§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretry of State for the Environment what account he will take of the observations of London borough councils on the study by Messrs. Coopers and Lybrand on the east Thameside housing and of the strategic implications of any of the site schemes on transport, education and other personal services.
§ Mr. TrippierMy right hon. Friend is taking careful account of the comments received from the London boroughs.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the properties and housing units designated as affordable on each of the sites in the London borough of Newham considered in the east Thameside housing study, stating the approximate level of income required under current conditions to purchase two bedroom affordable accommodation.
§ Mr. TrippierThe study considered general price levels of houses of varying types at the lower end of the east London owner-occupier market. It was not required to designate specific properties or dwellings within the study areas as affordable.
§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the density in both habitable rooms per acre and persons per acre in each of the sites in the London borough of Newham reported on in the east Thameside housing study, together with comparable figures approved by him applicable to public and private housing, respectively, within the area of the modified Beckton district plan.
§ Mr. TrippierThe consultants were asked to consider standard densities for housing and development at Stratford rail yards, Beckton gas works and the lower Lea valley of approximately 90, 100, and 120 habitable rooms per acre net respectively—not densities on the basis of persons per acre.
My right hon. Friend is not required to approve the modified Beckton local plan.