HC Deb 25 October 1972 vol 843 cc338-52W
32. Mr. Edwin Wainwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humberside region who have submitted schemes for land reclamation over the past four years, along with details and costs of each scheme; and if he will also give information about each completed project.

Mr. Graham Page

Over the past four years, 60 local authorities in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region have submitted 188 schemes for land reclamation at a total cost of £3,125,510.

Following are the details:

RECLAMATION OF DERELICT LAND YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION
A. County Council Schemes
Completed schemes only
County County District Name of Site Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
East Riding CC Derwent RD Osgodby Airfield 1.1 600 130
Bridlington RD Carnaby Airfield 1 500 150
Lindsey CC Glanford Brigg RD Appleby Brickworks 2 1,550 March, 1971 Public open space
Welton RD Fulnetby RAF site 31.87 3,758 March, 1972 Public open space
Spilsby RD East Kirkby Airfield 13.62 3,470
Gainsborough RD Blyton Airfield 3.6 800
West Riding CC Kiveton Park RD Kiveton Park Colliery 67.34 97,408 15,000
Kiveton Park RD Waleswood 78 74,920 58,200 June, 1971 Industry and agriculture
Darfield/Wombwell UD's Darfield/Wombwell Spoil Heap Phase I 75.28 124,463 55,000
Worsbrough UD Worsbrough Canal Basin 7.5 5,475 December, 1971 Public open space
Darton UD Darton Main Colliery 29.5 18,548
Rothwell UD Lofthouse/Robin Hood Colliery 45.52 28.410
Maltby UD Maltby Main Colliery 12.75 2,123
Stanley UD Lindale Hill Quarry 8.33 1,319 27.4.72 Public open space
Rothwell UD Newmarket Silkstone Colliery 18.28 14,768
Hoyland Nether UD Hoyland Silkstone Colliery 7.69 18,517
Hemsworth RD Upton Colliery Tip 14.6 15,889 1971 Amenity
Morley BC Bruntcliffe II Colliery 8.14 2,024 1971 Amenity and forestry
Spenborough BC Stanley Colliery Phase I 7.43 9,365 November, 1971 Open space
Rothwell UD Water Haigh Colliery 55.68 58,231 3,000 April, 1972 Agriculture and forestry
Featherstone UD Don Pedro Colliery 50.13 85,007 33,000
Normanton UD Gilcar Tip 67.46 96,682 1,500
Kirkburton UD Lepton Edge Colliery 19 16,179 550
Darfield/Wombwell UD's Darfield/Wombwell Collieries Phase II 60.7 69,857 4,500
Darfield/Wombwell UD's Darfield/Wombwell Collieries Phase III 13.61 5,200 March, 1972 Amenity
Completed schemes only
County County District Name of Site Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Spenborough BC Stanley Colliery Phase II 8.5 7,000 350
Tickhill UD Tickhill Low Common Colliery 5.5 1,210
Rothwell UD Methley Junction Tip 62 68,600 2,000
Castleford BC Whitwood Main Tip 82.5 102,200
Hemsworth RD New Monckton 3 and 4 34 41,154 2,600
Morley BC East Ardsley Colliery 65.67 91,839 3,000
Wakefield RD Woolley Edge Drift Mine 3.25 660 1971 Tree planting and amenity
Wakefield RD Crigglestone Colliery Tip 95 100,331 4,500
Wakefield RD Crigglestone Colliery Pit 29.4 39,880 600
Mirfield UD Gregory Springs Colliery 7.5 19,680 2,500
Hoyland Nether UD Vizard Road railway embankment 7.10 17,482
Keighley BC Dimples Quarry 9 15,760 October, 1972 Public open space
Thorne RD East Land, Stainforth 15 13,800
Wortley RD Westwood Tip 225.75 21,500
Hebden Royd UD Nutclough Works 4.67 20,000
Wombwell UD Wombwell Main Colliery 95.51 125,356 Not yet known
Horbury UD Horbury Lagoons 56 30,996
B. County Borough, Borough and District Council Schemes
Completed Projected only
Authority Name of Scheme Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Adwick le Street UD Ridge Balk Lane 3 6,221
