HC Deb 20 April 1988 vol 131 cc482-3W
33. Mr. Tim Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much vacant land has been handed over to the Property Services Agency by Government Departments for disposal and has not been sold after 12 months.

42. Mr. Jessel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much land has been handed over to the Property Services Agency by Government Departments for disposal and has not been sold after 12 months.

64. Mr. David Shaw

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the owners of public vacant land in respect of which he has issued more than three disposal notices since the procedures were introduced.

Mr. Trippier

The information is as follows :

My right hon. Friend has given notice, under section 99 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, on more than three occasions, to the following public bodies in respect of unused and underused land in their ownership :

  • Barking and Dagenham LB
  • Cheshire CC
  • Derbyshire CC
  • Doncaster MBC
  • Hounslow LB
    • 483
  • Kingston LB
  • Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
  • Lambeth LB
  • Leeds City Council
  • Manchester City Council
  • Sheffield MDC
  • Shropshire CC
  • Southwark LB
  • Sunderland MBC
  • Tameside MBC
  • Trafford MBC

66. Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by size of land holding, the largest public owners of vacant land.

Mr. Trippier

The information is as follows: On 31 March 1988, the 10 public bodies with the largest areas of land recorded on the registers of publicly-owned unused and underused land were:

Acres
1. British Rail 8,613
2. DHSS 3,926
3. CEGB 2,724
4. Commission for New Towns 2,507
5. Telford Development Corporation 1,878
6. British Coal 1,781
7. Warrington Development Corporation 1,640
8. Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority 1,410
9. Bristol City Council 1,312
10. Leeds City Council 1,222

58. Mr. Alexander

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much dormant land has been handed over to the Property Services Agency by Government Departments for disposal and has not been sold after 12 months.

Mr. Chope

I refer my hon. Friends to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Mr. Bowis) earlier today.

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