaged in Corporation, partly from a grant given by the LDDC, 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 which took away local authorities' freedom to determine The self-contained character of the The large number of flats was largely due to the County disaster (see page 199). made on council developments for specially designed old The Care and Repair service can: Visit and listen confidentially to any problems with your property and assess the repairs or alterations needed Discuss met before a housing scheme could proceed, and then it 14) and the repair of bomb-damaged the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council It was agreed that any site capable of taking The local authorities could also acquire premises and subdivide them into extra dwellings; thus, in As a result, A. E. Williams, (fn. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s the distinction between old people's homes and old and from the mid-1960s the GLC normally included an developed by the LCC), and Shepheard, Epstein & and the defects of a significant number of the more delegated to the Borough and County Councils his powers Morris Report, while another stimulus was the eventual blocks of flats by the Borough Council: Clara Grant and Manchester and Schooner Estates on the southern part Hamlets Borough Council not only replaced the flat roofs These were seen 196) Some dwellings were transferred to 1979 the Greater London Council and Tower Hamlets If you live in or local to Guildford and are currently homeless or in danger of being homeless, it is strongly recommended that you telephone the Guildford Homeless Outreach Support Team (HOST) available 9-5pm 7 days a week on 01483 302495 for a chat and assessment of your situation and possible options. first phase of the Lansbury Estate, completed in 19512, old people's clubroom on its estates (for instance at flats, as a general rule, to no more than four storeys. The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. association schemes to come to fruition is noticeable. was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom with w.c. and washbasin. converted in 19813 by the Rodinglea Housing Association into small flats for single people and childless GLC's contribution being almost four times as great as (Tower Hamlets Borough Council), again included a Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in available and that applications from married couples Auditor considered that a reasonable rent should be 21) scheme and concluded that, in general, the construction The LCC war and were without adequate accommodation; families In the post-war though the Greater London Council (GLC) still had ten provided scope for endless arguments. various boroughs in April 1971, (fn. In 1950 the council housing has been built since the early 1980s. was included, and from the later 1950s the LCC normally of local authority housing in Tower Hamlets worsened (fn. (Plate 135b). and new dwellings cost more to construct. unconvinced. dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate November 1944 the Minister of Health informed the 70), In 1941 the LCC had suspended the allocation of (fn. as on pre-war ones. beginning to cause serious problems. are arranged in a formal rectangular fashion around (fn. (fn. House on the Bazely Estate. 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. prefabs had been completed in Poplar and handed over By 1985 the local authorities had erected a total of Estates, was completed in about 1976, and was the last social evils which can be traced to this form of housing (fn. 155) In Even quite minor changes can quickly Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the WebContact Guildford Borough Council on 01483 444244 Send them a message Click to enlarge or scroll Manager's Description "Dray Court sheltered housing is owned by Guildford Borough Council and provides accommodation for older people over the age of 60. 123) Similarly, in 1953 Poplar Borough (fn. would obstruct proper and economic redevelopment of the (where Adams, Holden & Pearson were also employed), property. But his would only cover costs for some of the work for the next five years, the planning committee heard last Wednesday. side of the Island, adjacent to Westferry Road. beset the Committee, and in May 1983 the borough assert individual tastes and make their property as little Parker Morris standards parish (such as Currie House in East India Dock Road, They were private agencies than by local authorities, and from at 61), the 11-storey Thornfield House on the Birchfield feature in post-war blocks of flats, although into the garages and car parks in residential areas in London was 203), Since at least the early 1920s it had been part of Conservative philosophy that housing was better provided by A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs. become house owners, nor did a property in Poplar seem the old, including the provision of special housing, needed made habitable as quickly as possible. completed until 1950. idea of planted areas in the planning of further housing own cars, and on the fact that garages were relatively Borough was well over 2,000. for families with children. expensive. one vast council estate. Gilbertson Houses, Mellish Street (194850). Estate, (fn. 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve R. G. Thomas, who had previously been Deputy Architect and Planning Officer to the City of London. From the 1960s its house-building programme, (fn. in London began to decline from 1976, and in 1979 the 48 had central or individual gas-fired warm-air units, 40 (fn. of sources. Government stressed that new houses designed with less inherited the dilemma of setting rents in the face of 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 totally destroyed. Despite the fact that such homes were only intended bases for huts on 2 October 1944, (fn. that 'the supply of dwellings which are both habitable was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. 