Aireborough UD Old Factory, Yeadon 2 20,320 1971 Open space
Barnoldswick UD Railway Line 10.2 34,580 5,696
Barnsley CB Wharncliffe Woodmoor 86.3 54,663
Broadway Tip 4.5 5,638
Barnsley Canal 1.1 6,965
Batley BC Lady Ann Road Quarry 0.1 5,680 May, 1972 Amenity
Bradford Road/Batley Field Hill 2 38,496
Bingley UDC Dubb Lane 0.25 1,750 1,250
Bradford CB Westgate Hill Street 11.39 20,000 1971 Open space
Fenby Avenue 28.8 69,560 1971 Open space
Wilson Square 1.13 29,500 4,250 May, 1972 Immigrant Reception Centre
Brighouse BC Healey Wood Road 1.04 823
North Cut 0.2 350
Rastrick Common 0.25 820 1971 Public open space
Lillands Lane 1.9 6,600
Clifton Common 0.25 13,750
Colne Valley UD Canal, Slaithwaite 1.25 12,961 1971 Open space
Conisbrough UD Doncaster Road/Denaby Main 2.97 3,283 1970 Amenity area
Dearne UD Goldthorpe 2 1,870 August, 1971 Amenity area
Denby Dale UD Cross Lane, Skelmanthorpe 4 2,651 1969 Open space
Dewsbury CB Huddersfield Road 2 28,179
Headfield Road 5.87 7,460 August, 1972 Open space
Dodworth UD Gilroyd 3.5 3,271
Doncaster CB Greenfield Lane 6 35,000 28,000 November, 1970 Light industry
Doncaster RD Edlington 37 57,112 51,400
Warmsworth 2.75 8,925
Earby UD Aspen Lane 1.25 6,427
Elland UD Elland Bridge Mills 0.5 3,296
Featherstone UD Wakefield Road 22.08 22,299 3,000
Loscoe/Snydale 7.58 1,296 September, 1972 Linear parkway and nature reserve
Completed Projects only
Authority Name of Scheme Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Gainsborough UD Caskgate Street 1.7 53,710 2,300
Glanford Brigg RD Hibaldston Quarry 2.6 1,800
Grimsby RD Healing 4 4,130 1971 Open space
Halifax CB Ovenden Park Camp 32.4 43,430
Ramsden Street 1 11,896 1971 Open space
St. Paul's Churchyard. 1.5 11,848
Wood Terrace/Huddersfield Road 0.4 2,529 February 1972 Open space
Crossley Hill/Farrar Mill Lane 0.2 1,750
Exley Bank 0.02 1,584
Hebden Royd UD Bridge Lane 1.1 1971 Open space
Bankfoot and Marshall Terrace 0.126 1,403 July, 1970 Open space
Hawksclough, Hebden Bridge 0.31 2,378 June, 1970 Open space
Gibraltar, Hebden Bridge 0.07 1,050 December, 1969 Amenity
11 Lee Royd, Heptonstall 0.007 264 October, 1969 Amenity
Foster Lane, Hebden Bridge 0.1 1,033 1971 Open space
Commercial Street, Union Street and Green Row 0.2 9,328
Stocks Lane, Mytholmroyd 0.1 1,013 1971 Open space
Lees Road, Hebden Bridge 0.1 1,545
Raglan Terrace, Hebden Bridge 0.20 4,200 1971 Amenity graded slope
Old Gate, Hebden Bridge 0.05 950
Hawksclough Mill 0.227 6,025
Hemsworth RD Vale Estate, South Elmsall 6 3,421 1971 Open space
Hoyland Nether UDC Hawshaw Lane Tree Planting Scheme Phase 1.12 707 1970 Tree planting
Hawshaw Lane Phase II 1 3,744 Visual amenities to industrial estate
Huddersfield CB Kilner Bank Site 10.5 4,420
Fartown 5.75 15,097
Whitehead Lane 3.5 2,804
Ilkley UD Westville Road, Bolton Bridge Road 0.97 12,076 7,500
Bolton Bridge Road/Cunliffe Road 0.42 58,440 5,000
Menston/Burley in Wharfedale 16.05 55,500 6,500
Easby Drive, Westville Road 1.8 34,055 12,000
Completed Projects only
Authority Name of Scheme Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Keighley BC Arctic Street 0.33 500 1971 Tree planting, play area
Land at North Beck 1.5 1,197 1971 Tree planting
Catherine Street 1.0 1,182 1971 Amenity open space and play area
Providence Lane Dam 0.6 645 1971 Amenity area
Morton Sewage Farm 3.5 2,751 1,050
Kirkburton UD Whitley Clough 20.26 3,500 1,000
Kingston upon Hull CB East side of National Avenue 17.17 58,538
Leeds CB Amberton Road Tip 2.6 14,593
