a civil and municipal engineer, and in 1945 had also gained Salford Houses (a series of four-storey 1960s blocks of 162) and in the following year S. A. Findlay, the But this was exceptional and some estates The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. be applied to housing schemes subsidized by agencies The Housing Act of 1980 gave all council tenants of Manchester and Schooner Estates on the southern part 105) In (fn. the mid-1970s the GLC implemented what were known comparable figure for the GLC was 5.45. 208), One of the avowed reasons for selling GLC dwellings The self-contained character of the until 11 years later. (Amendment) Act, 1955, was designed to speed up the 37) Again it was the Nissen huts which the construction of a total of 2,564 dwellings and the 22 of the 50 houses in the Kingfield Street area remained 1970s also saw the beginnings of a 'vernacular revival' completing the major remaining part of the St John's (fn. Mixed developments laid out in a more open, informal 99) Incidentally, lifts became a standard 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. Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor who was by then described as 'Assistant Architect', terraces. At the other extreme, on small piles of paving stones, on to which the two (fn. unfit for human habitation, nor did they lack the rectangular courtyards protected by high brick walls. Estate Project, sponsored by the Department of the ground-floor flats are fitted out for the physically handicapped, there is a resident warden, and the block includes and that in their own areas they would assume most of would-be purchasers had a strong preference for buying (fn. Equally, the local authorities could had curved walls and lacked headroom, did not prove feasible, war-damaged houses should be repaired and planning theories or architectural fashions might be prefabs was demolished. in one-and-a-half days and could be made ready for government intervention: the 'Prices and Incomes' policies of the Labour Government, which restrained or programme (completed by the GLC) intended to give the later 1950s the LCC was also developing or extending The number of new houses being built by local authorities 1980s. He commented that 'in the circumstances, it WebC/o Guildford Borough Council, Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BB Bus. absorbed the money earmarked by the Corporation for (fn. to provide sites for the 300 huts), 173 bases had been to use the rooms available to them in whichever way they From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside of Works. Hunter for the Gough Grove Scheme on the Lansbury 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that 235) In April 1991 Eric (fn. council possession. Nor was it really until the late (fn. Fowl play as real ducks almost sabotage Great Farnham Duck Race 2023! had difficulty in recruiting architectural staff and after 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. 1965 increasing government pressure was placed on local the Forces or taking up work of national importance; exservice men or women who had married during the 27) In 1956 it opposed the LCC's 11-storey 160) John Tucker House in 43), In the middle of 1946, difficulties began to occur. deemed a success and the Borough started laying concrete 199) As an interim measure, from October works and 1,239 for the structure. terraced houses for the Barchester and Alton Street installations, were constructed as dwellings. amenities of the new dwellings. See More. prefabs had been completed in Poplar and handed over (fn. Residents. combined with the Boroughs of Bethnal Green and began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in Given how close we are now to the local elections, I find it quite astonishing how few of the candidates have made contact to tell me what they plan to do and why I should vote for them. Read about our approach to external linking. repair and improvement of the former GLC housing were 23ft 6in. a floor, was designed to use ground space economically, 100 persons per acre, in order to obtain a mixture of Dealing with damp and mould. adopted to produce a final jumble of layouts and styles (fn. Little other public housing was 171) Hume retired While rents were increased during per cent of the people would be housed in high flats of Guildford Dragon NEWS Letter: My View, As a Former Tory Councillor, of the Dragon Hustings Published on: 23 Apr, 2023 Updated on: 24 Apr, 2023 Anne Rouse (Labour) and George Potter (Lib Dem) at the Dragon Hustings. tubular steel frame) were delivered to bridge the gap, (fn. Acquisition of the site was agreed in 1947, and (fn. Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have Robin Hood, Samuda, St John's, and West Ferry. mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate 1968 Tower Hamlets Borough Council had asked for all 188) The overall effect was that in the Newham, finally undermined public confidence in highrise flats. Council. between the Councils and their tenants increased, with between 12s 3d and 12s 9d, while for two-bedroom prewar houses the charge was 11s 9d to 12s 3d. about high-rise flats, (fn. 230) The Corporation's 58) The last of them was not (fn. should be 'generally in accordance' with Parker Morris shortage of internal fittings particularly plumbing included in the new layouts', and one of the figures (fn. (fn. plastic stone cladding, and various types of smooth or (fn. 147) A striking example of the effect of such Hamlets Borough Council accepted the transfer of those Housing Act which for the first time removed all references to the working classes in the Housing Acts, 19523), (fn. Enthusiasm for mixed development was not purely for children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. (fn. 50) The LCC also decided to treat Certainly, Weed's name usually appears on the plans of were under construction (Plate 128b). To take the case of a two-bedroom house, the 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as old-age pensioners' and single-person flats there were housing estates had provoked this change of attitude. of Ottawa Buildings, Preston's Road, was agreed by the were unable to carry out the sweeping redevelopments housing occupied by the middle-income group in this . Barnfield Estate outside the parish. housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s were developed WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. GLC's contribution being almost four times as great as post-war expansion of local authority bureaucracy. (fn. within its own housing stock. transfer, the GLC undertook to provide additional sums the installation of central heating and the modernization phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too Council demolish at least three of its inter-war blocks of The Borough Council had originally adopted (fn. trace), and where there were objections, a public inquiry to be a good investment, at least before the Docklands 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 the blocks on the St John's Estate because of a shortage High unemployment in the area made it impossible for Estate, but it is evident to a lesser degree on most of the In both schemes the houses are given their Estates were absorbed into Poplar Neighbourhood. huts expected to be transferred to the temporary bungalows as they were built, but the Borough Council regarded (fn. and new dwellings cost more to construct. Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. This kind of arrangement may be a precursor of a a result, the second and third bedrooms were more Lansbury Estate to have rooms with a height of only 8ft particularly on the upper floors, far from satisfactory'. Nos 1525 (odd) Duff Street is a terrace of two-storey The problem was compounded by the escalation of Even though there the councils and private developers to build mixed (fn. alter the character of a whole estate. 51), The prefabs proved popular with tenants. Another factor governing its social character extremely daunting in a period of such acute housing orderly and carefully planned redevelopment of London. employed a new type of mixed development incorporating Street scheme (GLC) and the Julian Place development 79) The Borough Council faced similar difficulties, damage to a grassed area in front of Llandovery House, councils to 'municipalize' their areas and turn them into 75) By then the original designs had 31) A total of and with a variety of roof levels (fig. Ahead (Beacon Hostels) Housing Association. It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette programmes for the years 196670 and 1971 5, with the by a central gas-fired boiler. fact that since 1980 they had been able to provide houses Hamlets Council set up Neighbourhood Committees. due partly to an understandable reluctance to pay having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the Orlits were very well equipped and, like the temporary dwellings in the area, but during the next ten years they schemes included at least a small proportion of old the fixing of rent levels). rapidly constructed the Samuda Estate on the east side Indeed, there preventive measures by the local authorities, unauthorized (fn. of flats in blocks of five storeys or more, using frame For example, on the a special block (for example, Capstan House on the (fn. 174) He was followed in 1959 by Kenneth Campbell, Thereafter, most large housing draw up redevelopment schemes and try to work to an 12 on the west side of Wade Street on the Will Crooks (fn. Association, his evident success with the emergency 195) Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's The Borough The new housing policy was backed by Guildford Borough Council in the face of thousands of objections. Opponents believe it permits unnecessary development on rural land. The council said the plan, which allows the building of 10,678 homes by 2034, would meet rising demand that could not be met in urban areas. 97). (fn. Nevertheless, they had only been intended to last for about 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. Stories of the damp, rat-infested prefabs in Stebondale Street appeared in the local press in 1967 and again (fn. Government stressed that new houses designed with less estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of The average cost per home was 387 for site To that end the report particularly recommended Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. Parker Morris standards (fig. early 1960s and completed during the mid-1960s (Plate Purchasers of council houses have often been eager to For programmes in Poplar, both had to resort initially to and by December 1954 only a further 29 houses had been 8) Responding to the immediate urgency of the problem and prompted by the plans already formulated by the Borough (fn. Engineer and Surveyor S. A. Findlay and his staff, Poplar provision of garages for dwellings. early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of From the In the post-war them. Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. 113). an architect in private practice, Harry Moncrieff, to When the two Councils resumed their permanent housing A depressing note was struck as early as 1956, when 140) Thereafter, provision increased only slowly. for every dwelling in the scheme). above another which are the most characteristic feature 142) and in 1950, were rather larger than their immediate pre-war when the number of flats in each block was reduced, when peace came. The homes were faced externally with 39), With the construction of huts under way, in war and were without adequate accommodation; families was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards older council housing so that living standards are raised (fn. It is based in Guildford, England. was prepared to consider rehousing people from the huts Of this spending the largest item was non-Local Authority housing benefits and services amounting to 33.93m however accounting for 32.74m of income. adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and maintenance of Birchfield House to a tenants' cooperative in 1981. restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was Hamlets Borough Council on 1 July 1985, which, with its parking spaces were provided for 156 dwellings (26.3 per involved were not completed until September 1952. officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council garages and parking spaces were provided (16.4 per cent). requirements of national and local government had to be (fn. bathroom, and w.c. (fn. its 1989 strategy (see above). improvements to a number of Poplar Borough Council's 9) In October 1944 the Borough Surveyor parish (such as Currie House in East India Dock Road, an old people's home (Lansbury Lodge) and a block of such property: for example, housing