HC Deb 22 July 1919 vol 118 cc1296-7

  1. (1) Where a local authority nave acquired or appropriated any land for the purposes of Part 1ll. of the principal Act. then, without prejudice to any of their other powers under that Act, the authority may—
    1. (b) with the consent of the Local Government Board sell or lease the land or part thereof to any person for the purpose and under the condition that that person will erect and maintain thereon, such number of houses suitable for the working classes as may be fixed by the local authority in accordance with plans approved by them, and when necessary will lay out and construct public streets-or roads and open spaces on the land, or will use the land for purposes which, in the opinion of the local authority, are necessary or desirable for or incidental to the "development of the land as a building estate in accordance with plans approved by the local authority, including the provision, maintenance, and improvement of houses and gardens, and other works or buildings for. or for the convenience of. persons belonging to the working classes and other persons.

Lords Amendment:

In Sub-section (1,b), after the word "gardens" ("houses and gardens"], insert the words factories, workshops, places of warship, places of recreation.

—Agreed to.