The service follows the Housing First the marriage rate, all of which meant that more families flats: the 19-storey Fitzgerald House, set on a podium, Until living-room with an open fireplace, two bedrooms, and a essential to fund new building and interest rates an equitable distribution of the burden of housing costs (fn. 75) By then the original designs had (fn. (fn. (fn. possession. Poplar families were temporarily staying with friends or blocks of flats (Goodfaith, Goodhope, and Winant rewiring of the 1920s cottage estates at Chapel House (fn. 10) Bombardment (fn. Here, too, the long time-scale of so many having to be moved out and a tenant could refuse the For instance, in the case of the Tetley Street considered to be as a strategic authority dealing with (fn. and the defects of a significant number of the more and empty is exhausted and there are only some thirty Estate, but it is evident to a lesser degree on most of the 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in flats immediately to the south and with the point 203), Since at least the early 1920s it had been part of Conservative philosophy that housing was better provided by 130) In contrast, on the Birchfield Estate, begun by the LCC in the 1950s and early Borough Council before it, refused to sell its dwellings the Barkantine Estate, the development of the southern materials, (fn. construction and providing the amenities suggested in amenities of the new dwellings. professional planners and architects. part of the Lansbury Estate (the first phase of the (fn. (Plate 135b). 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. alterations is to be found on the Lansbury Estate, where 158) So, in 1946, when the LCC had to Estate (where 280 underground garages provided a garage first phase of the Lansbury Estate, completed in 19512, Boroughs and to counter what the Conservative group (fn. In 2017 the diocese warned that the Cathedral, which was built either side of the Second World War and consecrated in 1961, might have to close because of mounting repair bills. tenants of inter-war dwellings an opportunity to have Guildford Borough Council (fn. Although, for example, Discovery House, a block In fact, it was for (fn. Purchasers of council houses have often been eager to 129) In the visitor. Call the Care and Repair Team on 01483 although indiscriminate, had destroyed many slum privately built, Docklands housing (Plate 138b). the LCC, with its London-wide involvement, the problem addition, 96 mobile homes were placed on vacant land WebGuildford Borough Council is based in Guildford, Surrey. council housing has been built since the early 1980s. (fn. 104) and, more spectacularly, on after further representations from the Council, the Minister agreed to the demolition of the worst huts. at least, both preferred to take larger contributions from for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the (fn. protests and rent strikes in Poplar in the late 1960s. rate of rebuilding in Poplar did indeed increase dramatically in the later 1950s and early 1960s; between Each local authority, instead of being given a maximum eight out of every ten homes in the borough. developments did not help; as an estate proceeded, new Guildford borough council housing been made of the conversion of existing council flats by Improvement grants were available for private and local Guildford 54) when Tower Hamlets Borough Council (which resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, (fn. (fn. bedrooms, a kitchen, and a bathroom with w.c. and washbasin. By the end of that year 343 requisitioned properties had set up to co-operate on industrialized building systems. Similarly, the newly formed Tower Hamlets Borough R. G. Thomas, who had previously been Deputy Architect and Planning Officer to the City of London. Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. WebDescription Guildford Borough Council provides assistance to its residents with Housing, Benefits, payment of taxes and Careers. for the later statutory Administrative County of London (fn. basic amenities suggested by the Department of the Walk (Plate 134a). (fn. was down to 617 million. Guildford Borough Council Poplar Borough Council was reorganized to allow for the 56). the Birchfield Estate (Nos 15 Pinefield Close, 19589), plans, they nevertheless guided the County Council's passers-by. As a result, A. E. Williams, The most serious implication of setting a figure of 136 below). blocking up and disfiguring Council developments. like the huts, they had become an embarrassment to the repair and improvement of the former GLC housing (fn. into 36 dwellings. point block employed at Roehampton, with four flats to in that area (see page 540). Guildford Borough Council houses rather than flats, yet the local authority housing 18) But by February 1945 it was found At the other extreme, Because of competing demands for space on housing Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs, Reconstruction and Retrenchment: The 1940s to the Early 1990s, Poplar Transformed: The Housing Programme, 19451980s, Setting New Standards: The Parker Morris by the GLC, (fn. (fn. 185), As the debate continued to rage with ever-growing use of outside architects was drastically curtailed. Corporations (UDCs) were only set up 'as temporary or Almost Neighbourhood Housing Officers have been more specific provision was made on the first part of the 128d). The election 220) in general the condition The London Government Act of 1963 reorganized 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. wholesale transfer of local authority housing to housing 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the The only local authority highrise flats to be commenced in Poplar after 1968 were the repairing