Residential Caravan Sites

HC Deb 29 May 1956 vol 553 cc23-4

36. Mr. J. Johnson

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what local, authorities have submitted plans for his approval regarding sites for static residential caravans.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (Mr. J. Enoch Powell)

As the Answer is necessarily long and detailed I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. Johnson

Does not the Parliamentary Secretary think it a good thing that local authorities should build these sites, with electricity, sanitation and so forth? Would he consider sending a circular on those lines to local authorities?

Mr. Powell

My right hon. Friend is considering the issue of a circular on this subject to local authorities.

Following is the answer:

Since 1952, approval has been given to proposals from the following local authorities for the provision of residential caravan sites to be owned by the local authority:

County borough councils:

• Coventry.
• Darlington.
• Exeter.
• Portsmouth.
• West Bromwich
• Worcester.

Borough councils:

• Andover.
• Chesterfield.
• Maidenhead.
• Morecambe and Heysham.
• Newcastle-under-Lyme.
• Nuneaton.
• Peterborough.
• Reigate.
• Scunthorpe.
• Uxbridge.

Urban district councils:

• Bushey.
• Cannock.
• Chesham.
• St. Austell.
• Spalding.
• Woking.
• Yiewsley and West Drayton.

Rural district councils:

• Chesterfield. Eton.
• Holderness.
• Rugby.
• Winchester.

Proposals from the following local authorities are under consideration: Barnsley County Borough Council. Maidenhead Borough Council. Hayes and Harlington Urban District Council. Sunbury-on-Thames Urban District Council.