York Road Tip 9 18,186
Trentham Works 0.5 6,950 1971 Public amenity, open space
Belle Isle tram track 3.5 4,000 1971 Amenity
Pollard Lane brickworks 19.85 45,525 March, 1972 Amenity
Hawksworth Quarry 3.6 2,000
Mary Pit, Cross Gates 1.07 1,986 1971 Play area
Hough Branch Quarry 1.55 2,434 1971 Play area
Barrowby Lane Pit 0.69 683
Wetherby Branch Line, Stanks 10.25 12,460
Hawksworth Quarry Phase II 7.7 4,200
Roman Terrace Quarry 1.75 1,953
Shadwell Lane 1.75 1,974
Meltham UD Station Street and Slaithwaite Road 0.3 1,514 30.9.72 Public open space
Mexborough UD Glen Quarry 1.75 3,659 900 1971 Open space
Whitelea Grove Trade Estate 10 34,604 27,700 1971 Industrial estate
Pastures Road 0.5 829
West Road 1 4,200
Dobcliffe Common Quarry 2 2,045
Garden Street 0.7 7,920 1,600
Bank Street 0.53 4,979
Mirfield UD Doctor Lane/Nettleton Road 0.6 16,597 2,250
Morley BC Tingley 0.25 995
Normanton UD Pontefract Road, Cawood-Wharton 6 14,913 12,500
Don Pedro 34.61 59,600
Ossett BC Queen Street and Runtlings 1.4 22,502 1971 Residential and amenity use. Major development roadway
Completed Projects only
Authority Name of Scheme Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Penistone UD Maythorn Cross Quarry 1 426 June, 1971 Open space
Green Moor, Delf 10 1,730
Queensbury and Shelf UDC South Lane, Shelf Tips 6 4,800
Rotherham CB Rotherham Main Colliery 35 142,447
Ridge Road, Quarry 1.04 6,724 725
Remount Farm Tips Phase I 3.4 1,712 March, 1971 Public open space
Magna Lane, Dalton 1.2 1,761 400
Dalton Sewage Works 4 2,480
Wickersley Sewage Works 1.25 1,478
The Glass Works, Catcliffe 0.5 3,259
Royston UD South of Royston Cemetery 3.35 4,906
Rothwell UD Wood Lane/Churchfield Lane, Rothwell 1.25 5,127
Saddleworth UD Diggle 16.15 41,598
Sheffield CB Birley Vale 36.3 40,082
Sowerby Bridge UD Luddendenfoot—Boy Mill 0.1 800 1970 Reinstatement of surrounding area
Bolton Brow 0.35 2,385 1970 Amenity
Bolton Brow II 0.3 1,813 1971 Amenity
Solomon Hill 0.2 873
Shipley UD Park Street Quarry 2.7 5,974
Spenborough BC St. John's House, Cleckheaton 0.4 5,200 1971 Car parking
Salvation Army Hall, Cleckheaton 0.1 640 1971 Car parking
Halifax Road, Liversedge 2.63 21,000 18,000
Westgate Long Church, Liversedge 0.85 2,093
Wharncliffe Road, Methodist Church, Whitcliffe Road 0.3 4,950
Springfield Mills, Cleckheaton 4.05
High Street Mill, Cleckheaton 0.3 8,400
High Street/Booth Street, Cleckheaton 0.45 3,968 2,800
Toftshaw Moor Colliery East Bierley 3.3 1,450
Tadcaster RDC Skew Bridge 1.04 8,564 400
Todmorden BC Portsmouth site 0.3 1,508 1971 Open space
Hollins Mill, Walsden 0.3 1,433 1971 Open space
Lower Ferney Lee 0.2 1,335 1971 Open space
Shackleton Street/Bobbin Street 0.3 650 1971 Open space
Knotts Nos. 1 and 2 0.25 1,412 1971 Open space
Royal Oak Inn Site, Spring Side 1 2,438 1971 Amenity
Castle Hill (Upper Site) 1.8 1,021 1971 Amenity
Kitson Wood Road/Marshall Street 0.57 3,694
Completed Projects only
Authority Name of Scheme Acreage Gross Cost After Value Date Completed After Use
Little Knowle Terrace, Copperashouse Mill 11.4 4,465
Nebcote, Halifax Road 0.06 324 1971 Amenity
Water Place, Rochdale Road 0.14 585 1971 Amenity
Club Street/Spring Terrace 0.1 496
Swan Place 0.046 510
Wakefield CB Railway Line, Alverthorpe 12 40,125 5,500
Windhill Quarry 6.1 9,140
Dunn's Warehouse 0.5 4,930
Dewsbury Road 3.11 3,428
Thornes Moor Road 27.4 15,963
Wakefield RD (Notton Parish Council) Manor Close, Notton 0.5 70 30.6.71 Amenity
Wetherby RD Keswick Lane, Bardsey 2 11,125 7,000
Wombwell UD South east of Wombwell Park 15 7,671