§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by region, and in chronological order(a) all projects and (b) companies involved, the amounts they are investing and the amounts they are likely to receive, which have been offered a city grant.
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Approved city grant projects by region Date offer made Project name Developer's name Approved grant (£) Private investment Number of schemes West Midlands 6 October 1988 Windmill Lane, Smethwick McLean in the Inner Cities Ltd. 775,000 2,286,000 — 28 October 1988 Seven Stars Industrial Estate Deeley LCP Ltd. 1,627,000 4,748,000 — 9 January 1989 The Bond Raltorten Ltd. 391,355 785,000 — 9 January 1989 Garrick Business Park Garrick Properties Limited 750,000 4,099,000 — 18 January 1989 Startpoint Industrial Development Pentos plc 283,000 850,000 — 27 January 1989 Kings Norton Business Centre Slough Properties Ltd. 1,260,000 7,635,000 — 1 February 1989 Sandwell Ski Centre Glenarn Investments Limited 282,000 2,101,000 — 26 April 1989 Washington Centre, Dudley Folkes Properties Ltd. 3,500,000 8,486,000 — 10 May 1989 Garrison Lane, Ind. Dev. Birmingham J. A. Elliot (Developments) Ltd. 570,000 2,906,000 — 9 June 1989 Constitution Hill T. S. Gandhi 67,933 284,000 — 30 June 1989 St. Marks Church Conversion Quest International Partnership 368,865 1,037,000 — 3 August 1989 Waterlinks Waterlinks plc 6,200,000 22,600,000 — 22 August 1989 Walsall Chamber of Commerce Walsall Chamber of Commerce 68,377 281,000 —
§ Mr. MoynihanThe information requested is as follows:
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Date offer made Project name Developer's name Approved grant (£) Private investment Number of schemes 22 August 1989 Hay Lane/Bayley Lane, Coventry Ice Developments Ltd. 624,000 1,792,000 — 25 September 1989 Jewellery Business Centre Grosvenor Laing Urban Enterprise Ltd. 934,271 3,136,000 20 October 1989 Davenport Warehouse and offices, Willenhall H. Davenport & Sons Ltd. 110,000 604,000 — 14 December 1989 The Arcadian Centre Avatar Limited 3,200,000 17,160,000 — 27 February 1990 Browning Street, Ladywood Nationwide Housing Trust 902,000 3,375,000 — 27 February 1990 Bordsley Village, Phase I Bryant, Tarmac, Wimpey 1,401,257 5,200,757 — 29 March 1990 Batmans Hill Development, Sandwell Douglas Homes Limited 1,399,431 10,633,500 — 9 April 1990 Industrial Estate, Bilston Echo Estates (trading as Richardson Developments) 1,160,725 4,266,990 — 10 May 1990 Molineux Alley T. S. Frobisher Ltd. 666,120 1,723,550 — 10 May 1990 Old Heath Road, Wolverhampton Manders Property (Wolverhampton) Limited 154,421 3,066,472 — 11 May 1990 Tipton Trading Estate, Phase II A. & J. Mucklow 1,660,000 5,200,000 — 4 June 1990 Bordsley Village Initiative Bellway Urban Renewals (New Homes) Limited 3,720,603 10,990,500 — Regional Total 32,076,358 125,246,769 25 North west — 2 August 1988 Frederick Street, Farmworth Allen Homes Ltd. 202,820 1,766,000 — 2 August 1988 Prospect Mills Housing Tay Homes (Northern) Ltd. 649,773 1,593,000 — 24 October 1988 Oozebooth Mill Euro Jeans Ltd. 142,000 441,000 — 12 December 1988 Park Road Hotel Florshiem Company (UK), Limited 1,053,000 4,755,000 — 22 December 1988 Salford University Tower Manchester