C1 Part VII Renewal Areas
89 Declaration of renewal area.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
Pt. VII (ss. 89-100) amended (24.9.1996) by 1996 c. 52, ss. 221, 232(2)