HC Deb 16 June 1938 vol 337 cc409-11W
Mr. Stokes

asked the Minister of Health what has been the total area acquired and the total price paid for the site of the Ringway Airport, in Cheshire,

and the previous rateable value of the land; whether the various purchases include the Fir Tree Farm, of about 124 acres at £6,885; Lode Hill, Styall, of 130 acres at £19,450 and the Grange Farm of 230 acres for which the owners were claiming £90,000; what sum was awarded by the arbitrator for the Grange Farm and what was its rateable value; also what other land was acquired stating the price paid and the previous rateable value?

Mr. Elliot

The total area, including the three individual properties mentioned, is approximately 636 acres and the price paid £53,300. The arbitrator's award for Grange Farm (203 acres) was £11,850, and for the other two properties as stated in the question. The remaining portion of the site comprising 179 acres consisted of a number of small properties which were acquired altogether for £15,115. The whole of the land purchased was formerly agricultural land and therefore de-rated.