§ 51. Mr. Manderasked the Minister of Agriculture what action is being taken by the Commissioners for Crown Lands to preserve from destruction Munster Square, Regent's Park, designed by Nash and under their guardianship?
§ The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. W. S. Morrison)The plans for re-development in the area east of Regent's Park between Cumberland Market and Longford Street —which includes Munster Square—will be settled in consultation with the Town Planning Department of the London County Council and the Crown Lands Advisory Committee, and will ultimately be exhibited in the House for inspection before building is commenced. I understand that the tenement houses referred to were designed by a private leaseholder, and not by John Nash, and are dilapidated and in many respects out of date as houses to be lived in. The question 429 whether these or other buildings on the estate ought to be preserved on architectural grounds will, however, receive the fullest consideration before the plans for development are finally settled. For fuller information on the general proposals for the development of this area, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave on 26th January last to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Bridgwater (Mr. Croom-Johnson).