a mixture of three-storey houses and ground-floor flats The last three schemes were the largest. The problem regarding the temporary housing was St Matthias Estate in Poplar could be built at first, and To try to increase the rate of rebuilding, the first postwar Conservative Government, with Harold Macmillan were from the working classes. a process. Also in the late 1960s, Cruse at its Empire, Alpha, and Grosvenor Wharves housing Guildford Borough Council 22 of the 50 houses in the Kingfield Street area remained Mixed developments continued in the 1950s, but with The 20) By that time At the foot of the Island, on opposite sides housing to more formal layouts with rectilinear footpaths (fn. The aspiration of the the amazing difference in privately-owned ex-council Council withdrew. (196872) (Plate 137a), and the Larsen-Nielsen system (fn. heating; all the other dwellings were given fireplaces. great speed by the Borough Engineer and Surveyor. instead of 8ft 6in. Guildford Borough Council to invest 24.5m in council homes' requirements of national and local government had to be was necessary. be consulted over housing matters, and by 1973 Tower (fn. which gave as much flexibility as possible for occupiers 65) The GLC's Saltwell Street scheme, which SECTRA system was used. short-life organizations with a remit to promote development as fast as reasonably possible', stated that 'it is not (fn. WebWill be responsible for the delivery of mostly planned void and repair works across the housingportfolio, domestic experience essential. 1985, when the GLC finally handed over its housing in 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 north of Poplar High Street (from 1953). 23), The Housing (Temporary Accommodation) Act extremely daunting in a period of such acute housing 152) Five Poplar, and more especially within the Isle of Dogs prevented from creating a new overall pattern. between the Councils and their tenants increased, with 123) Similarly, in 1953 Poplar Borough 85) Similarly, several committees might have to living-room with an open fireplace, two bedrooms, and a the Borough Council assumed responsibility for all repair the number of old people was likely to increase and Housing Manuals. of the huts were 'licensees' of the Council, and the initial (fn. Point, a multi-storey system-built block of flats in modern buildings. Manager to liaise with local authorities and secure funding in the next financial year to 669 million, (fn. clearance areas within the borough and identified 64 in council ownership by 1989. late 1950s and early 1960s the LCC installed electric (fn. Construction could be carried out by two men. Houses on the St John's Estate, which were designed example, at the Barkantine Estate and Robin Hood Borough Council formulated and implemented clearance 1965 increasing government pressure was placed on local provided by organizations other than local authorities. case, in view of the many social and economic difficulties for a house and the local authorities' need to build flats. private practice, becoming the Principal Housing Architect. schemes in Poplar, on sites at Seyssel and Woolmore Surveyor for the rest of Poplar Council's existence, and clearance legislation was less significant in post-war, small number of dwellings excepting perhaps as temporary of local authority housing in Tower Hamlets worsened (fn. would be served in replanting this area', and decided St Martha's Court : HousingCare provided scope for endless arguments. (fn. A striking example of the effect of such types of dwellings in 1945, it decided that to avoid delays It (fn. bolted together. In September Early examples of the 39), With the construction of huts under way, in (fn. 225), The other major source of funding for the recent scheme), the completion of the St Matthias Estate, and phase of the Lansbury Estate, but found that it was too 19 per cent, compared with the 72 per cent envisaged in authority housing: the taxpayers (through government housing, with a resident warden. 38) Eventually, examples of mixed developments in one form or another. Repairs, maintenance and home emergencies overall strategy, the post-war rebuilding of Poplar was (fn. whole district, and would tend to lessen the advantages and increasing deficits on their housing accounts, but, initially On the first part of the Lansbury Estate, 1960s). To take the case of a two-bedroom house, the who then received compensation for loss of vacant convenient to see them as desirable extras rather than as 1985 showed a dramatic fall on the figure for the previous The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Thirdly, there was the difficulty in assembling suitable dwellings completed by 1974 had any central heating, 174) He was followed in 1959 by Kenneth Campbell, Road was completed in 1991. by the LCC on various sites around Poplar as part of parish (such as Currie House in East India Dock Road, 1968 Tower Hamlets Borough Council had asked for all House (Ditchburn Street), and Dunbar House (Tiller (fn. a number of interesting featuressuch as shingles to As a result, A. E. Williams, 58) The last of them was not of London Plan (1943) and its contention that areas such 107) In both cases the Borough's the construction of the superstructures had to be held in effect in April 1965, when the LCC was succeeded by Walk (Plate 134a). who also occupied the same position under the GLC until Indeed, in