§ Mr. Barnettasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what proposals have been submitted to him for housing and industrial development by local authorities in the county of Dorset; and how many have been approved by him.
§ Sir K. JosephSo far, five authorities in Dorset have submitted programmes for building a total of 368 houses next year, and these I have approved. Over the past two years two local authorities have submitted proposals for industrial development which they wanted to carry out. I approved one, by the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Borough Council, to develop Chickerel airfield for industry and other uses. The other, by Blandford Forum Borough Council, to build a factory for a printing firm, was not provided for in the development plan, and the council would therefore have had to ask the county council to amend the plan had they wished to pursue it.