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8 KEy TRENDS grade ii: greater London grade ii grade ii % at risk entries at risk Listing 7OVER 5% FeWer TERRACED HOUSES AT riSK 1999 468 15855 3.0 2000 484 15956 3.0 2001 487 16143 3.0 2002 508 16169 3.1 2003 498 16273 3.1 2004 474 16364 2.9 2005 464 16406 2.8 2006 449 16437 2.7 2007 435 16473 2.6 2008 403 16558 2.4 2009 396 16561 2.4 2010 407 16684 2.4 Over the past 20 years: • the total number of buildings in the ‘very bad’ category has fallen from 17.8% to 14.9%, but the number noted as ‘poor’ has risen from 38.3% to 52.5%. This suggests that whilst some of the worst cases are being addressed, a hard core of buildings in poor condition remains to be tackled; • in three boroughs – Islington, Hackney and Southwark – English Heritage part-funded Buildings at Risk officers for limited periods. This demonstrated that targeted capacity building can achieve measurable results. The most remarkable – a reduction in Tower Hamlets from 241 buildings in 1991 to 50 by 2000 – was the direct result of concerted action by the local authority conservation team in close liaison with English Heritage staff. This included a strategy for the sale of neglected Council-owned buildings and the service of statutory notices on the owners of dilapidated private buildings; • although all boroughs show a substantial decline in numbers of buildings at risk, the persistent high number in Camden (57 in 2010) remains a cause for concern; • there has been a massive reduction in the number of terraced houses at risk – down by over 75% from a high of 541 in 1991. reasons include: – direct action by London Boroughs and English Heritage to encourage owners to repair or sell; – the sale of large stocks of Council-owned properties; – a sustained rise in house prices from 1991 to early 2008; – the reoccupation and regeneration of once-rundown inner city neighbourhoods as new generations rediscovered their inherent historic qualities in areas such as Hoxton, Shoreditch, Deptford, Bermondsey and Stepney Saving London English Heritage
KEy TRENDS 9 • the number of public houses, inns and hotels at risk has more than doubled (to 23) over the period due to changing patterns of social and leisure activity; • the numbers of places of worship at risk have by and large remained constant with 41 at risk in 1991 compared with 44 in 2010; • the number of swimming baths and pools at risk has decreased from a peak of 10 in 2008 to 7 in 2010 (2 of which are due to be removed from the register); • whilst there has been a reduction in the total number of civic buildings at risk since 2000 from 20 to 10, further rises are anticipated with the future planned disposal of fire stations, police stations and other public buildings; • local authority owned mansions at risk in public parks continue to be a particular London problem. Although not large in number, and despite some successes (see p.44) numbers have virtually doubled since 1991 to 8 in 2010. A combination of size, location, adaptability and cost of repair pose significant challenges; • barns and other agricultural buildings at risk have risen, particularly in the outer boroughs, from 9 in 2000, to 14 in 2010; • the underuse of upper floors and the dilapidated condition of buildings on major road corridors and high streets remains a persistent problem affecting people’s perceptions of London as they pass through it. public sector owned All entries at risk % in public Ownership THE NUMBER OF puBLiC hOuSeS AT riSK HAS MORE THAN dOuBLed 1999 599 27.2% 2000 619 27.5% 2001 619 27.9% 2002 639 28.7% 2003 618 27.3% 2004 588 28.9% 2005 581 29.4% 2006 558 26.3% 2007 541 25.0% 2008 509 24.4% 2009 492 23.8% 2010 499 24.4% English Heritage Saving London
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