# The London Government Reorganisation (Property) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1335 · made 27 July 1988

This Order gives effect to proposals of the London Residuary Body, as modified by the Secretary of State, for the transfer of certain of the properties which it holds as successor in title to the Greater London Council. The effect of the modifications is that the transfers made by articles 2 and 3 are unconditional.

Made under: Local Government Act 1985 (Section 67)

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## Introductory text

LONDON GOVERNMENT
Made 27th July 1988
Laid before Parliament 4th August 1988
Coming into force 25th August 1988
Whereas the London Residuary Body, acting pursuant to section 67(2) of the Local Government Act 1985 has submitted proposals to the Secretary of State for the transfer of certain of its properties to local authorities, and he has decided to give effect to those proposals with modifications:—
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(3) of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the London Government Reorganisation (Property) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 25th August 1988.

## 2 

The property described in Schedule 1 to this Order shall vest in the Inner London Education Authority.

## 3 

The property described in Schedule 2 to this Order shall vest in the council of the London borough in which it is situated.

## 4 

All rights and liabilities of the London Residuary Body acquired or incurred exclusively in connection with any property transferred by this Order shall vest in the body to which such property is transferred.

## Signature

Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
27th July 1988

## Schedule 1 PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE INNER LONDON EDUCATION AUTHORITY

The parcels of land consisting of the approximate area mentioned below and situated as so mentioned:—
Approximate area (in square metres)
Situation
In the London borough of Camden
1,590
Fronting College Crescent and Adamson Road, adjacent to the Central School of Speech and Drama and the Embassy Theatre.
6,430
Fronting Quex Road and West End Lane (including 26 Quex Road) and to the rear of 1—21 Bransdale Close.
In the London borough of Greenwich
125
Fronting Bentham Road west of Hawksmoor Primary School.
3,380
Rear of Linton Mead Primary School.
865
Junction of Old Woolwich Road and Eastney Street west of the Meridian Primary School.
1,085
Junction of Plumstead Road and Invermore Place (east side) adjacent to the Dover Castle public house.
690
(a) 463 square metres fronting Beresford Street at its junction with MacBean Street and adjacent to the Woolwich (Polytechnic) Lower School.
(b) 227 square metres situated to the south-west of (a), fronting Beresford Street.
In the London borough of Hackney
1,000
Fronting Hoxton Street (east side), opposite Nos. 1—22 McGregor Court.
In the London borough of Islington
1,235
Golden Lane at the rear of Fortune Street public gardens, west of Prior Weston Primary School and north of Breton House.
In the Royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea
840
Fronting Aldermaston Street and Bramley Street, adjoining south of Oxford Gardens Primary School, and to the north of Nos. 71—77 Crowthorne Road.
265
134 and 136 St. Ann’s Road and adjoining land.
In the London borough of Lambeth
2,525
Sites of 46—64 (even) Oval Way and surrounding land bounded by Kennington Grove to the north and west and by St. Mark’s C.E. Primary School to the south east.
In the London borough of Richmond upon Thames
1,025
Fronting the towpath of the River Thames south of the boathouse and adjacent to the Barn Elms Park playing fields.
In the London borough of Southwark
145
The extension to the Dog Kennel Hill Primary School playground, to the north-west of Wheatland House, Albrighton Road.
79
Scott Lidgett Crescent, adjoining the Riverside Primary School.
In the London borough of Tower Hamlets
34
Rear of 15 Treby Street and adjoining Avery Hill College (Mile End Annexe).
800
Mobile home site fronting Ben Jonson Road, Aston Street and Halley Street.
1,395
Mobile home site fronting Ben Jonson Road, Halley Street and Halley Place (west side).
1,920
Fronting Ben Jonson Road, Halley Place, Halley Street and Carr Street.
332
Fronting Steel’s Lane, east of the Bishop Challoner School and at the back of Nos. 25—31 Ronald Street.
357
Fronting Hardinge Street, south-east of the Bishop Challoner School.
565
Fronting Hardinge Street, adjoining the southern boundary of the Bishop Challoner School.
136
Adjoining the southern boundary of the Bishop Challoner School.
785
Mobile home site fronting Conder Street at the rear of 8—34 (even numbers) Aston Street.
1,865
Mobile home site between Conder Street and Camdenhurst Street at their junctions with Repton Street.
2,465
Fronting Fern Street and Knapp Road, south and west of the Devons Primary School.
1,280
Fronting Christian Street and Golding Street south of Rope Walk Gardens.
595
Junction of Bright Street and Hay Currie Street, adjacent to the Langdon Park School.
680
Mobile home site fronting Head Street to the north of and adjoining 541 Commercial Road.
1,120
Between Allen Road and Wright’s Road at their junction with St. Stephen’s Road.
2,120
Between Allen Road and Wright’s Road at their junction with Beale Road.
68.3
Site of 517 Roman Road.
1,160
Junction of Edgar Road (east side) and Bruce Road.
113
Fronting Copenhagen Place, north of Denmark Wharf and adjoining Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School.
Adjacent to the Raines' Foundation School—
250
Fronting Middleton Street and to the rear of the Pond.
995
Fronting Middleton Street.
215
At the junction of Middleton Street and St. Jude’s Road.
3,625
Between Smithy Street and Redman’s Road east of the Redlands Primary School and the Lansbury Institute.
410
Fronting Commercial Road at the junction with Sutton Street and adjoining St. Mary’s and St. Michael’s Roman Catholic Church.
555
South of nursery buildings between Sutton Street and Lukin Street.
480
At the junction of Chandler Street and east side of Meetinghouse Alley east of St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School.
272
Fronting east side of Meetinghouse Alley, south of the above site.
354
Fronting north side of Watts Street, south of the above site.
114
Fronting north side of Watts Street, east of the above site.
2,620
Junction of Lowell Street and Salmon Lane adjacent to the Sir William Burrough Primary School.
10,630
Bounded by Stepney Green, Garden Street, Stepney Way and Copley Street, including the mobile home site at 32 Garden Street.
Adjacent to south of the Templars School—
1,670
Fronting Globe Road (east side).
350
Fronting Tollet Street (west side).
4,885
Bounded by Braintree Street, Sceptre Road and Wessex Street.
4,970
Land fronting Ensign Street and bounded by Graces Alley, Wellclose Square and Harad’s Place formerly known as the Wellclose Square Primary School site but now forming the site of Shapla Primary School.
In the London borough of Wandsworth
9,300
Fronting Cabul Road (south side) and Shillington Street north and east of Shillington School.
In the City of Westminster
435
South of Harrow Road adjacent to the former Hermitage Street.