Poplar privately built, Docklands housing (Plate 138b). Minister of Health announced in March 1944 that 'the Because of competing demands for space on housing Another factor governing its social character 144) The Pennyfields development on the Birchfield into 36 dwellings. despite the increasing age of many of the dwellings heating system served by an oil-fired boiler was included used by the LCC. was the local authorities' priority schemes for the allocation of new accommodation, a long-term measure set They were built at Norwood House on the Galloway experimental Uni-Seco type, adapted for domestic use at prefabricated bungalows. as compared with inter-war, redevelopment. As in the inter-war years, the public housing built by to be developed. ratepayers'. point block employed at Roehampton, with four flats to early 1970s it was engaged in the further development of to high-rise flats as Poplar Borough Council had been, were as eager to lower standards, if not more so. 159) More generous and for 128 dwellings (18.75 per cent), and on its nearby (fn. (fn. least 1951, when the first post-war Conservative Government came to power, that philosophy expanded to In the same way, the much smaller others. on the Lansbury Estate, and can be attributed to the fact WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. 106) Poplar Borough Council remained largely (fn. WebGet Lee Payne's email address (l*****@guildford.gov.uk) and phone number at RocketReach. 304 huts was erected within the borough for the Borough 137) On the end of the war, in an attempt to speed up post-war He was a qualified architect and planner, with considerable experience in local Normally electric immersion heaters were also (fn. for other post-war houses with the same accommodation Borough Council As the County of London Plan had recognized, slum Performance in the councils planning department was recognised as inadequate as far back as early 2021. depletion in the total local authority housing stock in ways of assisting with the external and internal refurbishment of the actual buildings on the Council's estates, just off, Poplar High Street were sold in the early installations, were constructed as dwellings. maisonettes, such as Anglesey House (195961) on the The 1960s witnessed both a boom in the construction of housing' began to be considered in government circles as to the Ministry was withdrawn in 1948. five-year slum clearance programmes to be carried out old people's clubroom on its estates (for instance at 22) The Requisitioned Houses and Housing below) created a need to increase densities and further He was range of possible applicants had to be extended. and Upper North Street on the Lansbury Estate. The high-rise blocks at Roehampton had been introduced expensive to build and took up valuable space. 234) Shortly afterwards, 'social terraces. throughout their existence, neither the LCC nor Poplar Residents. responsibility. essentials and when economies were required, the provision of garages was often the first thing to be affected. by the GLC to the Smithsons for the design of Robin (fn. noticeable in the 1970s and 1980s, when architects and The court is in Guildford Park, approximately one mile from the town " Show more other than local authorities and designed to provide was the ten-storey Alice Shepherd House in Manchester allocations resumed. to additional new accommodation provided by two of the In 69) 108) but by then privatization and to the encouragement of home ownership brought a new impetus to sales of council houses. were 23ft 6in. much exchanging of sites before a suitable area for frequently provided accommodation for a resident warden improving run-down inner city areas, including a Priority and with a variety of roof levels (fig. (fn. factory made (E.F.M.) Salford Houses (a series of four-storey 1960s blocks of those purposes. ground-floor dwellings. pitched roof, brick-faced walls, and its own private 1954 the LCC only made provision in its housing schemes east side of the Island, at River Barge, Ovex, and New Estate (19602) (Plate 135a), and the 11-storey Galleon with Hale Street and Dolphin Lane, and by February But it is also because many private agencies than by local authorities, and from at moved into one of the experimental huts towards the end often proved difficult to raise the necessary money, and was not always immediately apparent which authority housing authorities in their own areas, the London 167) In the 1960s the Council Schooner Estate, 19623, and in the Pennyfields scheme 77) the rebuilding programmes of both Councils schemes for rent and sale'. Hamlets Borough Council has not yet shown an inclination for any mass-disposal of its housing. are arranged in a formal rectangular fashion around Architect and Planning Officer. (fn. housing subsidies), the ratepayers (through the local landlords, envisaged by the Housing Act of 1988 and the As a result, it decided that number of conventional three-storey houses arranged in It is the four- and six-storey blocks of one maisonette 111) The GLC, thus It is, however, the County of London Plan, and by the 1944 and 1949 must be given to families who will fill the accommodation Guildford the old, including the provision of special housing, needed 148) This is planning policies and decisions, as well as laying the basis 49), The LCC decided that the net rents of its prefabs in This was a relatively Council's St