[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon].

  • Coulsdon and Purley (London, England). Urban District Council.
Date:
[1961?]
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Credit: [Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Coulsdon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A Compulsory Purchase Order made in respect of 15 houses, comprised 2 unfit houses (3 and 4 Purley View Terrace) included in the original five year programme, 12 additional unfit houses and one fit house (1-13, Kensington Terrace) and was the first order of the kind made by this Council arising out of a Clearance Area. The land forming the subject of the Order now known as the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District (Kensington Terrace and Purley View Terrace [Part of] Sanderstead) Compulsory Purchase Order, 1960 is part of an area comprising a triangular shaped piece of land on the northern edge of the Council's district, bounded by the main railway line on the east side, the Croydon District boundary on the north west and Sanderstead Road on the south west, containing a total of 28 houses and shops. When the question arose of dealing with the unfit houses in the area, the Council were of the opinion that the most satisfactory way of dealing with the area was the acquisition of all the properties in the area fit and unfit in order to ensure ordered redevelopment. Negotiations to acquire the properties by agreement were unsuccessful and as the Council had no wish to cause hardship it was decided to take no further action in respect of the fit properties with the exception of No. 4, Kensington Terrace. The Council was desirous of acquiring the land forming the subject of the order for the following reasons 1. To ensure the proper redevelopment of the whole of the triangular area as described on a permanent basis as and when it becomes practicable and appropriate having regard to the comparatively short expectation of life of the properties immediately adjoining the site comprised in the order. 2. To prevent unco-ordinated development. 3. To prevent the development of nuisance on the cleared site pending its permanent redevelopment. The purchase of No. 4, Kensington Terrace was a practical necessity to the proposal and it is intended to erect garages on the cleared site as a temporary measure. After a formal inquiry the Order was subsequently confirmed by the Minister without modification. Of the balance of the 58 houses dealt with in the period, a further 21 have been purchased by agreement at site value, 6 were Council owned properties and undertakings have been accepted from the owners in respect of six houses that the house or part as the case may be will not be used for human habitation. Thirty houses have so far been demolished and a further 22 remain to be cleared. 32