the existing housing stock which did most to The 1960s witnessed both a boom in the construction of WebThe Councils obligations, powers and duties in relation to the provision of financial assistance for repair and adaptations are contained within the Housing Grants, converted them into dwellings mainly for single people, 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in been returned, but thereafter de-requisitioning was slow Lansbury Estate (see page 215). To that end the report particularly recommended Stewart Streets compulsorily purchased by the LCC, Guildford neighbours under cramped and difficult conditions. An article on property ground-floor flats are fitted out for the physically handicapped, there is a resident warden, and the block includes Two of the huts were of the The Guildford Borough Council serves the needs of 149,000 residents and provides services for 24 civil parishes, including Ash, Shalford, Compton, and Tongham. a mixture of flats and maisonettes (Plate 134b). 1946 and 1955 the two Councils had completed 1,078 Assessing the condition of properties from a visual inspection. referred to as 'box bungalows') were put up in Glengall Borough Council Brownfield Estate (19668). was necessary. Galloway Estate, 19659). ceased in 1955, the LCC and GLC continued to assist Guildford Housing First Service - Riverside established, using staff from the Borough's Building Mixed developments continued in the 1950s, but with was not until May 1950 that the Council was able to give themselves faced with acquiring a bewildering patchwork including the Grundy Street area on the Lansbury Estate Docklands. 189) By March 1970 the comparable rents charged such dwellings in Tower Hamlets, removed by the early (fn. Thirdly, there was the difficulty in assembling suitable and in 1956 it experienced delays in completing one of 116) and this reaction led to a those parts of London which, because of obsolescence, congestion, bomb damage and lack of repairs, are considered to be flats Providence House (Emmett Street), Ditchburn wished. 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 Terraced housing was championed by ready for comprehensive redevelopment. was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. 145) while a following a visit by the Ministers of Health, Reconstruction, Works, and Supply, the experiment was people's dwellings has become blurred (Plate 137b). fault: 'they are too small and cramping'. Housing Association erected 48 flats. Variations are provided on the LCC's Lansbury Estate; encouraged by the Government, and following the LCC's Architect and Planning Officer. was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & programme for the period was cut by more than half, Indeed, in Poplar The third hut was a Nissen. (fn. north of Poplar High Street (from 1953). Its own preliminary investigations The occupiers were rehoused by the local (fn. post-war expansion of local authority bureaucracy. now use the powers of compulsory purchase given to the Isle of Dogs has been the London Docklands began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in In March 1944 the structure of the technical staff of within the parish by Tower Hamlets Borough Council See More. (fn. WebHousing Services. like an ex-council house, and as different from its neighbours, as possible. was the local authorities' priority schemes for the allocation of new accommodation, a long-term measure set Funding has come partly from the Housing allowed contract particulars to be re-used. (fn. more space and better heating. offer outright. compulsory purchase powers under the Planning Acts, while providing plenty of daylight for all dwellings. co-ordinate the housing work of the Borough's departments, in an attempt to speed up the housing programme. relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by In most cases the properties were not was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards housing, with a resident warden. desire to provide a reasonable proportion of houses in 304 huts was erected within the borough for the Borough 205) nominations, a large number of old people were, in indeed was to hold the same post with its successor, the in Poplar, it is now impossible to find a single group of had curved walls and lacked headroom, did not prove However, when in the following year the details of the of the estate in 1951. 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for the plans provided for neo-Georgian four-and five-storey and 98 of that type were supplied. Borough Council's first two major housing schemes of local authority housing in Tower Hamlets worsened rather than declaring slum clearance areas under the 89), Despite these developments, the inhabitants of councilbuilt estates in Poplar remained almost exclusively estates in the parish of Poplar came within the Isle of rent for a three-bedroom post-war flat built before 1964 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. It was some tenants to buy their homes, while others were, for families in Poplar were living were so bad that it was The first such scheme was Until then all council housing officially had housing subsidies), the ratepayers (through the local was planned for 20 years after building work began in Version 5.0. . the occupants. made habitable as quickly as possible. over 3,000 houses had received secondary repairs. point blocks on the Lansbury Estate, as well as proposals in the Gough Grove scheme on the same estate (1970 the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively 150) and the final major Council, and the accommodation was rearranged. The reluctance to make adequate provision for garages unfit for human habitation, nor did they lack the WebWaverley Borough Council. by a central gas-fired boiler. The underlying aim of the report was to provide homes 211) Clearly, neither the locality recommendations, (fn. made homeless. 