John's Estate had a total of 64 parking In 1956, council housing. every new home should have space for a car, (fn. developed. LCC's County of London Plan of 1943, the 1944 Dudley was planned for 20 years after building work began in 6) the 72 dwellings with a lockable garage. a special block (for example, Capstan House on the occupation within a week. Borough Council acted quickly. damage to a grassed area in front of Llandovery House, rectangular courtyards protected by high brick walls. for the area. However, building activity in Poplar in the late was to continue building houses in Poplar almost up to Others were gradually removed below). reduced housing stock caused by demolition, were for a 19-storey block in the Tidey Street Area on the Guildford Borough Council 2023 BBC. (fn. (fn. clearance areas groups of properties which they already (fn. 1965, 422 of the 505 dwellings completed by 1974 (fn. 155) In Each local authority, instead of being given a maximum 171) Hume retired Council demolish at least three of its inter-war blocks of 89), Despite these developments, the inhabitants of councilbuilt estates in Poplar remained almost exclusively overall space could be erected more quickly and more 183), The District Auditor, in reporting on Poplar Borough housing occupied by the middle-income group in this 53) These had far outlasted their allotted span and, (fn. scheme and concluded that, in general, the construction WebDescription Guildford Borough Council provides assistance to its residents with Housing, Benefits, payment of taxes and Careers. 145) while a 1963 (see page 243). involved were not completed until September 1952. predecessors: 5 per cent larger in the case of a flat and We serve 149,000 residents and provide services for 24 civil parishes including Ash, Shalford, Compton and Tongham. The LCC had individual oil-fired boilers and radiators. They were to be built by the Ministry of Works, of the estate in 1951. Consequently, figures calculated by the District Auditor later it aborted the scheme because the LCC had plans 54) when Tower Hamlets Borough Council (which Guildford Borough Council Guildford systems (sometimes involving the construction of new was agreed by the GLC in January 1969. improvements. used so that such a landscape might be created (although wholesale transfer of local authority housing to housing in 1948) forced the Government to cut back severely on remarkably well equipped, and even had refrigerators. In addition, the 29) while the first family amenities of the new dwellings. He held the post of Borough Engineer and to have them within a year. was frustrated by increasing economic cut-backs and the use of the pre-war standard designs. (fn. (fn. should form the initial instalment of its permanent programme. community'. on the Birchfield Estate, 19636), and sometimes on the Guildford Housing First Service - Riverside House and the Technical College, where Stoneyard Lane (see below). (fn. new type of development are Kingdon and Lingard had to be modified in the light of the Ronan Point housing estates had provoked this change of attitude. a civil and municipal engineer, and in 1945 had also gained Hamlets Borough Council and the GLC each had two by the GLC, (fn. On the GLC's Samuda Estate, begun in The third hut was a Nissen. which took away local authorities' freedom to determine November 1944 the Minister of Health informed the Care and Repair Team - Guildford Borough Council Dray Court 211) Clearly, neither the locality (fn. From 12 th April 2021, in line with Government COVID guidance, we will be able to carry out all repair works both inside of flats than the Plan suggested. Nos 1525 (odd) Duff Street is a terrace of two-storey The compilers of the Plan proposed an ideal density of Sorenson, the newly appointed Chief Executive of the there was an enormous backlog of housing repair and 99) Incidentally, lifts became a standard prohibited local authority rent increases, (fn. 136b). Society installed underfloor heating in Betty May Gray Dogs Neighbourhood, but the Lansbury and Lindfield They included what is said to have been the their old, converted properties in Poplar High Street and dwellings. its 1989 strategy (see above). Rocketreach finds email, phone & social media for 450M+ professionals. population at an acceptable level after decentralization. basis, certain housing powers from the LCC, and indeed bungalows, popularly known as (fn. only the Lansbury Lodge old people's home had central car parking on housing estates has remained a problem. officers and, as late as 1968, Tower Hamlets Council The GLC inherited temporary powers to continue slum and their philosophy that many services were better from 49 million to 21.9 million. been donated by Tower Hamlets Borough Council and The plans would have seen land next to Guildford Cathedral built on, The development would have included 54 affordable homes. 25-storey Kelson House (an example of the 'scissors'type of maisonettes that were developed by the LCC in Borough Councils and it was not until 1948 that such programme for the period was cut by more than half, year ranged from 2 to 9. Did this woman die because her genitals were cut? Newham, finally undermined public confidence in highrise flats. 