HC Deb 21 January 1985 vol 71 cc266-7W
Mr. Steen

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the orders he has made requiring local authorities to dispose of vacant, derelict or under-used land, including the authorities and the acreage involved in each order; when each order takes effect; what the consequences will be; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Macfarlane

Four directions were made on 19 November 1984, under section 98 of the Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980, in respect of the following:

Location Approx. acreage Landowner
Barmpton Land West, Darlington 3 Darlington borough council
Barton Lane, Clifton Nottingham 17 Nottingham city council
Oozewood Road, Roy ton 6 Oldham borough council
Doxford Park Way, Silksworth Sunderland 6 Sunderland borough council

The directions, which took effect when they were issued, instructed the landowners to take steps to dispose of the land by tender within a specified period. I am monitoring progress in each case.