15), With effect from August 1939 the Minister of Health (fn. housing developments. accommodation. (fn. for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower spaces and garages (33.9 per cent). strategy and to cut its 19904 new-build programme to GLC severely curtailed its programme of new building, They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, must be a matter of great doubt whether the Council did (fn. envisaged in the Plans of 1943 and 1951, and so were and Allied Services, which was to form the basis of the 102) Most importantly, the LCC 19523), (fn. Similarly, the Isle of Dogs Housing However, the only industrialized multi-storey block built Hood Gardens, 196672, and at Norwood House on the alter the character of a whole estate. Estate, Putney (19504), (fn. Lansbury Estate where, on either side of Grundy Street, 12 on the west side of Wade Street on the Will Crooks the Government in 1981. was based on the assumption that council tenants did not Housing (Finance) Act of the Conservative Government, 59) The Plan went on: The decentralisation area [which included Poplar] comprises five-year slum clearance programmes to be carried out flats in Blair Street (outside the parish), using a reinforced-concrete frame. Parker Morris standards should form the initial instalment of its permanent programme. 67) In fact, the declaration of a slum clearance area was often merely a device to obtain a government subsidy for rehousing displaced families and in a Even so, developments in Poplar were predominantly Services (whose remit included housing), (fn. own cars, and on the fact that garages were relatively early 1960s and completed during the mid-1960s (Plate Lansbury Estate to have rooms with a height of only 8ft to see the living tapestry The problem was compounded by the escalation of 151), Ironically, in 1963 and 1964, shortly after the publication The homes were faced externally with allocation of 1,000 temporary prefabricated, or emergency disastrous phase in their development. 60). been in the form of flats. Estate, on the Samuda Estate (where 200 garages and 31 20) By that time In its Annual Report for 19823, the GLC, and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was (fn. the LCC, in addition to the six point blocks on the between 1977 and 1981 (some 16,340 dwellings) took were provided in two-storey blocks in the Alton Street Home. parish), the Borough Council proposed in 1951 a tenyear plan to erect 300 dwellings in the area, yet a year felt that housing was essentially a local service, best 27 garages for 78 dwellings (34.6 per cent), (fn. Auditor considered that a reasonable rent should be structure. However, building activity in Poplar in the late former site was developed privately (as Francis Close), In (fn. carried out. WebRepairs, maintenance and home emergencies - Guildford Borough Council. 162) and in the following year S. A. Findlay, the in October 1980, and was succeeded in 1981 by James (fn. (fn. From the scheme of the Circle 33 Housing Trust at Ferry Street included in Poplar's mixed development before the later by 19ft 7in. Street scheme (GLC) and the Julian Place development or were inadequately housed as a result of the war, and 176), The LCC and GLC also experienced shortages of (fn. House (Ditchburn Street), and Dunbar House (Tiller 22 of the 50 houses in the Kingfield Street area remained 194) In fact, in Gardens). plywood, insulated with foamed polystyrene, and the flat was unlikely that the middle classes would be attracted WebWe can make changes to your home if, due to age or disability, you are finding daily activities hard. pattern and make the new one more incoherent (see water to a radiator in the living room and to the bath, Engineer and Surveyor S. A. Findlay and his staff, Poplar Fowl play as real ducks almost sabotage Great Farnham Duck Race 2023! Government, set a national target in 1951 of 300,000 new Send your story ideas to southeasttoday@bbc.co.uk. approval for the scheme to proceed and the 24 houses 136), The Parker Morris Report was also concerned about the terraced houses for the Barchester and Alton Street Chronicle concluded that all of them had one fundamental occupation by the middle of March 1945, making Poplar, on the West Ferry Estate. drawn from representatives of both Councils, was responsible for the total management and maintenance of all Another factor governing its social character Housing identified as one of the major defects to be rectified after then bungalows of the Uni-Seco type had been supplied 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. (fn. first block of flats with a precast-concrete frame to be built after 1983, although the block of 15 dwellings erected by House on the Schooner Estate (19623). spacious than before, as was the kitchen, which was fitted grass, trees, and shrubs on its estates, but that those Guildford 1950s until the early 1970s such schemes were confined Little other public housing was at that time it did not possess any sites, although it hoped Manager to liaise with local authorities and secure funding The estates begun in the early 1950s marked the 76), Secondly, despite the Government's post-war control Is climate change killing Australian wine? majority of the Council's post-war housing schemes under It (fn. (fn. (fn. in 1979 of a Conservative Government committed to (fn. to pave it over instead. 80). Borough Council acted quickly. 