Parc Securities Limited and Amec Regeneration Limited 2,550,000 8,614,000 — 18 January 1989 Atlantic Mill Site Hillcrest Homes Limited 377,123 1,508,000 — 25 January 1989 Hazel Avenue and Acme Mill Housing Development Brackenlea Ltd. 580,000 2,915,000 — 3 March 1989 Ice Rink, Blackburn Arena Associates Ltd. 679,500 1,980,000 — 25 April 1989 Carriageway, Manchester Upton-Hunter Estates Ltd. 99,100 261,000 — 26 April 1989 Bell Crescent, Manchester Tay Homes (North West) Ltd. 621,700 2,347,000 — 26 April 1989 Every Street Housing Scheme Tay Homes (North West) Ltd. 456,615 1,674,000 — 9 June 1989 Rose Hill, Bolton Lovell Urban Renewal Ltd. 559,987 2,483,000 — 30 June 1989 Stretton Road/Tabley Road, Bolton Rushmoor Investments Limited 308,000 1,880,000 — 30 June 1989 Low Hollin Ind. Units, Blackburn Northern Trust Company Limited 100,992 312,000 — 14 August 1989 Moat House Hotel, Bolton Fraserfort Ltd. 900,000 9,430,000 — 22 August 1989 Portland Mews, Manchester Barratt Manchester Ltd. 451,000 1,907,000 — 6 November 1989 Queens Park Deck Flats, Blackburn Wimpey Homes Holdings Limited 738,620 3,300,000 — 24 November 1989 Housing and Urban Park, Lower Audley Elite Homes (North West) Ltd. 1,209,000 6,007,885 — 4 December 1989 Oak Hotel, Wigan Oak Group Hotel 360,000 3,991,000 — 19 December 1989 Bennington St. Housing, Lower Audley Lovell Urban Renewal Ltd. 707,000 3,577,000 — 19 December 1989 Exchange Street Development, Blackburn Rawlings Estates Limited 258,247 846,750 — 31 January 1990 Orient Mill, Salford Clark & Terry (Manchester) 202,000 875,000 — 27 February 1990 Grand Hotel, Manchester Trusthouse Forte PLC 1,215,000 15,799,000 — 27 February 1990 Woodside Mills Bellway Homes Ltd. 550,983 3,936,000 — 27 February 1990 Park/Persian Mill, Bolton, MK2 William Hargreaves Ltd. 398,233 2,969,405 — 27 February 1990 Wilson Park, Manchester Grand Metropolitan Estates Limited 3,519,810 11,863,760 — 27 February 1990 Oldham Town Centre Redevelopment Arlington Retail Developments Ltd. 4,793,842 65,330,330 — 23 March 1990 London Road, Blackburn Norwest Holst Partnerships Ltd. 688,407 3,152,000 — 23 March 1990 Derker Street, Oldham Wiggett Construction Ltd. 165,443 850,406 — 29 March 1990 St. Annes School, Manchester David Hill & Frank Moyle 107,290 315,000 — 29 March 1990 Units at St. Annes School, Manchester Meir Heilpern & David Adler 134,735 378,000 — 4 April 1990 Hurel-Dubois Factory, Burnley Hurel-Dubois UK Limited 135,730 480,000 — 6 April 1990 Crown Business Centre, Oldham P & O Developments Limited 200,000 1,350,000 — 10 May 1990 Kersal Vale, Salford Regalian Estates Ltd. 5,152,000 26,202,000 — 17 May 1990 Sovereign Business Park, Wigan Allen Commercial Developments Limited 362,760 3,000,000 — 22 May 1990 Brandsby Gardens, Salford Willan Homes Ltd. 100,000 585,250 — 31 May 1990 Globe Works, Padiham, Burnley Colway Contracts 63,140 200,000 — Regional Total 30,793,850 198,901,786 37
