HC Deb 20 July 1977 vol 935 cc599-604W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report those recommendations of the Nugent Committee's Report on Defence Lands which have been carried out during the last six and 12 months, respectively.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The following areas recommended in the Nugent Report were passed for disposal to the Property Services Agency of the Department of the Environment during the last six months:

Aston Down, Gloucestershire 356 acres
Andover, Hampshire 283 acres

For the preceding six months the corresponding details are:

Shotley, Suffolk 228 acres
Driffield, Yorkshire 56 acres
Manorbier Camp, Dyfed 225 acres
East Moor Cliffs, Dyfed 43 acres
Rosneath, Dunbartonshire 4 acres

Work on the recommendations concerning sites at:

  • Gosport (Browndown), Hampshire
  • Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire
  • Leconfield, Yorkshire
was completed in the last six months and in respect of sites at
  • Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire
  • Millpool, Cornwall
  • Donna Nook, Lincolnshire
  • during the preceding six months.

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those recommendations of the Nugent Committee's Report on Defence Lands which have not so far been implemented, but the Government still hope to implement.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The list is as follows:

Bedford, Bedfordshire (page 71, para. 6b).

Edlesborough, Buckinghamshire (page 76, para. 3).

Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire (page 80, para. 4b).

Penhale, Cornwall (page 91, para. 9b, c and d).

Predannack, Cornwall (page 93, para. 5b).

Dunkeswell, Devonshire (page 125, para. 5b).

Fremington (Instow), Devonshire (page 127, para. 5b).

Lympstone (Straight Point), Devonshire (page 131, para. 10b, c, d and e).

Lulworth, Dorset (page 158, para. 92c).

Portland Bill, Dorset (page 161, para. 6b).

Wethersfield, Essex (page 171, para 5c).

Lydney, Gloucestershire (page 174, para.3).

Purfleet, Greater London/Essex (page 178, para. 8b).

Christchurch (Steamer Point), Dorset (page 190, para. 5a).

Netley, Hampshire (page 198, para. 4).

Ross on Wye, Hereford and Worcester (page 203, para. 7c).

Dover/Folkestone Complex, Kent (page 215, para. 18b).

Maidstone (Sandling Wood) Kent, page 217, para. 4)

Cranwell, Lincolnshire (page 228, para. 6).

Fulbeck, Lincolnshire (page 229, para. 3).

Swinderby, Lincolnshire (page 232, para.3b).

Watton, Norfolk (page 239, para. 5a).

Otterburn, Northumberland (page 244, para. 6b and e).

Ollerton (Dukeries), Nottinghamshire(page 250, para. 9).

North Luffenham, Leicestershire (page 253, para. 5).

Wrekin, Shropshire (page 258, para. 5).

Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (page 260, para. 4b and c).

Yoxter, Somerset (page 262, para. 5b).

Lichfield (Whittington Barracks), Staffordshire (page 265, para. 6d).

Orfordness, Suffolk (page 272, para. 5).

Kenley, Surrey (page 278, para. 8c).

Thorney Island, Sussex (page 284, para.14c).

Warwick (Wedgnock), Warwickshire (page 287, para. 3).

Pershore, Hereford and Worcestershire (page 303, para. 3).

Llansilin, Clwyd/Shropshire (page 337, para. 3).

Manorbier, Dyfed (page 354, para. 6d).

St. Davids, Dyfed (page 354, para. 5c).

Eastriggs, Dumfries (page 361, para. 4).

Rosneath, Dunbartonshire (page 364, para.3c).

Edinburgh (Dreghorn and Castlelaw Hill), Midlothian (page 375–6, para. 24b, c, d, g, h, and I).

Dungiven. Co. Londonderry (page 387, para. 5b).

Magilligan, Co. Londonderry (page 390, para. 12b and c).

General recommendations Nos. 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 21 on pp. 4–7 of the report have been partially implemented but more work remains to be done.

Page and paragraph numbers relate to the Defence Lands Committee's Report.

Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list any defence land which is being disposed of, or has been disposed of during the last 12 months, which was not recommended for disposal by the Nugent Committee's Report on Defence Lands.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The following property not recommended for disposal by the Defence Lands Committee (1971–73) was passed to the Property Services Agency for disposal within the last 12 months:

MARRIED QUARTERS: ENGLAND
Avon
Pucklechurch 32
Bedfordshire
Biddenham 4
Leighton Buzzard 5
Bedford 10
Berkshire
Aldermaston 98
Bracknell 3
Burghfield 52
Buckinghamshire
Beaconsfield 2
Halton 20
Cambridgeshire
Upwood 9
Cheshire
Cheadle Hulme 6

Cornwall
Helston 24
Saltash 1
Derbyshire
Etwall 1
Devonshire
Honiton 32
Wrangaton 3
Dorset
Lyme Regis 6
Durham
Stainton Camp 126
East Sussex
Eastbourne 11
Essex
Chadwell St. Mary and Stanford Le Hope 63
Colchester 10
North Weald 20
Shoeburyness 103
Upminster 2
Greater London
Feltham 1
Ruislip 2
Stanmore Park 2
Hampshire
Bramley 1
Bordon 1
Portsmouth 96
Worthy Down 2
Hereford & Worcester
Droitwich 1
Hartlebury 14
Pershore 1
Worcester 2
Hertfordshire
Watford 2
Kent
Dymchurch 1
Folkestone 2
Gillingham 1
Lancashire
Chorley 3
Stockton Heath 5
Leicestershire
Wigston 1
Lincolnshire
Bardney 1
Digby 2
Holbeach 1
Manby 20
Norfolk
King's Lynn 1
Thetford 2
Watton 10
North Yorks
Catterick 1
Flyingdales 1
Ripon 2
Whitby 11
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham 40
Oxfordshire
Bicester 100
Brize Norton 15
Headington 4
Oxford 4
Shropshire
Cosford 20
Oswestry 59
Somerset
Yeovil 4
South Yorks
Sheffield 2

Staffordshire
Fauld 10
Marchington 83
Stafford 12
Suffolk
Felixstowe 1
Ipswich 1
Surrey
Camberley 34
Nutfield 7
Woking 72
West Midlands
Wolverhampton 2
West Sussex
Crowborough 1
Horsham 23
Lindfield 1
Littlehampton 29
Newhaven 2
Wiltshire
Bulford 4
Erlestoke 1
Hullavington 1
Pewsey 1
Married Quarters: Scotland
Fife
Rosyth 372
Lothians
Edinburgh 1
South Queensferry 1
Strethclyde
Bishopton 36
Greenock 1
Married Quarters: Wales
Dyfed
Brawdy 2
Pembroke Docks 7
South Glamorgan
Barry 9
Cardiff 2
Penarth 2
St. Athan 61
Other Properties: England
Cambridgeshire
Upwood 3
Cornwall
St. Eval 2
Cheshire
Chester 2
garages
Devon
Dartmouth 2
Honiton 59
Dorset
Christchurch 3
Durham
Dunhouse Wood 45
Streatlam Camp 67
Essex
Warley Regimental Chapel
Greater London
Woolwich Shop
Gloucestershire
Barn wood 5
Quedgeley Railway Sidings
Hampshire
Gosport 8
Middle Wallop 1
Odiham Bulk Fuel Installation
Winchester 63

Hereford and Worcester
Hartlebury 210
Worcester 80
Kent
Biggin Hill 139
Lancashire
Burtonwood 21
Haydock 6
Leicestershire
Wymerswold 36
Lincolnshire
Beckingham 31
Digby 1
Norfolk
Stoke 2
North Yorks
York 3
Nottinghamshire
Newton 3
Nottingham 57
Oxfordshire
Benson 11
Bicester 4
Somerset
Taunton 2
South Yorks
Bawtry 1
Staffordshire
Fauld 498
Suffolk
Wattisham Ex-station theatre
Pirbright 1
Kineton 2
Wiltshire
Chitterne 3
Everleigh 7
Salisbury 2
Shipton Bellinger 3
Other Properties: Scotland
Dumfries and Galloway
East Riggs 1
Fife
Leuchars 1
Rosyth 1
Lothians
South Queensferry 4
Orkney
Lyness 84
Western Isles
Benbecula 15
Other Properties: Wales
Powys
Cwrt-y-Gollen 4
Sennybridge 4
Other Properties: Northern Ireland
Down
Kinnego Range 5
Irvinestown 1
Londonderry
Ballykelly 27

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