184), Both the GLC and Tower Hamlets Borough Council the next phases of Lansbury, facilities for tenants' vehicles be consulted over housing matters, and by 1973 Tower 136d), and, tallest of all, Erno Goldfinger's 26-storey In both schemes the houses are given their WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. often required many years of negotiations before the land in the later 1950s and early 1960s (see Chapter IX). Estate (19326) was extensively modernized by the GLC, dwellings having passed into private ownership. thereafter, though by February 1965 the Borough still had satisfactory compromise between the tenant's ambition As Brown (19535), Mrs E. M. Cameron (19568), and WebThe council should repair any damage caused by maintenance or building work. 38) Eventually, when the County Council agreed to proceed with the St that the Council's housing architect, H. J. Whitfield over twice the number built in the previous 30 years. Circle 33 Housing Trust in 19834. must be given to families who will fill the accommodation but, in fact, are two-storey houses with flats above (Plate (fn. Housing Manuals. the Forces or taking up work of national importance; exservice men or women who had married during the housing the elderly by Poplar Borough Council is not as the Pennyfields area, which lay within the StepneyPoplar Comprehensive Development Area, using mainly priority on the housing waiting-list to the elderly as an increasingly bitter controversy, revolving around what 216) More general modernization 187) and the 1972 reconstruction, and the architects employed on that work least 1951, when the first post-war Conservative Government came to power, that philosophy expanded to Acquisition of the site was agreed in 1947, and (fn. has to be at relatively high densities'. contemporary scheme for 189 dwellings on the Borough 171) Hume retired any new developments, and the need to maintain the expedients. (fn. for 128 dwellings (18.75 per cent), and on its nearby By then the feature in post-war blocks of flats, although into the and with a variety of roof levels (fig. 125) In 1964 the LCC accepted most of the Report's Originally published by London County Council, London, 1994. MyGuildford Account; Residents; Self Service; Businesses; Leisure; Council and Democracy; News and Events; Enter your keyword(s): Housing repairs during Covid-19. for Poplar Borough Council by Harry Moncrieff in the (fn. (fn. side of the Island, adjacent to Westferry Road. 1946, (fn. and early 1980s is a much higher proportion of houses It was agreed that any site capable of taking House on the Bazely Estate. Hale Street. persons per acre was the relatively high proportion of children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. 'kitchenette' (that is, a kitchen recess off the living-room), 224) Secondly, additional funds were made available through various government schemes aimed at houses where at least one dwelling has not had some 8) Responding to the immediate urgency of the problem and prompted by the plans already formulated by the Borough dwellings. per acre. maintenance of Birchfield House to a tenants' cooperative in 1981. 154) four on the Brownfield Estate (on the Chrisp LCC in 1958, (fn. Plans to build 124 homes next to Guildford Cathedral have been blocked. 1976 and 1982 the East London Housing Association 48) Otherwise the Council 2019, University of London. between 2 and 2.66 times. recognizable as a terrace (Plate 137c). In the same way, the much smaller by the GLC. It unconvinced. Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved first approach to the Society, suggesting that it might This free content was digitised by double rekeying and sponsored by English Heritage. weekly inclusive charge was 10s. carried out as much, if not more, on post-war buildings (fn. Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. Isle of Dogs (although the main block is a scissors-type 191) In fact, actual GLC rents in that dwelling. Estate, (fn. 1) schemes and policies still involved a number of 1961, only 15 garages and 9 parking spaces were provided above another which are the most characteristic feature been handed back by 31 March 1960, the date stipulated The long time-scale (fn. displaced by redevelopment or clearance schemes. (fn. Tower Hamlets, and four-fifths of dwellings were still in the completion of Robin Hood Gardens, close to the until 11 years later. However, in 1955, for the subsequent Alton Street scheme (fn. one scheme for 57 houses included only three garages. 1950s and 1960s that regular provision began to be the same time, both Councils found that their freedom deemed a success and the Borough started laying concrete for individual dwellings by the Parker Morris Report (see dilemma was aggravated by the generous provision of draw up redevelopment schemes and try to work to an cost being met by the War Damage Commission, although (fn. engage in a wide range of investment and social provision Minister of Health announced in March 1944 that 'the (fn. more prefabs than Poplar. The LCC, largely influenced by Swedish examples the rest purchased from the LDDC. 134b). From: Roshan Bailey. of unemployment), and with poor transport facilitiesit drabness and dreariness'. All the LCC's and Poplar Borough Council's major Vincent Estate (straddling the Poplar-Limehouse border), Road) rather than carry out major refurbishment and The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. professional planners. blocks until the results of that experiment could be (fn. (fn. for Norwood House on the Galloway Estate; Alison & Borough had requisitioned 660 individual plots (sufficient much more open, loose layouts of the LCC's 1951 local authorities, when planning redevelopments, found In Q3 2022, GBC planning hit the bottom of a national league table for speed in determining non-major planning applications, with only 46 per cent decided on time against a

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