21. Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Bennettasked the Minister of Town and Country Planning why he is charging £15 development charge on a small plot of ground presented to the Solent Home Guard Rifle Club, of Swanwick, Hampshire, for use as a miniature rifle range.
§ Mr. DaltonThis assessment was made by the Central Land Board and agreed by the parties.
Surgeon Lieut.-Commander BennettDoes not the right hon. Gentleman agree that, as the land was donated and the labour in converting it into a range is free and done by the club members, this charge is rather a very heavy impost on the club, bearing in mind that it is a patriotic and not a luxury organisation?
§ Mr. DaltonI naturally have sympathy with a case of this kind. This, however. is what is laid down by law, and I understand that both parties concerned have agreed and the payment has in fact been made.