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Date offer made Project name Developer's name Approved grant (£) Private investment Number of schemes Northern 17 November 1988 7–19 Mosley Street Kelburn Holdings Ltd. 413,000 1,606,000 — 15 December 1988 Ascot Court, Phase 3, Farringdon Two Castles Ltd. 100,806 403,000 — 20 January 1989 Grosvenor Mews, North Shields R. A. Construction Ltd. 64,620 253,000 — 9 March 1989 Dean Street, Newcastle Avatar 351,000 896,000 — 9 March 1989 43–49 Grey Street, Newcastle City and Northern Properties Ltd. 487,500 3,660,000 — 22 March 1989 Coach Lane, North Shields Nomad Properties plc 88,892 442,000 — 10 April 1989 Gilley Law, Sunderland Wimpey Homes Holdings Ltd. 1,221,447 4,119,000 — 10 April 1989 Ascot Court, Sunderland, Phase 4 Two Castles Limited 54,910 309,000 — 21 April 1989 Wellington Road, Dunston Stannah Lifts LImited 200,704 1,002,000 — 26 April 1989 Boldon Business Park Boldon Investments Ltd. 1,230,940 2,472,000 — 5 May 1989 Owton Manor, Hartlepool Wimpey Homes Holdings Ltd. 570,000 1,454,000 — 8 June 1989 West Row, Stockton Glynns Estates (Cleveland) Ltd. 96,722 425,000 9 June 1989 Hartlepool Business Park East Mercia Developments Ltd. 634,600 3,940,000 — 9 June 1989 Mowbray Court, South Shields Red Castle Properties Ltd. 100,693 411,000 — 14 August 1989 Former Walkers Department Store Onix Construction Ltd. 128,500 414,000 — 20 September 1989 Baronshill Wimpey Homes Holdings Ltd. 438,445 1,116,000 — 23 October 1989 Grange Road, Middlesbrough Tendermill Ltd. 247,841 4,044,000 — 24 October 1989 Dorrington Road Flats Wimpey Homes Holdings Ltd. 1,087,000 2,817,400 — 5 December 1989 Clayton Street Highbridge Properties Ltd. 310,073 1,144,119 — 30 January 1990 Moore Street, Gateshead East Coast Ltd. 30,750 210,400 — 13 March 1990 Bertha Street Gowerflag Ltd. 78,077 336,700 — 15 March 1990 Newport Road: Phase 3 Roseberry Construction Co-operative Limited 223,900 1,068,090 — 17 May 1990 Jackson's Building, Newcastle Peaston Investments Ltd. 450,670 2,777,568 — Regional Total 8,611,090 35,320,277 23 Yorkshire and Humberside 26 October 1988 Abbey Park Barratt Leeds Ltd. 364,516 1,997,000 — 2 November 1988 175 Arundel Gate Manor Developments (Chesterfield) Ltd. 245,730 856,000 — 30 November 1988 Victoria Buildings Lynthorpe Property and Development Ltd. 72,790 224,000 — 13 February 1989 Canalside Warehouse Mr. Marino Belivacqua 100,567 349,000 — 9 March 1989 Huttons Buildings, Sheffield Crofton Place Estate Co. Ltd. 269,750 1,520,000 — 6 April 1989 Maxi's Chinese Restaurant Maxi's (Yorkshire) Co. Ltd. 74,000 614,000 — 11 April 1989 Site 2, Ringway Industrial Centre Slough Properties Ltd. 218,720 565,000 — 24 April 1989 Holroyd Hill/Wibsey Bank Amex Regeneration Limited 700,000 4,536,000 — 6 September 1989 The Sheffield Arena International Sports Marketing Inc. 4,750,000 26,250,000 — 20 September 1989 Tudor Square Hotel Able Property Developments Ltd. 1,044,000 10,080,000 — 20 November 1989 New Wholesale Market and Residential Development, Mark 2 Harrogate Properties Ltd. and Clayton Bowmore Ltd. 492,090 2,428,680 — 13 December 1989 Charnwood Hotel, Sheffield Charnwood House Limited 179,000 1,216,000 — 19 December 1989 Pelican House, Bradford Crownhold 80,000 350,000 — 17 January 1990 Roger Street Development Ackroyd and Abbott Ltd. 169,654 937,500 — 27 February 1990 Lower Grange, Bradford Wimpey Homes Holdings Ltd. 2,652,707 10,812,500 — 27 February 1990 Wombwell Industrial Estate, Barnsley Rafahart Limited 162,677 2,000,000 — 4 April 1990 Dubrovnik Hotel and Restaurant Mr. and