HC Deb 12 December 1967 vol 756 cc94-5W
Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will publish a list of schemes for the removal of derelict sites in the county of Durham indicating those so far completed and the dates when the remainder are to be completed.

Mr. Skeffington

Information in this form is not available. Local authorities are responsible for the timing of schemes after approval for Exchequer grant which may be paid on completion of the work or by instalments as work proceeds. Details of schemes approved in Durham are as follows:

Local authority Name of scheme Acreage of derelict land
Schemes on which grant has been partly paid
Consett U.D.C … … Templetown (Stage I) … … … 20.0
Easington R.D.C … … Shotton—Front Street … … … 11.0
Felling U.D.C … … Felling Shore … … … 49.0
Heworth Shore (I) … … … 2.1
Heworth Shore (II) … … … 6.2
Gateshead C.B.C. … … Coach Road … … … 8.2
Spennymoor U.D.C. … … Tudhoe Ironworks (Stage I) … … … 60.0
Sunderland C.B.C … … Town Moor … … … 7.0
Roker Park … … … 1.5
Whickham U.D.C … … Axwell Park … … … 7.0
Schemes on which no grant has yet been claimed
Bishop Auckland U.D.C … … Escomb Pit … … … 3.6
Blaydon U.D.C … … Garesfield Colliery … … … 30.2
Brandon and Byshottles U.D.C. … … Meadowfield Heap … … … 36.1
Crook and Willington U.D.C. … … Brancepeth Colliery waste heap … … … 47.9
Woodifield Colliery … … … 3.0
Durham B.C. … … Back Claypath … … … 1.5
Durham C.C. … … Cocken Terrace (Durham R.D.) … … … 2.5
Tudhoe Ironworks (School site), Spennymoor … … … 7.5
High Toft Quarry … … … 5.3
Hunter's Hill (Barnard Castle) … … … 6.7
Old Whitehouse Colliery (Durham R.D.) … … … 1.8
Victoria Road (Hebburn) … … … 10.3
Durham R.D C … … Lambton Hill … … … 8.3
Hartlepool B.C. … … Spion Kop … … … 15·0
Jarrow B C … … Salt Grass—R Don … … … 30.7
Sedgfield R.D.C … … Trimdon Grange … … … 12.0
Spennymoor U.D.C. … … Tudhoe Ironworks (Stage II) … … … (see Stage I)
Stanley U.D.C. … … Burns Pit Heap … … … 45.4
Dipton Delight Colliery … … … 8.4
South Tanfield Colliery—Kyo Lane … … … 12·7
East Pontop Pit Heaps … … … 15.8
Pontop Pit Heaps … … … 9.3