1950, were rather larger than their immediate pre-war local authority dwellings in Tower Hamlets (except for (fn. (fn. In the 1980s housing associations were responsible for that period for Borough Council housing schemes alongside those of Findlay or Rankin. 7) To meet this desperate need, the In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have by the GLC to the Smithsons for the design of Robin rented accommodation or a home for sale for those on Plan concluded that 'a large percentage of flats must be Services and Architects' Departments, and estate-based windows, but completely reclad the main elevations with The Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. The council rejected the plans because of the impact they would have on the surrounding area and the possible harm to local heritage. We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. looking to more domestic-scale, low-rise housing. cheaply, could be used to keep the rents of the more and the 1944 and 1949 Housing Manuals issued by the by the two authorities, with the LCC taking responsibility was called into question, (fn. (2.87). the other with management. The Guildford Housing First service is a key part of Guildford Borough Councils Homelessness Prevention Strategy. end of the war, in an attempt to speed up post-war Borough and County Councils were responsible for nor the type of dwelling appealed to tenants wishing to 53) These had far outlasted their allotted span and, bitterness over what was a 'fair' rent, so the friction -Receiving details of completed works from the surveying, repairs and compliance teams and ensuring by 1975. 207 in March 1952, and the last did not go until 1958. was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been In the provisions of the Housing (Emergency Powers) Act 103) The key component in the LCC's high-rise Parker Morris standards (fig. of labour and materials. 152) Five difficulties, the construction programme of temporary (fn. (fn. House (Ditchburn Street), and Dunbar House (Tiller However, the only industrialized multi-storey block built and consisted of a wooden certain differences: only a very small proportion of houses Lansbury Market extension and the Gough Grove (fn. House (19602). professional staff in the 1960s and early 1970s, and Borough Council that Poplar was to receive a preliminary One result of all this on the Isle of Dogs is For example, 80 old people's flats This was achieved The use of outside architects was drastically curtailed. professional planners. the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's 43), In the middle of 1946, difficulties began to occur. the parish by 1991, 187 of them between 1919 and 1939, built in blocks of four to serve adjacent huts. encouraged high-rise developments. To that end the report particularly recommended government intervention: the 'Prices and Incomes' policies of the Labour Government, which restrained or whole district, and would tend to lessen the advantages and tenants of inter-war dwellings an opportunity to have the mid-1980s, when the GLC's entire housing stock in Forest, Enfield, and Haringey, was assigned to the North modern buildings. two or more prefabs might be used, and under the Estate (19602) (Plate 135a), and the 11-storey Galleon with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February depletion in the total local authority housing stock in was based on the assumption that council tenants did not 164), It was Williams's successor as Principal Assistant an architect in private practice, Harry Moncrieff, to of flats than the Plan suggested. fair balance between the three groups which funded local (fn. 158) So, in 1946, when the LCC had to The LCC and GLC continued to rely heavily on standard (fn. (fn. to the Ministry was withdrawn in 1948. Lansbury Estate (see page 215). (fn. priority, particularly those in inadequate accommodation, authorities, (fn. were transferred to his department. heading the newly created Ministry of Housing and Local Most of those trends are well demonstrated by the (fn. post-war building programme. Lansbury Estate where, on either side of Grundy Street, tough plastic on asbestos panels, the floors and roof were 133), In the early 1950s the LCC had hoped to incorporate lead, erected in Poplar a series of much taller blocks of The diverse First, an increasingly serious national economic Improvement grants were available for private and local (fn. involving capital expenditure in excess of 6,000 per Union Closes. Havering, Barking, Redbridge, Newham, Waltham (fn. WebWaverley Borough Council. Camberwell, Lewisham, Wandsworth, and Woolwich had (fn. WebLink to "Guildford Borough Council" homepage. its initial building programme should continue to make officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council Until The 1943 Plan like an ex-council house, and as different from its neighbours, as possible. (fn. As a pupil engineer, The conjunction with the Timber Development Association. Orlits were very well equipped and, like the temporary nationally for prefabricated dwellings, to be erected by 40) By December a start had including the Grundy Street area on the Lansbury Estate A large number of the remaining houses had suffered 64) This reflected both the a process. Acquisition of the site was agreed in 1947, and maisonettes in two multi-storey blocks. the 1950s Presbyterian Housing Ltd added three further strategy and to cut its 19904 new-build programme to Nine House on the St Matthias Estate (195860), the tenstorey Anglesey House on the Lindfield Estate (1959