HC Deb 18 February 1949 vol 461 cc220-2W
Mr. Molson

asked the Minister of Works whether he will now give particulars of the programme of office building requiring 2½ million square feet in central London and 3 million in the suburbs; and for which Government Departments the buildings will be required.

Mr. Key

The programme of office building in Central London (2½ million square feet) is made up as follows:—

1.Permanent Crown Buildings.
Square Feet.
Whitehall Gardens (First Part) 270,000
3–8a, Whitehall Place 64,000
334,000
2. Buildings to be taken on Lease.
Lacon House, Theobalds Road 142,000
Belfort House 106,000
St. George's House, New Oxford street 105,000
Building in Rockey Road, Shepherds Bush 119,000
St. Anselm's House, Davies Street 69,000
Clive House, Petty France 81,000
11–12, Buckingham Gale 10,000
77–91, New Oxford Street 86,000
4–5, Princes Gale 26,000
5–11, Lower Regent Street 28,000
Civic House, Kensington 300,000
151, Shaftesbury Avenue 33,000
45–50. Holborn Viaduct. 129,000
1,234,000
Total in hand or about to start 1,568,000
Further area required 932,000
2,500,000

The programme in Outer London (3 million Square Feet) is as follows:—

1. Temporary Buildings.
Square Feet.
Victoria Road, Ruislip 110,000
Brockley Hill, Stanmore 43,600
Brockley Hill, Stanmore 112,000
Lime Grove, Eastcote 45,400
Honeypot Lane, Canons Park 72,400
Tolcarne Drive, Northwood Hills 40,000
Leatherhead Road, Chessington 36,500
Barwell Court, Chessington 178,500
Kingston-by-Pass, Hinchley Wood 20,000
Manor Road, Hinchley Wood 127,000
Kidbrooke 101,000
West Kent Golf Course, Bromley 85,000
Kingston-by-Pass, Tolworth 77,000
Chapel Farm Road, Mottingham 64,000
1,112,400
2. Buildings to be taken on lease.
Charteris Road and Snakes Lane Woodford 11,000
Brook Green Road. Hammersmith 47,000
58,000
Total in hand or about to start 1,170,400
Further area required 1,829,600
3,000,000

Whitehall Gardens will be occupied by the Board of Trade and the Air Ministry and 3–8, Whitehall Place by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. I cannot specify the Departments for which the rest of the buildings will be required but this programme, which is designed to enable me to release requisitioned premises, will affect most Departments.