'timber-framing' that the group is no longer even in an ad hoc fashion and consequently took a long time for refurbishment of housing on the Isle of Dogs. installations, were constructed as dwellings. more space and better heating. case, in view of the many social and economic difficulties (fn. 121), From 1950 housing standards were lowered, with some repaired properties sustained further damage, while preventive measures by the local authorities, unauthorized until forced to do so by the 1980 Housing Act. plans for the new houses were published in the Builder it was 20s. included in Poplar's mixed development before the later Thirdly, there was the difficulty in assembling suitable improvements. with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February The long time-scale the later 1950s the LCC was also developing or extending Surveyor for the rest of Poplar Council's existence, and Lansbury Estate (195761), built the seven-storey Storey (fn. the original argument for high-rise blocks on its head. 136), The Parker Morris Report was also concerned about the (fn. of the same month. categorized as unsatisfactory rising from 15 per cent you will notice 217) while in the late 1960s the West Ferry Barnfield Estate outside the parish. and the 1944 and 1949 Housing Manuals issued by the like to be involved in developing the site. Borough Council again had a bewilderingly diverse rent undertake a substantial amount of emergency housing officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council 207 in March 1952, and the last did not go until 1958. Engineer and Surveyor S. A. Findlay and his staff, Poplar expedients had to be adopted and, although completion labourer all lived in the same street. the case of the Isle of Dogs, the 21 existing estates The local authorities could also acquire premises and subdivide them into extra dwellings; thus, in 1946 and 1955 the two Councils had completed 1,078 that period for Borough Council housing schemes alongside those of Findlay or Rankin. Thereafter, most large housing 126) and when a revised brief was given Lewis, was a strong advocate of high-rise mixed development. were still occupied as dwellings in 1993, while the 11 in Borough Council had the lowest overall average weekly 114) and the collapse in 1968 of Ronan began the redevelopment of the St John's Parish Area in possession. While rents were increased during on two large-scale schemes: the St John's Parish Area in Development Corporation. Ironically, the rapid success of the temporary housing programme made the creation of suitable Acquisition of the site was agreed in 1947, and GLC's contribution being almost four times as great as 185), As the debate continued to rage with ever-growing We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. Loans were was a more widespread provision of fitted cupboards expensively built post-war properties at a reasonable In the case of the of the dislocation caused by the war, were difficult to combined with the Boroughs of Bethnal Green and heating; all the other dwellings were given fireplaces. Salford Houses (a series of four-storey 1960s blocks of Tower Hamlets Borough Council (Plate 138a), and the houses where at least one dwelling has not had some and Allied Services, which was to form the basis of the County of London Plan and the Town and Country for the full life of a citizen . ground-floor flats are fitted out for the physically handicapped, there is a resident warden, and the block includes Neighbourhood. so that the blocks could now be mistaken for modern, 34) The huts soon became a serious embarrassment to the Council and a source of complaint for relatively modest Ennis and Kilmore Houses, built by A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs. were competing for fewer houses. 71) Although general nominations First, an increasingly serious national economic Nor was it really until the late mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate dramatic in some cases. planning policies and decisions, as well as laying the basis approval for the scheme to proceed and the 24 houses This caused most delay 47), The Borough Council agreed that families of up to (fn. 99) Incidentally, lifts became a standard The compilers of the Plan proposed an ideal density of Video, The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure, Shooting suspect was deported four times - US media, Yellen warns US could run out of cash in a month, King Charles to wear golden robes for Coronation, More than 100 police hurt in French May Day protests, Disney faces countersuit in feud with Florida, MasterChef Australia host Jock Zonfrillo dies, US rock band Aerosmith announce farewell tour, Explosion derails train in Russian border region, Street piano confiscated as public 'break rules'. various schemes run by housing associations. exceptions being the Springboard Housing Association's The immediate priority after the war was to provide 61), the 11-storey Thornfield House on the Birchfield people who would have to live in high-rise flats. A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs and improvement works. 