HC Deb 28 May 1971 vol 818 cc246-7W
Mr. Mason

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the dereliction clearance schemes that have been approved in the Barnsley area, specifying the type of dereliction, the total cost, and how much these schemes have benefited from Government aid.

Mr. Graham Page

The following derelict land reclamation scheme has been given final approval for grant purposes in the area of the Barnsley county borough council, thus allowing the council to start work. Grant at 75 per cent. of the net eligible cost is payable under the Local Employment Act, 1970.

derelict land reclamation schemes have been given final approval for grant purposes, thus allowing local authorities to start work. Grant at 75 per cent. of the net eligible cost is payable under the Local Employment Act, 1970, except for the schemes marked *, which were begun before that Act came into operation and aree eligible for 50 per cent. grant under the Local Government Act, 1966.

DERELICT LAND RECLAMATION SCHEMES
Local authority Name of Scheme Estimated Gross Cost Estimated Net Eligible Cost Type of derdeliction
£ £
Normanton U.D.C. … Hopetown 59,600 59,600 Spoil heap and subsided land.
Normanton U.D.C. … Pontefract Road, No. 2 14,340 1,840 Old colliery and chemical works.
Penistone R.D.C. … Maythorn Cross Quarry 426 426 Quarry.
Rotherham R.D.C. … Remount Farm, Ph. I 1,712 1,712 Spoil heap and flooded land.
Rotherham R.D.C. … Ridge Road 6,724 5,999 Quarry.
Rotherham R.D.C. … Land at Catcliffe 3,259 3,259 Glass-works.
Wakefield C.B.C. … Land at Alverthorpe 40,125 40,125 Railway land.
Wakefield C.B.C. … Dunn's Warehouse 4,930 4,930 Derelict mailings.
Wakefield C.B.C. … Windhill Quarry 5,905 5,905 Brickclay workings.
West Riding C.C. … Land at Gilcar 88,420 86,920 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Tickhill Low Common 1,000 1,000 Derelict workings.
West Riding C.C. … Waleswood Colliery 70,930 12,730 Colliery.
West Riding C.C. … Woolley Edge Drift Mine 660 660 Colliery waste and buildings.
West Riding C.C. … Water Haigh Colliery 55,283 52,283 Colliery waste.
West Riding C.C. … Darfield/Wombwell Ph. I 92,870 37,870 Spoil heaps and subsided land.
West Riding C.C. … Darfield/Wombwell Ph. II 65,173 60,673 Abandoned buildings.
West Riding C.C. … Darfield/Wombwell Ph. III 5,200 5,200 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Whitwood Main Tip 102,200 102,200 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Crigglestone Colliery 95,200 90,700 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Crigglcstone Colliery Pit 40,480 39,880 Colliery surface installation.
West Riding C.C. … Kiverton Park Colliery 92,995 77,995 Spoil heaps.
West Riding C.C. … Newmarket Silkstone 14,768 14,768 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Upton Colliery Tip Ph. I 15,915 15,915 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Worsbrough Basin 5,475 5,475 Derelict canal.
West Riding C.C. … New Mockton 3 and 4 Colliery 38,500 35,900 Spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Methley Junction 68,600 66,600 Colliery spoil heap.
West Riding C.C. … Don Pedro 79,649 46,649 Spoil heaps and railway embankment.
*West Riding C.C. … Hoyland Silkstone Ph. I 18,517 13,617 Spoil heaps.
*West Riding C.C. … Maltby Main Colliery 1,000 1,000 Spoil heap.
*West Riding C.C. … Lindale Hill Quarry 1,248 1,248 Quarry.
*West Riding C.C. … Hound Hill Waste Heap 442 442 Spoil heap.
*West Riding C.C. … Darton Main Colliery 18,000 18,000 Spoil heaps.
TOTAL—45 Schemes 1,272,250 1,074,225