## Schedule 2 PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO LONDON BOROUGH COUNCILS

Approximate area (in square metres)
Description or situation of property
In the London borough of Bexley
256
Site of 20 and 21 Queen’s Road.
137
Site of 23 Queen’s Road.
129
Site of 26 Queen’s Road.
133
Site of 28 Queen’s Road.
387
Site of 32 and 33 Queen’s Road.
72.6
Site of part of 65 Crayford Road at rear of 76—86 Compton Place.
44.6
Site of part of 67—69 Crayford Road at rear of 48—58 Compton Place.
67.7
Site of 6 Shermanbury Place.
156
Site of 2—4 Shermanbury Place.
231
7—9 South Road.
1,205
Site of 17—29 (odd) South Road.
925
Site of 53—61 (odd) South Road.
374
Site of 65—67 South Road.
34—36 (even) Lower Road.
44 Lower Road.
48 Lower Road.
2,800
Nordenfeldt Works, Nordenfeldt Road (south).
2,480
South of Mildred Road and Winifred Road, adjacent to Nordenfeldt Works.
In the London borough of Bromley
2,076
84 and 86 Croydon Road, Keston and the strip of land fronting the north side of Croydon Road and situated at the rear of 11—15 Cedar Crescent, fronting 36—40 Croydon Road, 66 Croydon Road, and at the rear of 17—19 Cheyne Close.
163
Land fronting Croydon Road at the junction of Westerham Road (east) adjoining the Mark Inn Public House.
258
Land fronting 61 Croydon Road.
23
Land fronting 33 Croydon Road.
575
1 Leesons Hill, St. Mary Cray.
In the London borough of Greenwich
620, 656, 688 and 692 Woolwich Road.
In the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
40 Althea Road.
46 Edenvale Street.
56 Elbe Street.
33 Glenrosa Street.
44 Lindrop Street.
96 Townmead Road.
108 Townmead Road.
116 Townmead Road.
42 Tynemouth Street.
In the London borough of Harrow
46/46A Station Road.
Land fronting 106 Station Road.
8 and 12 Lowlands Road.
42 Bessborough Road.
In the London borough of Hillingdon
3,800
Builders yard and adjoining land in Dawley Road, opposite Orchard Cottages.
380
Embankment on west side of Dawley Road adjacent to north side of Bournes Bridge.
560
Embankment on east side of Dawley Road adjacent to north side of Bournes Bridge and incorporating part of Gramaphone Lane.
267
Part of transport depot, west of Dawley Road northwest of Bournes Bridge and adjacent to British Rail tracks (north side).
4,585
Land on the west side of Dawley Road and southwest of Bournes Bridge.
2,530
Land forming roundabout at junctions of Dawley Road, North Hyde Road and Bourne Avenue.
60
Land fronting 2—8 (even) Bourne Avenue.
62.5
Land fronting 1 and 3 Bourne Avenue.
15.7
Land fronting 123 Dawley Road.
164
Land in North Hyde Road (south side) fronting Dawley Road roundabout and situated west of Cavenham House.
2,230
Land in Dawley Road (east side) south of Dawley Road roundabout and facing Waltham Avenue.
In the London borough of Lambeth
230
83—87 (odd) Lambeth Walk.
5,000
51—79 (odd) Lambeth Walk, 27—34 (consecutive) Walnut Tree Walk, the sites of 55—58 (consecutive) Fitzalan Street, and the former warehouse site at the rear.
3,345
1—16 (consecutive) St. Olave’s House, Walnut Tree Walk; 1—12 (consecutive) St. Olave’s Gardens; land in St. Olave’s Gardens opposite 1—12 St. Olave’s Gardens and rear of 9—11 Walnut Tree Walk, together with the site of 67—71 (consecutive) Fitzalan Street.
1,765
The open space on the site of 89a—99 (consecutive) Fitzalan Street.
22,520
