as open play space, except for a parade of 50 shops adjoining the bus station on the south-west side of the site.
(iii) One secondary and two primary schools, a Post Office, and ancillary buildings for community use which have been
located as separate units, and which will not be built by the Authority.
123. The estate will provide accommodation, at a nett density of about 1,930 persons per acre, for approximately 43,720 persons (about the same as the population of Dartford, Kent), the number of flats being as follows:
4-person flats
5-person flats
6-person flats
7-person flats
8-person flats
10-person flats
Total
2,322 3
3,862
43
1,308
48
Costs
7,586
124. The estimated total cost of the housing scheme is $52,459,925, and the cost per person housed is reckoned at about $1,210. It is hoped that if this estimate is not exceeded, an overall average rent of $10 per person per month will be possible. It is, of course, realized that the larger families in the $300 - $400 income group will, generally speaking, not be able to afford the rent of the 8-person flats, but it is provisionally planned to let the top three floors of the seven storey blocks at reduced rents (to compensate for the absence of lifts) in order to try to provide for such families. Government has approved a loan of $47.5 millions to finance the scheme (the balance being met from the Authority's resources).
125. From the outset the Authority has considered that the estate should be developed as a 'neighbourhood unit' along the lines of that of the So Uk Estate, as domestic in character as can be consistent with ultra-high-density housing. There must be a sense of space without waste of land, the whole to be easily managed and administered. The details of the accommodation have been carefully considered, and it is believed that the scheme adopted meets these conditions.
Flat Units
126. Much research was devoted to the relationship between the 4-, 6-, and 8-person flats, in order to integrate them into one standard
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