HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 cc234-7W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the defence bases that have been closed and sold since 1990 together with the purchasers and the current use where known. [21229]

Mr. Soames

The information requested is as follows:

Base Purchaser Proposed use at date of sale)
6. Land at Sandbank Highlands and Islands Enterprise New Industrial park
7. Supply Depot and Pier Cowal Leisure Ltd. Marine/storage use
8. Sailing Club Holy Loch Sailing Club Existing use
9. Rankin Complex Highlands and Islands Enterprise Site redeveloped— industrial development
10. Gladswood Villa, West Street, Dunoon H. Forbes Residential
Inverrary Pier I. Turner Existing use
OFD Invergordon
1. Depot The Bannerman Company Transport/storage
2. Tomich Pumphouse J. C. W. Horlick Agricultural storage
RNSD Lathalmond
1. Storage Depot Industrial Estates (Scotland) Ltd. Industrial Estate
2. Disused rail sidings J. J. Ritchie and Son Farmland
Filton Airfield British Aerospace Airfield and associated uses
Primrose Camp, Rosyth, Fife The Earl of Elgin Not known
USN Radio Station, West Murkle, Thurso Bay G. C. Walker Agriculture
Radio Station, Inverkip, Strathclyde H. M. S. Stewart Not known
Winston Barracks, Lanark Baxter Bryce Ltd. Not known
Rosneath:
1. Storage Depot D. R. M. Bruce Industrial
2. Dark Wood a) The Adventure Sailing Trust Caravan base for sailing club
3. Dark Wood b) United British Caravan Parks Additional caravan park
4. Dark Wood c) P. Henderson Woodland
Former USN Communications Station, Forss (Lybster) Fleet Transport (Aberdeen) Possible light industrial
Met. Office Site, Shanwell, Tayport Finlay Agriculture
324 Engineer Park, Livingston Fife and Kinross Investments Ltd. Vehicle compound/storage
Former Aerial Site, Hawklaw, Fife W. G. S. Innes-Smith Farm
'St. Lukes', Regimental HQ and Museum The Gordon Highlanders Regimental museum
SEMO Gillingham, Kent Medway (Chatham) Dock Company Specific use not known but related to the purchaser's activities
RAF Chessington, Surrey Consortium involving Bryant Homes and Sir Alfred McAlpine Residential development
HMS St. Vincent (Furze House), London Monopro Ltd. Not known
Burniston Barracks, Scarborough Persimmon Homes Mixed development?
Willems Park, Aldershot Tesco plc Superstore/retail
Bramley, Hants Wimpey Residential
RNAD Milford Haven:
1. Depot Waterfront Development, Pembroke Ltd. Residential development
2. Land and Building Preseli Pembroke District Council Existing use
3. Land Gulf Oil Refinery Ltd. Existing use
4. Farmland E. Harries Farm
5. Farmland L. Philpin Farm
6. Houses Various Existing use
RAF Northcoates, Lincolnshire Wessex and Cambrain Estates Ltd. Business park and airfield
Base Purchaser Proposed use at date of sale)
RAF Ely, Cambridgeshire:
1. 7.26 acres Department of Health (Lifespan Healthcare Trust) NHS Hospital
2. 32 acres Wilcon Homes Residential development
RAF Orfordness (Site included an area owned by FCO) National Trust Certain areas are now open to the public
RNSM Risley, Cheshire Redman Heenan Properties Ltd. Not known
RAF Jurby Head, Isle of Man Bishops Court Investments Ltd. Finance Company HQ
RAF Bawdsey Manor Mr. Toettcher Language school/college
Ex RN Repair Depot, Fareham Truryn Leisure Residential
RN Boom Defence Depot, Swanmore, Southampton The Hayward Partnership Storage
Jellalabad Barracks, Taunton New Properties Frontiers Residential
Mount Wise West, Plymouth Plymouth Development Corporation Commercial use
Royal William Yard, Plymouth Plymouth Development Corporation Commercial use
Mountbatten, Plymouth Plymouth Development Corporation Commercial use
Old Infirmary, Plymouth Plymouth Development Corporation Not known
Connaught Barracks, Woolwich MR Pankhania Westcome Home Improvement Ltd. Commercial/development site
Postal and Courier Depot, Whetstone Fairview Homes Residential development site
HMS Mercury, Petersfield Arundel Estates Conversion to flats and housing applied for
Peninsula Barracks, Winchester Arundel Estates Residential
RM Eastney:
1. Eastney Barracks Truryn Leisure Residential
2. RM Club Trustees of RM Club RM Club
3. Eastney Fort East Hampshire Country Council Museum
4. North Wing Former Officers' Mess Hampshire County Council Museum
It is my Department's practice not to record the use of a site once it has been sold, so the proposed use at the time of disposal is shown on the list.