Open space land bounded by Fitzalan Street, Kennington Road, Lollard Street and the rear of Denby Court, Lambeth Walk.
Brixton Recreation Centre.
In the London borough of Merton
589
Land in Christchurch Road (west side) between the borough boundary (co-terminous with The Pickle) and Christchurch Road north of the junction with Runneymede.
540
Land in Christchurch Road (west side) between the borough boundary (co-terminous with The Pickle) and Christchurch Road south of Runneymede.
121.5
Land fronting 188—192 (even) Kingston Road.
175
Land fronting 182 Kingston Road at the junction of Kingston Road and Mostyn Road.
630
Land fronting 217 Kingston Road.
1158
Land and buildings forming former Paper Works situate between 2 Dorset Road and 4 Dorset Road.
In the London borough of Newham
325
Fronting North Woolwich Fire Station bounded by Fort Street, North Woolwich Road and Mill Road.
225
Site of 2—4 (even) Mill Road at the junction of Mill Road and North Woolwich Road.
In the London borough of Southwark
178.4
229 and 233 Lower Road.
112
4, 6 and 8 Plough Way and adjoining land fronting Plough Way at rear of 249 Lower Road.
In the London borough of Tower Hamlets
860
1—5 (odd), the site of 7, and 9—11 (odd) Turners Road.
1,440
15—23 (odd), 23a and 25—33 (odd) Turners Road.
660
37—47 (odd), Turners Road and land adjoining 47 Turners Road.
855
The sites of 27b St. Paul’s Way, 27—31 (odd) St. Paul’s Way and 53—55 (odd) Turners Road.
195
The sites of 60A and 60B Turners Road.
140
Site adjacent to 35 St. Paul’s Way.
3,800
24—26 (even) Turners Road, and the sites of 26a, 28—32 (even), and 36—52 (even) Turners Road, and 98—110 (even) Locksley Street.
500
88 and the sites of 90—94 (even) Locksley Street.
3,500
The sites of—
26A, 26, 30—32 and 38—42 (even) St. Paul’s Way; 236, 242 and 246 Burdett Road, and 65—83 (odd) Locksley Street.
1,355
Land at the junction of Turners Road and Locksley Street (west side), and the sites of 232, 234, 238, 240 and 244 Burdett Road.
75
Site of 44a St. Paul’s Way.
275
The surgery, 264 Burdett Road.
In the London borough of Waltham Forest
195
440 Hoe Street.
260
458 Hoe Street.
1,470
468—474 (even) Hoe Street, 1—15 (odd) Bakers Avenue and 22 Stanley Road.
1,840
10—16 (even) and the sites of 2—8 (even) Stanley Road, and land and premises to the rear of 553—559 (odd) Lea Bridge Road.
210
154 and 156 Lea Bridge Road.
215
162 and 164 Lea Bridge Road.
102
17 Elm Park Road.
In the London borough of Wandsworth
203 York Road, Wandsworth.

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order gives effect to proposals of the London Residuary Body, as modified by the Secretary of State, for the transfer of certain of the properties which it holds as successor in title to the Greater London Council. The effect of the modifications is that the transfers made by articles 2 and 3 are unconditional.
Article 2 of the Order transfers the properties listed in Schedule 1 from the Residuary Body to the Inner London Education Authority. Article 3 transfers the properties listed in Schedule 2 from that Body to the councils of the London boroughs in which they are situated.
Article 4 transfers relevant rights and liabilities.
Plans showing the land transferred may be inspected at the offices of the transferee authorities and at the Department of the Environment, Romney House, 43 Marsham Street, London SW1 3PY.

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