HC Deb 20 December 1974 vol 883 c748W
Mr. Roderick

asked the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to page 62 of Command Paper No. 5645, "Cymru: Wales 1973", if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a breakdown of the 11,500 acres of land available for housing in the form of Table 2 of the Department of the Environment Circular 102/ 72.

Mr. John Morris

The Welsh Office issued a separate Circular, 234/72, on land availability. The information derived from the returns of that circular is as follows:

TOTAL ACREAGE AND APPROXIMATE HOUSING CAPACITIES FOR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SITE
Category of Site Gross Acreage Approximate Housing Capacity in Dwellings
A.New sites of three acres or more 11,513 92,297
B.New sites of less than three acres 1,179 9,060
C.Re development Sites—
Public Sector 394 5,289
Private Sector 118 1,154
D.Sites under Construction—
Public Sector 160 2,173
Private Sector 1,669 15,431
E.Total for all Sites 15,033 125,404

The figure of 11,500 acres referred to in the question represents Part A of the Table only.

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