[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Llangollen U.D.C.

  • Llangollen (Wales). Urban District Council.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Llangollen U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 7 - PUBLIC CLLANSING. Refuse collection is carried out by direct labour, all premises except for outlying houses receive a weekly collection. The outlying premises receive a fortnightly collection. The method of disposal is by controlled tipping at the Council’s refuse tip at Wenffrwd. Business premises especially catering establishments may have additional collections based on a fixed charge, there is also a charge for persons transporting their own trade waste to the refuse tip for disposal by the Council. A new refuse collecting vehicle was acquired during the year to replace the 7 cubic yard side loader which had been in continous u&e for 10 years. The new vehicle is a Karrier Bantam 12 cubic yard Dual tip junior refuse collector fitted with a packer plate. The larger capacity body and packer plate are essential if only one vehicle is to be employed *n refuse collecting work. HOUSING. Three houses were ejected by private enterprise during the year. At the end of The ^gar the flats at Maes Pengwern were nearing completion, t&eal^ c©4*t of eight three bedroom flats, five one bedroom, five bedsitting room type for aged persons and five two bedroomed maisonettes. In December a Public Inquiry was held to hear objections to the Council's proposal to make a Clearance Order on 1, 2, 3 Holly Cottages, Penycoed and 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, Brook Place. There are five families living in these houses and it is proposed to re-house them in the Maes Pengwern Flats. The Council are also negotiating for the purchase of Nos. 2-10 Queen Street, A - 11 Pengwern Square and 1, 3, 9, 11 Brook Street. Families from these properties will also be rehoused in the flats. Following rehousing the properties will be demolished and the sites cleared. During the year the Council instructed their Architects to prepare a scheme for the erection of 23 three bedroomed houses on the Maes Pengwern Site and to make provision in the layout for a further ten houses. This will complete development of land in the Council's ownership and consideration will have to be given to the acquisition of further land in order to complete the sub-standard clearance programme and to make provision for re-housing persons on the council house general waitir g list. STANDARD AND DISCRETIONARY IMPROVEMENT GRANTS. The Council approved four applications for Standard Improvement Grants during the year.