§ Mr. Tilneyasked the Minister of State for Defence whether he will list all the defence camps in the United Kingdom which are at present unoccupied and are unlikely to be so in the foreseeable future 223W and which could be made available to meet demand for building land in their area, showing the number of years that each has been unoccupied.
§ Mr. BlakerThe following camps are at present unoccupied; they are surplus to defence requirements and are in course of disposal by the Property Services Agency. The use of these camps after disposal is a matter for the respective local planning authorities.
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England Period since declared surplus Bedford Chicksands 3 years Cambridgeshire Duxford Airfield 4 years Cheshire Wilmslow 3½ years Handforth 12½ years Hack Green 5 years Cumberland Hadrians Camp 3½ years Dorset Piddlehinton Camp (part) 3½ years Durham Barnard Castle (Humbleton Camp) 4½ years Essex Beacon Hill Camp, Harwich 10 years North Weald Airfield 3½ years Laindon Camp, Basildon 1½ years Hampshire Beaumont Barracks, Aldershot 1 year Kent West Mailing Airfield 4 years Milton Barracks, Gravesend 3 years Shorncliffe Barracks (Part) 2½ years London Kidbrooke Camp, SE9 13 years TA Centre, White City 1 year Lancashire Depot, Ulnes Walton 6 years Seaforth Barracks, Liverpool 6 months Lincolnshire Faldingworth Airfield 1 year Shropshire Humber Camp, Donnington 7 years Depot, Harlescott (Part) 9 months Somerset Burnshill Camp, Taunton 3 years Staffordshire Depot, Featherstone 8 years Depot, Marchington (Part) 2 years Suffolk Stradishall Airfield 2½ years Surrey Wisley Airfield 6 months Sussex Broadbridge Heath Camp, Horsham 3 years Tangmere Airfield 1 year Maresfield Camp, Uckfield 3 years
Period since declared surplus Warwickshire Bruntingthorpe Airfield 3 years Wiltshire Sub-Depot, Monkton Far-leigh, Corsham 6½ years Chiseldon Camp, Swindon 5 years Watchfield Airfield 1 year Yorkshire Low Moor Camp, York 3 years Cavalry Barracks, York 1½ years Carnaby Airfield 4 years
Wales Merioneth Tonfanau (Part) … … 2½ years A small number of other camps which are unoccupied were included in the Defence Lands Committee's review, the report on which is expected soon.