Spoil Heaps (Hansard, 11 April 1962)

§ Mr. Ellis Smith

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will give the names of local authorities where

LOCAL AUTHORITY SCHEMES FOR THE TREATMENT OF SPOILHEAPS
Local Authority	Name of tips	Whether cleared for use or improved in appearance by landscaping	Nature of Work
Approved Schemes
Ashton-under-Lyne B.C. (Lancashire C.C. Scheme)	Crickets Lane	Used for school playing fields	Demolition of buildings, excavations, drainage.
Aspull U.D.C. (Lancashire C.C. Scheme)	Pennington Green	Restored for agriculture	Site clearance, cultivation and grassing.
Hetton-le-Hole U.D.C.	Hetton Lyons Colliery	To be cleared for industry	Demolition of colliery buildings, clearing and levelling of spoilheaps.
Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C. (Lancashire C.C. Scheme)	Industrious Bee	Cleared for housing and open space	Levelling heaps removing disused railway line.
	Amberswood Common (part in Hindley U.D.C.)	To be restored to agriculture	Draining, cultivation and grassing.
Morley B.C. (West Riding C.C. Scheme)	Bruntcliffe	Restored to agriculture	Levelling, ditching, grassing, tree-planting.
Newcastle-under-Lyme B.C. (with Staffordshire C.C.)	Land at Silverdale and Apedale	To be used for open space and forestry	Fencing and tree planting.
Spenborough B.C. (West Riding C.C. Scheme)	Eddercliffe, Stanley colliery	Cleared for agriculture and school playing fields	Levelling, grading, fencing and cultivation.
Wigan C.B.C.	Montrose Avenue	Cleared for school playing fields and public open space.	Grading, levelling and filling a stream bed.
Wombwell U.D.C. (West Riding C.C. Scheme)	Balk Lane	Improving appearance	Levelling, drainage, tree-planting, grassing.
Workington B.C	Annie Pit Lane	Cleared for open space	Levelling and grading, soiling and grassing.
Schemes under consideration
Ince-in-Makerfield U.D.C.(Lancashire C.C. Scheme)	Site of Bamfurlong Colliery	To be restored to agriculture	Grading and levelling, cultivation and grassing.
Blyth B.C.	South Newsham pit heap	To improve appearance and provide caravan site	General tidying up.
	New Delaval Pit heap	To provide possible industrial site	Levelling.
Rhondda B.C	Ynysfeio tip Treherbert	To be used for industry and housing.	Clearance of spoilheaps.
	Ynyscynon (West) tip, Llwynypia	To be used for industry	Completion of levelling.

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coal tips have been cleared; whether improvements were made by grass or trees; what proposals are being considered; and what are the numbers and names of the tips concerned.