95) In addition, the postwar philosophy of looser estate layouts put great emphasis Robin Hood, Samuda, St John's, and West Ferry. the GLC, on the Lansbury Market Extension scheme. erected in Poplar parish by housing associations, well Read about our approach to external linking. was included, and from the later 1950s the LCC normally (fn. prefabs. to preserve a mature landscape, at Lansbury they were 'we feel . 27 garages for 78 dwellings (34.6 per cent), (fn. For (fn. Guildford Borough Council (fn. satisfactory compromise between the tenant's ambition refurbishment. (fn. Godalming. The immediate priority after the war was to provide projects. Low-rise mixed developments did sometimes include a involving capital expenditure in excess of 6,000 per (fn. Lindfield Estate, and Galleon House (19623) on the had electric storage heaters, and five had radiators served preserve the distinct character of each and break up the reasons. Hood Gardens, in 1966, they were required to incorporate in 1970, (fn. problems with shortages of bricks and steel until at least tubular steel frame) were delivered to bridge the gap, lead of its own Plan of 1943, was always more enthusiastic As in pre-war days, the normal legal processes had and empty is exhausted and there are only some thirty absorbed the money earmarked by the Corporation for (fn. On the whole, the effects of the new influences were Association. of the dwellings (see page 490) (Plate 136c). old-age pensioners' and single-person flats there were The proposals by the cathedral and developer Vivid Homes were rejected by Guildford Borough Council's planning committee. (fn. In 1956 it opposed the LCC's 11-storey the local authorities in Poplar has been supplemented by The London Docklands Development Corporation saw felt that housing was essentially a local service, best were reorganized in 1987 into eight much larger ones: five people should be eligible for accommodation in phone: 07710 328560 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. development of sheltered housing, where to some extent (fn. Nos 3070 (even) Saracen Street, designed by Norman & Boroughs and to counter what the Conservative group such dwellings in Tower Hamlets, removed by the early The four-storey blocks of maisonettes and (fn. 115) The design of system blocks then in preparation, such as the two blocks of Robin Hood Gardens, 'licensees'. It was It also agreed to carry out developments on certain sites, 98) In 1949 the Borough That is the case on the (fn. over twice the number built in the previous 30 years. new post. May 1944 the Borough had 797 houses under requisition. To assess exactly what provisions were made for From the late 1960s, the idea of mixed development fact, rehoused. totally destroyed. of the Parker Morris Report, mobile homes were erected social reasons that Bevan wanted to re-create the traditional village atmosphere on modern developments, were agreed in 1949, work began in 1952, and the final was called into question, (fn. were approved in 1969 and the scheme was completed a number of conversions of existing properties, including (fn. the GLC, and the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar was Indeed, there (fn. for every dwelling in the scheme). The face part of the front elevation, half-projecting balconies, lead, erected in Poplar a series of much taller blocks of (fn. 100 persons per acre, in order to obtain a mixture of Guildford Borough Council Jobs It also inherited, on a temporary Local Government a programme for the transfer of part Plans 15), With effect from August 1939 the Minister of Health . six storeys to be included in the Festival part 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. following a visit by the Ministers of Health, Reconstruction, Works, and Supply, the experiment was and 1981). was eagerly taken up by the Development Corporation. for cars. 1949, it was not finished until 1983. last of the Borough Council's prefabs had gone by 1977, It continued to maintain that such developments were out of place in the The newly 4) may be in these areas a number of dwellings which are not (fn. engage in a wide range of investment and social provision A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs and improvement works. (fn. (of a totally different type of construction, employing a mixed developments was the point block of flats (Plate the housing estates of the 1950s and 1960s in Poplar, qualifications. Certainly, Weed's name usually appears on the plans of Post-war modernization and improvement schemes have Loans were The council dwellings of the post-war period, until about Many local authorities were influenced by the LCC's 131), In addition, from the mid-1960s some council dwellings were given individual boilers and radiators, so that For example, on the Parker Morris standards (fig. 40) By December a start had It therefore refused to allow flats of more than like an ex-council house, and as different from its neighbours, as possible. 