HC Deb 10 February 1971 vol 811 cc168-9W
Mr. Dormand

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will give further consideration to the establishment of a derelict land reclamation agency as recommended by the Hunt Report.

Mr. Graham Page

No. It would be a mistake to take this work away from local government.

Mr. Dormand

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what criteria are used in the official designation of derelict land.

Mr. Peter Walker

For the purposes of survey local planning authorities are asked to record land so damaged by industrial or other development as to be incapable of beneficial use without treatment but not to include land in active use or subject to restoration conditions. They are asked to distinguish between derelict land justifying treatment and derelict land not justifying treatment.