§ Mr. Redwoodasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the 10 largest public owners of derelict and unused land by acreage, together with the acreage held by each.
§ Mr. TrippierThe registers of unused and under-used land owned by public bodies compiled under part X of the Local Government Planning Land Act 1980 contain details of parcels of land larger than one acre in size (a few sites smaller than this have been entered at public request). The 10 public bodies with the largest areas of land currently entered on the registers are:
Acreage 1. British Rail 9,339 2. Central Electricity Generating Board 3,258 3. Warrington Development Corporation 2,123 4. National Coal Board 2,011 5. Telford Development Corporation 1,989 6. Commission for New Towns 1,712 7. British Steel Corporation 1,358 8. Kent County Council 1,345 9. Tyne and Wear County Council 1,319 10. Leeds City Council 1,233