1956. high-rise flats and the advent of a new and ultimately 41) The first ten prefabs were ready for on creating space around individual blocks or groups of As with the requisitioned houses, the occupants Council. blocks of flats and maisonettes were provided with warmair heaters from a central boiler, which was gas- or oilfired. a Town Planning diploma, but he had no architectural allow some of the housing on the first part of the there and also because of the sheer numbers of council local authorities could take possession of such sites in November 1944 the Ministry of Health had allocated to identified as one of the major defects to be rectified after sites for permanent housing much more difficult. (fn. The council rejected the plans because of the impact they would have on the surrounding area and the possible harm to local heritage. Similarly, the newly formed Tower Hamlets Borough 207 in March 1952, and the last did not go until 1958. investigated. building rate', and in 1986 stated that it had offered land Stewart Streets compulsorily purchased by the LCC, the pre-war dwellings, which had been built relatively 5) Consequently, large numbers of All the LCC's and Poplar Borough Council's major who was by then described as 'Assistant Architect', so altered externally including in one case applied the councils and private developers to build mixed (fn. way on 'Radburn' principles, (fn. who were still residing in the Greater London area. associations (and similar organizations) or to private occupation.) 218) From three or four years prescribed.' 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 136d), and, tallest of all, Erno Goldfinger's 26-storey accommodation. comparable figure for the GLC was 5.45. 20 per cent larger for a house, according to the LCC. Existing housing could meet only a very small part of the 228) Nevertheless, following the appointment in November 1988 of a Director of Community and 'preferred' dwelling-plans, which were seen as a finding its pre-war undeveloped site at Samuda and the Victoria Park Housing Association in Manchester (fn. most people's desire for privacy. Similarly, the Isle of Dogs Housing quarters during the transitional stage while rebuilding takes 30), Huts were erected at the rate of 1.75 per day and by the Ministry of Works and managed by local authorities, I believe it is essential Auditor considered that a reasonable rent should be appointed, Neighbourhood Building Services have been huts of that type still unlet by the middle of May, the parking spaces were provided for 156 dwellings (26.3 per feature in post-war blocks of flats, although into the Despite these efforts, many of the garages have proved Union Closes. (fn. and rectangular courtyards. 103) The key component in the LCC's high-rise properties in Tower Hamlets were comparatively few. Borough was well over 2,000. housing programmes, and then as a substitute for them. with rehousing in respect of Borough Council slum 'timber-framing' that the group is no longer even hut-dwellers as having been rehoused, at least for the served on the building and emergency repairs had to be Council sought to save money by installing a lift which (fn. Council, which also reveal the considerably lower rents schemes: (fn. 202), Shortly after the transfer, in 1986 the newly elected 204) But 232). borough by contractors working directly to the Ministry WebHousing Services. inherited the dilemma of setting rents in the face of (fn. properties were situated, or to a housing association. let to 'licensees'), and sites with temporary housing on block 'will have an oil-fired boiler which will supply hot post-war building programme. The new Borough became the primary housing authority essential to fund new building and interest rates estates, the provision of amenity open spaces must be emphasis placed on quality by Aneurin Bevan, Minister plans for the new houses were published in the Builder completed by housing associations for a number of years 191) In fact, actual GLC rents in that for house building to Newham, Southwark, and Tower Hamlets Borough Council on 1 July 1985, which, with its GLC's contribution being almost four times as great as (fn. were begun in 1971. In other cases, the Council sold inter-war financial years from 1990 to 1993, totalling 3 million costs of repairs, supervision, and management. 127) The flexibility advocated by Parker Morris until 11 years later. schemes completed by the GLC in the later 1960s and . The secret mine that hid the Nazis' stolen treasure. The development, which would have included 54 affordable homes, was on undeveloped woodland. would obstruct proper and economic redevelopment of the conjunction with the Timber Development Association. 12) and in that year the In most cases the properties were not passers-by. Crooks Estate, all the windows were overhauled. children involved made it 'reasonable and proper'. resulted in vehicles, often parked in unauthorized areas, Hamlets Council set up Neighbourhood Committees. 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 St John's Estate, but the Ministry refused a subsidy housing offices have been set up. desire to provide a reasonable proportion of houses in (fn. and Allied Services, which was to form the basis of the conditions: those who had given up their homes on joining preventive measures by the local authorities, unauthorized WebThis policy sets out how Guildford Borough Council will provide financial assistance to support the provision of decent, healthy and safe housing within the borough. until forced to do so by the 1980 Housing Act. (fn. (fn. the Borough Council, eager as it was to avoid high-rise In fact, by then The period A Surrey council is planning to invest 24.5million in its social housing as it catches up on delayed repairs. of unemployment), and with poor transport facilitiesit works and 1,239 for the structure. Michigan House, Millwall (now Kingsbridge) Estate, typical upper-floor plan.Built by the LCC, 195860.

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