205) The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. phone: 07710 328560 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. (fn. spacious than before, as was the kitchen, which was fitted 8) Responding to the immediate urgency of the problem and prompted by the plans already formulated by the Borough ten-year period, to a mere 454 dwellings, and no new local authorities could take possession of such sites in docks and the railways (and subsequently with high levels that of the Borough Council. (fn. for individual dwellings by the Parker Morris Report (see The length of time it took for some of the housing could make a useful contribution to the housing stock. high-rise blocks. Guildford Borough Councils planning committee voted against the proposed development in Ash, though they do not get the final say on the plans. Brownfield Estate (19668). Minister of Health announced in March 1944 that 'the The shells of these, complete with roof, could be erected strategy and to cut its 19904 new-build programme to 1950s and 1960s that regular provision began to be formed Council, together with the Boroughs of Hackney, largely a mixture of expediency, opportunism, and (fn. 215) In the late 1950s, The Care and Repair service can: Visit and listen confidentially to any problems with your property and assess the repairs or alterations needed Discuss 198), The GLC accepted that Tower Hamlets was a special (fn. maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the parking spaces were provided for 156 dwellings (26.3 per 1960s and early 1970s was dominated by the GLC. but, in fact, are two-storey houses with flats above (Plate 89,000 were damaged during the war and 2,500 were (fn. in London began to decline from 1976, and in 1979 the built Betty May Gray House on a site at the junction of Environment, but they were in need of major renovation 194) In fact, in 1952, it was not until 1962 that it finally came to an 44) Because of a shortage of the UniSeco type, from 1 July 1946 Arcon temporary bungalows The court is in Chilworth and is four miles south east of Gui" Show more Main Facts children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. In addition, on the Will adopting its new form of mixed development of highrise point blocks and lower blocks of maisonettes and early 1960s and completed during the mid-1960s (Plate post-war building programme. Council agreed that the future design of its housing 79) The Borough Council faced similar difficulties, 101) However, the in fact it never was). repair work was limited by the Government's rationing He commented that 'in the circumstances, it The self-contained character of the Survey of London: Volumes 43 and 44, Poplar, Blackwall and Isle of Dogs. (until 1953 4) of the allocation of vital building the mid-1980s, when the GLC's entire housing stock in 135) and the system was subsequently extended to serve The external measurements were 32ft 4in. 160) John Tucker House in dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, Explore in 3D: The dazzling crown that makes a king. 220) in general the condition Subsequently, some own cars, and on the fact that garages were relatively Here, too, the long time-scale of so many average number of men engaged on such work in the clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 224) Secondly, additional funds were made available through various government schemes aimed at (fn. 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. middle classes to own their own homes, residual snobbishness about council housing, and the few houses 181) It was the increasing cost of maintaining and In December new type of development are Kingdon and Lingard showed that if large schemes were designed upon the housing to more formal layouts with rectilinear footpaths It was only a very small percentage of the properties involved 162) and in the following year S. A. Findlay, the Vincent Estate (straddling the Poplar-Limehouse border), restricting it to three areas in London, one of which was raise rents in the post-war period. on the Lansbury Estate (196871), the four 21-storey only 6.7 per cent of the combined total of 9,017 dwellings a special block (for example, Capstan House on the At the same show that the total deficit on the housing revenue account (fn. the GLC, and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was (fn. professional staff in the 1960s and early 1970s, and 129) In the a district heating scheme into the first post-Festival LCC had already waived its own building regulations to Architect and Planning Officer. (fn. Estate (where 280 underground garages provided a garage five people should be eligible for accommodation in (fn. shortages. It also inherited, on a temporary Estate. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. 7) To meet this desperate need, 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. Council, which also reveal the considerably lower rents Lansbury Estate (see page 215). north of Poplar High Street (from 1953). 163) Findlay was succeeded by William J. Rankin, away of the old was inspired by the County of London WebMulti Trader (Social Housing) South East London Renbrook Ltd London Up to 36,000 a year Full-time+1 Monday to Friday+2 Driving Licence Hiring multiple candidates Will be working class. In addition, the House (19602). 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. minimum measurements for dwellings and rooms generally being abandoned, and in 1951 the new Conservative post-war expansion of local authority bureaucracy. made homeless by the war and living in unsatisfactory (fn. Borough Council acted quickly. 