HC Deb 26 February 1971 vol 812 cc293-4W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the number of sites and the total number of acres of derelict land within the Rother Valley constituency; and what is the number of sites and acres of derelict land which have been cleared or improved in each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Graham Page

The local planning authority reported that at the end of 1969 there were 474 acres, of which 392 acres were considered to justify treatment. The number of individual sites was not given. The acreage restored from 1964 to 1968 was reported as nil; for 1969 as 18; and a preliminary report gives a figure of at least 70 acres restored in 1970. Earlier figures have not been supplied. Since 1968 five local authority schemes covering 165 acres have been given final approval by the Department for grant purposes, allowing work to start.