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(1)Where a local housing authority, upon consideration of [F1a report containing particulars of the matters] mentioned in subsection (3) below and of any other matters which the authority consider relevant, are satisfied—
(a)that the living conditions in an area within their district consisting primarily of housing accommodation are unsatisfactory, and
(b)that those conditions can most effectively be dealt with by declaring the area to be a renewal area,
then, subject to the following provisions of this Part, they may cause the area to be defined on a map and by resolution declare it to be a renewal area [F2for the period specified in the declaration] .
(2)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F4(3)The matters referred to in subsection (1) above are—
(a)the living conditions in the area concerned;
(b)the ways in which those conditions may be improved (whether by the declaration of a renewal area or otherwise);
(c)the powers available to the authority (including powers available apart from this Act) if the area is declared to be a renewal area;
(d)the authority’s detailed proposals for the exercise of those powers during the period that the area will be a renewal area (if so declared);
(e)the cost of those proposals;
(f)the financial resources available, or likely to be available, to the authority (from whatever source) for implementing those proposals; and
(g)the representations (if any) made to the authority in relation to those proposals,
and the report shall contain a recommendation, with reasons, as to whether a renewal area should be declared and, if so, the period for which the area should be a renewal area.
(4)Subject to section 95 below, an area which is declared to be a renewal area shall be such an area—
(a)until the end of the period specified in the declaration, or
(b)if at any time during that period the local housing authority by resolution extend the period for which the area is to be a renewal area, until the end of the period specified in the resolution (unless further extended under this paragraph).
(5)In considering whether—
(a)to declare an area to be a renewal area, or
(b)to extend the period for which an area is to be a renewal area,
a local housing authority shall have regard to such guidance as may from time to time be given by the Secretary of State.
(6)Before exercising their power—
(a)to declare an area to be a renewal area, or
(b)to extend (or further extend) the period for which an area is to be a renewal area,
a local housing authority shall take the steps required by subsection (7) below.
(7)Those steps are such as appear to the authority best designed to secure—
(a)that the detailed proposals referred to in subsection (3)(d) above or, where the authority are considering the extension of the period for which an area is to be a renewal area, such of those proposals as remain to be implemented, are brought to the attention of persons residing or owning property in the area; and
(b)that those persons are informed of the name and address of the person to whom should be addressed inquiries and representations concerning those proposals.
(8)A resolution under subsection (1) or (4)(b) above has effect from the day on which it is passed and is a local land charge.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 89(1) substituted (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1, 14(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(a) (with art. 14(2))
F2Words in s. 89(1) inserted (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1, 14(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(2)(b) (with art. 14(2))
F3S. 89(2) repealed (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1, 14(1), 15 {Sch. 5 para. 2(3)}, {Sch. 6} (with art. 14(2))
F4S. 89(3)-(8) substituted for s. 89(3)-(7) (19.7.2002) by The Regulatory Reform (Housing Assistance) (England and Wales) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1860), arts. 1, 14(1), Sch. 5 para. 2(4) (with art. 14(2))
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