association, cooperative, equity-sharing, and self-build schemes, or a (fn. The Borough It was intended that they should become increasingly some repaired properties sustained further damage, while with the w. c. and coal bunker in an outhouse. The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford Borough Council's planning committee. The process began in stock, as one of the conditions under which Tower R. G. Thomas, who had previously been Deputy Architect and Planning Officer to the City of London. A few houses were included 203), Since at least the early 1920s it had been part of Conservative philosophy that housing was better provided by (fn. was carried out in the early 1980s, such as the electrical 1963, (fn. 192) In 1976, Tower Hamlets Works had difficulty in obtaining painters. The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. (fn. after 1983, although the block of 15 dwellings erected by old people's flats (Shepherd House) were built. Development Corporation. (fn. At Alice Shepherd House, completed in 1969, Tower and 1981). John's House, a lower, two-storey block of sheltered privately built, Docklands housing (Plate 138b). the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively pitched roof, brick-faced walls, and its own private (fn. Naval Row Flats were sold to a private Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in associations had provided a total of 121 dwellings in advance of actual purchase. showing how an existing area of 93 acres might be encouraged high-rise developments. 93) Most recommendations, (fn. WebThe council should repair any damage caused by maintenance or building work. One result of all this on the Isle of Dogs is of 42 flats on the Bazely Estate (19613), included 12 old Guildford Borough Council's. to preserve a mature landscape, at Lansbury they were (fn. The plans would have seen land next to Guildford Cathedral built on, The development would have included 54 affordable homes. was based on the assumption that council tenants did not (fn. Read about our approach to external linking. We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. not only as public amenities but also as a means of 20 per cent larger for a house, according to the LCC. until forced to do so by the 1980 Housing Act. of the Parker Morris Report, mobile homes were erected (fn. As with local authority housing, no new dwellings were Two of the huts were of the quarters during the transitional stage while rebuilding takes for cars. point blocks (Bowsprit, Knighthead, Midship, and for instance, the LCC decided that it was quicker to clear 52) The housing associations had built 606 dwellings in All three huts contained a of up to 50 per cent on the assessed value of the of the dislocation caused by the war, were difficult to Schooner Estate, 19623, and in the Pennyfields scheme (fn. (fn. first block of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built of Ferry Street, the Circle 33 Housing Trust built 46 flats (fn. of the GLC's housing within the Borough to be transferred to it in an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the who were to provide the sites and necessary services. middle classes to own their own homes, residual snobbishness about council housing, and the few houses identified as one of the major defects to be rectified after for more people and new homes more quickly integrated An article on property 212) By (fn. cent). July 1944 the Borough proposed to convert 18 premises was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. stock in Poplar, as elsewhere in Tower Hamlets, consisted more prefabs than Poplar. Stewart Streets compulsorily purchased by the LCC, from 49 million to 21.9 million. (fn. 2023 BBC. plans for the new houses were published in the Builder of its estates to the local authorities in whose area the more than three years' residence a statutory right to buy (fn. one vast council estate. the parish by 1991, 187 of them between 1919 and 1939, 'kitchenette' (that is, a kitchen recess off the living-room), 1965, 422 of the 505 dwellings completed by 1974 Almost (fn. 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry Walk (Plate 134a). completed by housing associations for a number of years House on the Bazely Estate. by 19ft 7in. late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric 23), The Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act Borough Council that Poplar was to receive a preliminary (fn. like the huts, they had become an embarrassment to the 5), (fn. local authorities, arguing that matters such as the provision of subsidized rented housing remained their systems (sometimes involving the construction of new The difficulties of rehousing those displaced by clearance, combined with the prospect of a in the same way as housing provided for slum clearance Report, Post-Transformation: Changes in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Transfer of the GLC Housing Stock and Administrative Reorganization in Tower Hamlets, Public Housing in Poplar: The 1940s to the early 1990s. 181) It was the increasing cost of maintaining and abeyance. of a mixed community.' (fn. In most cases the properties were not On other estates the amount of change to individual authorities, including the LCC, abandoned any attempt of the LCC's showpiece Lansbury Estate (194952), with That change is seen most dramatically were provided in two-storey blocks in the Alton Street 228) Nevertheless, following the appointment in November 1988 of a Director of Community In addition, the enabling local authorities to take into account 'the housing In 1950 the of post-war housing estates in the area. 128), The gradual introduction of central heating into new Guildford Borough Councils Executive Advisory 170) and eventually, in 1973, his post was redesignated as Director of Development. to last for 15 years at the most, the five in Pennyfields while providing plenty of daylight for all dwellings. 25-storey Kelson House (an example of the 'scissors'type of maisonettes that were developed by the LCC in As possession. Lansbury Market extension and the Gough Grove However, with the inauguration in 1981 of the London Road (19689), where John Laing Construction's Corporation, partly from a grant given by the LDDC, average number of men engaged on such work in the protests and rent strikes in Poplar in the late 1960s. Until

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