§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment which planning authority in the North-West Region spent most on restoring derelict land in 1970, where the costs of acquisition and restoration are expressed as a percentage of the authority's rateable income.
§ Mr. Graham PageTaking the estimated gross capital costs for 1970–71, before the payment of grant, as a proportion of the estimated rate or precept income for that year, the highest percentage among local planning authorities in the North-West Region is 11 per cent. for Bury C.B.
§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will 71W name the local authorities in the North-West Region which failed to reach their land clearance targets for 1970, as given in the 1969 derelict land survey.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe derelict land surveys do not identify targets of individual authorities. They provide figures of land restored by all agencies, including local authorities, during a given year and estimates—which tend to be over optimistic—of the amount expected to be restored by all agencies in the ensuing year. In the North-West Region the acreage restored in 1970 was less than the estimate in all local planning authority areas except one. In Barrow-in-Furness C.B. three acres were restored compared with an estimate of two acres.
§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the local authorities in England with derelict land capable of being renewed which failed to deal with any acreage in 1970.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe annual derelict land surveys show the acreage of land the restoration of which has been completed during the year. They do not show the acreage of land the restoration of which is in progress but has not been completed. The 1970 survey showed a nil acreage restored in the areas of 37 local planning authorities. The areas are as follows:
- NORTH WEST REGION
- Blackpool C.B.
- Burnley C.B.
- Bury C.B.
- Liverpool C.B.
- Oldham C.B.
- Rochdale C.B.
- Salford C.B.
- Stockport C.B.
- Wallasey C.B.
- WEST MIDLANDS REGION
- Herefordshire C.C.
- SOUTH WEST REGION
- Bath C.B.
- Devon C.C.
- Dorset C.C.
- Plymouth C.B.
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- NORTHERN REGION
- Carlisle C.B.
- Hartlepool C.B.
- Westmorland C.C.
- YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE REGION
- Barnsley C.B.
- Doncaster C.B.
- Huddersfield C.B.
- Lincolnshire-Lindsey C.C.
- Sheffleld C.B.
- Wakefield C.B
- York C.B
- EAST MIDLANDS REGION
- Derby C.B.
- Leicester C.B.
- Lincolnshire-Kesteven C.C.
- EAST ANGLIA REGION
- Suffolk West C.C.
- SOUTH EAST REGION
- Berkshire C.C.
- Canterbury C.B.
- Eastbourne C.B.
- Hampshire C.C.
- Hastings C.B.
- Isle of Wight C.C.
- Luton C.B.
- Portsmouth C.B.
- Reading C.B.
§ Mr. Laurance Reedasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the average cost of acquiring and reclaiming an acre of derelict land in southeast Lancashire.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe average gross cost per acre of derelict land reclamation schemes in south-east Lancashire approved by the Department since 1st April, 1970, was £1,520, including land acquisition.
The costs of individual schemes range from about £150 an acre to £3,800 an acre, omitting the very small schemes.
§ Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total acreage of derelict land in the West Riding; how many acres were restored in each year from 1966 onwards; and what land reclamation schemes are currently in progress or planned and given final approval by his Department in the county.
§ Mr. Graham PageThe last completed derelict land survey showed a total of 7,726 acres of derelict land in the administrative county at 31st December, 1970, of which 5,092 acres were considered to justify treatment. 38 acres were reclaimed in 1966, 160 in 1967; 91 in 1968; 103 in 1969 and 537 in 1970. The present position as regards local 73W authority schemes finally approved for great purposes is as follows:
Schemes in progress Acreage Estimated gross cost 27 812 £991,519 Schemes not vet started Acreage Estimated gross cost 32 166 £293,750