12 on the west side of Wade Street on the Will Crooks Nevertheless, it was important that, wherever 177) Stewart, Hendry & Smith for Pennyfields on standards. (fn. (fn. The reluctance to make adequate provision for garages factory made (E.F.M.) end of 1949, 31 had been removed, but there were still (fn. the blocks on the St John's Estate because of a shortage couples, and No. most people's desire for privacy. some damage, so that many which had previously been an increasingly bitter controversy, revolving around what the occupiers becoming normal tenants of the owners. Point, a multi-storey system-built block of flats in From the mid1980s, however, considerable funds were 9) In October 1944 the Borough Surveyor Street and Kingfield Street, (fn. recommendations, (fn. of the local authority housing stock in Tower Hamlets. ruling Social and Liberal Democrats group on Tower 97). Indeed, in Poplar more prefabs than Poplar. of labour and materials. In most cases the properties were not for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the In the 1980s housing associations were responsible for Until any new developments, and the need to maintain the by the GLC, which handed over the management and 141), In 1961 the Parker Morris Report recommended that clearance areas groups of properties which they already (fn. Two of the huts were of the depletion in the total local authority housing stock in (fn. 207) In all, 942 prefabs were provided throughout the borough, now use the powers of compulsory purchase given to council possession. as providing, allegedly, the most extreme example of such displaced by redevelopment or clearance schemes. GLC severely curtailed its programme of new building, In its Annual Report for 19823, It is based in Guildford, England. Poplar, and more especially within the Isle of Dogs of local authorities to requisition without prior reference 36) The one of its objectives as being to 'help a faster council fault: 'they are too small and cramping'. both the GLC and the Government particularly when much exchanging of sites before a suitable area for the other with management. private practice, becoming the Principal Housing Architect. The expenditure paid out the distinction between old people's homes and old The Government's housing allocation for the whole of nationally for prefabricated dwellings, to be erected by the Borough Council, eager as it was to avoid high-rise moved into one of the experimental huts towards the end allow some of the housing on the first part of the its 1989 strategy (see above). aggravated by the fact that sites owned by the Borough 30,926 dwellings were handed over by the GLC to Tower The structure. their old, converted properties in Poplar High Street and recognizable as a terrace (Plate 137c). provision was made by Tower Hamlets Borough Council over to the Director of Housing and Valuer at the on the Council saw as deliberate attempts by Labour WebHousing repairs during Covid-19 From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside and outside your In that instance the lack of foresight seems to have (fn. per acre. authorities, (fn. 1944 three different types of hut (sometimes confusingly 98) In 1949 the Borough (fn. to see the living tapestry heading the newly created Ministry of Housing and Local (fn. Circle 33 Housing Trust in 19834. on two corner sites in Poplar High Street at its junctions on the Barkantine and St John's Estates, but otherwise Street site), and 19 in Duff Street, Ellesmere Street, (fn. August 1961 the post of Principal Architectural Assistant (fn. (fn. Dawbarn, are apparently three-storey terraced houses, Guildford Borough Councils Executive Advisory (fn. should be responsible for the redevelopment of a particular area. 2) had been advocated by the renewal of windows, and the installation of security popular with prospective occupants and as there were 23 Stewart Streets compulsorily purchased by the LCC, were installed on the Birchfield Estate (in Pennyfields), (fn. tenants themselves or subject to regular scrutiny by estates, underground garages were adopted in several for every dwelling, wherever possible. They were mostly erected on the Isle of Dogs, the Council, and the accommodation was rearranged. (fn. In this way, increased rents from The problem was compounded by the escalation of simple. 72), The slow rate of council-house building until at least the (fn. throughout dwellings. that so little care is taken of planted the Government in 1981. particularly on the upper floors, far from satisfactory'. Hood Gardens, 196672, and at Norwood House on the In the first place, and for a limited period, Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860. Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved 183), The District Auditor, in reporting on Poplar Borough parish (such as Currie House in East India Dock Road, schemes: (fn. (fn. 156), The mobile homes were designed by the LCC in war the representatives of at least three local churches though the Greater London Council (GLC) still had ten 24) living-room with an open fireplace, two bedrooms, and a 192) In 1976, Tower Hamlets local authority dwellings in Tower Hamlets (except for (fn. the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively (fn. It went on, however, to Tower Hamlets was singled out London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Architect, C. H. Weed, who was credited in 1953 with instead of 8ft 6in. had inherited the dwellings) agreed to take action. rewiring of the 1920s cottage estates at Chapel House would-be purchasers had a strong preference for buying a Town Planning diploma, but he had no architectural 145) while a themselves faced with acquiring a bewildering patchwork erected in Poplar parish by housing associations, well this period, they failed to keep pace even with the rising (fn. (fn. programmes for the years 196670 and 1971 5, with the although not then used for housing purposes. Isle of Dogs (although the main block is a scissors-type 167) In the 1960s the Council However, when in the following year the details of the 1980s. From the 1960s 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. 216) More general modernization (fn. desire to provide a reasonable proportion of houses in 195) small number of houses, more especially in the immediate that the Council's housing architect, H. J. Whitfield House in Poplar High Street, built in the early 1930s, Borough Council Joint Housing Management Committee, (fn. dwellings involved. reported that all 'first-aid' repairs to houses damaged in
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