§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many acres of land have been purchased in each district by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in each of the past five years; how many dwellings have been completed on these green field sites; how many dwellings are still under contract; how many more dwellings are proposed on green field sites in each district; what is the number of first preference applications on the housing list for each district; and which estates in each district are being built exclusively for applicants who are now residing outside the district.
§ Mr. David MitchellThese are matters for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, but I understand from its chairman that the number of acres of land which have been vested and purchased by agreement in each district council area in each of the past five years are as follows:
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Completed District Council 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 No. Under Contract at 31 March 1981 No. Proposed 1981–32 Londonderry 546 486 402 154 360 132 341 Limavady 108 104 80 82 59 19 43 Coleraine 168 154 171 115 110 61 74 Ballymoney 91 171 114 31 11 12 — Moyle 104 127 29 30 26 14 35 Larne 126 153 101 8 15 1 13 Ballymena 283 145 96 44 88 13 29 Antrim 571 581 196 — 15 77 — Magherafelt 280 208 77 57 39 13 59 Cookstown 104 167 148 15 20 104 — Strabane 177 259 119 5 96 14 96 Omagh 108 350 200 134 59 12 50 Fermanagh 575 192 174 170 88 48 211 Dungannon 100 37 162 58 120 132 40 Craigavon 171 308 420 102 — 22 69 Armagh 78 151 133 70 95 18 75 Newry/Mourne 509 677 289 209 83 138 149 Banbridge 168 120 142 57 130 71 60 Down 273 191 172 6 152 67 78 Lisburn 460 106 325 55 248 217 445 Newtownabbey 138 184 87 172 29 15 — Carrickfergus 146 113 23 — 14 7 82 North Down 138 184 87 172 39 — 108 Ards 181 180 101 12 39 204 203 Castlereagh 136 54 17 9 — — 92 Belfast 224 183 266 334 775 978 1,797 The number of first preference applicants on the waiting list for each district is as follows:
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District First Preference Applicants Ballymena 1,297 Antrim 1,399 Newtownabbey 1 1,089 Newtownabbey 2 1,460 Carrick 987 Larne 846 Ballycastle 421 Ballymoney 656 Londonderry 1 990 Londonderry 2 923 Londonderry 3 792 Limavady 666 Coleraine 1,315 Magherafelt 669 Strabane 960 Omagh 1,021 Cookstown 641 Dungannon 801 Enniskillen 1,237 Belfast 1 1,885 Belfast 2 2,710 Belfast 3 1,574 Belfast 7 2,431 Belfast 4 2,024 Belfast 5 1,758 Belfast 6 1,637 Bangor 2,197 Newtownards 1 1,476 Newtownards 2 699 Dundonald 1,036 Newtownbreda 1,637 Lisburn 1,476 Dunmurry 799 Poleglass 880 Downpatrick 1,374 Banbridge 783 Newry 1 1,057 Newry 2 722
District First Preference Applicants Kilkeel 305 Armagh 1,019 Craigavon 419 Lurgan 952 Portadown 726 Grand Total 49,746 This includes 20,401 transfer requests from existing NIHE tenants.
The Housing Executive does not build housing estates exclusively for applicants who are now residing outside the district.