Mrs. Basic 150,000 1,150,000 — 11 May 1990 Redbrook Business Park Tinselsave Limited 559,123 5,372,563 — 17 May 1990 Birdwell Development, Barnsley Rafahart Limited 453,982 1,873,832 — 18 June 1990 Thorncliffe Road, Industrial Units, Bradford J. R. Timme and Sons Ltd. 60,000 219,000 — 4 July 1990 Midland Road, Bradford J. and S. Batty Brothers Limited 136,860 720,000 — Regional Total 12,936,166 74,071,075 21 London 20 September 1988 Alami Import/Export Alami Import and Export Ltd. 780,000 2,547,000 — 25 January 1989 Alaska Works, SE1 Charterhouse Estates Limited 4,162,590 16,587,000 — 14 February 1989 Catholic Church Site, Deptford High Street First Premise Limited 157,785 437,000 — 27 February 1989 Atlantis Paper Company Atlantis Paper Company 400,000 3,277,000 — 1 March 1989 Ackermans Chocolates Ltd. Ackermans Chocolates Ltd. 70,000 280,000 24 July 1989 Priter Way Arches British Rail Property Board 505,000 2,500,000 —
Date offer made Project name Developer's name Approved grant (£) Private investment Number of schemes 7 November 1989 Archbishop Temple Lenta Business Space 500,000 3,855,000 — 24 November 1989 Ffinch Street Railway Arches, Deptford British Rail Property Board 300,000 1,070,000 — 19 January 1990 Stamford Wharf, Southwark CSCB Ltd. 3,327,050 15,300,873 — 27 February 1990 Former Synagogue, Brixton R. C. McLure Esq 1,033,000 4,058,000 — 23 March 1990 Sardar Manufacturing Company (Leather) Ltd. Sardar Manufacturing Company (Leatherwear) Ltd. 410,000 1,184,777 — 11 May 1990 Raleigh Hall Mk 2, Brixton Inner City Enterprises plc 359,212 988,070 — Regional Total 12,004,637 52,034,720 12 East Midlands 11 May 1988 8 Stanford Street, Nottinghamshire Rushcliffe Developments Ltd. 305,500 1,159,000 — 28 July 1988 Rutland Square Hotel Rutland Hotels Ltd. 738,000 2,478,000 — 2 August 1988 Sir Francis Ley Industrial Park South Shaftsbury Commercial Properties Ltd. 3,287,000 8,300,000 — 20 October 1988 The Nottingham Business Design Centre Priest Marian Developments 2,019,000 4,635,000 — 8 November 1988 20, 20a, Fletcher Gate Garratt Properties 159,304 424,000 — 24 November 1988 Glasshouse Street (Avalon Court) Avalon Holdings Limited 673,688 3,690,000 — 17 February 1989 Lamberts Factory Office Development Pickering Developments Ltd. 796,548 2,594,000 — 17 February 1989 Pilcher Gate, Nottingham James McArtney Architects 79,833 627,000 — 3 March 1989 St Johns Corner Provident Mutual Life Assurance Association 566,463 5,078,000 — 13 March 1989 Arnhem House, Leicester London & Manchester Assurance Co. Ltd. 708,200 6,079,000 — 29 March 1989 The Former Art Annexe Michael Goodall Quality Homes Limited 120,000 364,000 — 17 April 1989 Players Court, Nottingham Thomas Long & Sons Ltd. 969,590 3,000,000 — 18 May 1989 3 & 4 Kayes Walk, Nottingham Spenbeck Ltd. 129,534 444,000 — 14 August 1989 Commerce Square, Mk 2 Commerce Square Limited 1,630,874 4,886,000 — 22 August 1989 Kingsway Industrial Estate, Derby K & A Enterprises Derby) Ltd. 1,050,000 4,007,000 — 22 August 1989 Raynesway Park, Derby St. Modwen Developments Ltd. 564,000 2,930,000 — 5 June 1990 Bitterlings Factory Redev. Nottingham Topical (Nottingham) Limited 93,123 535,000 — 27 June 1990 Queensway Buildings, Leicester R. S. Gill, G. S. Gill, M. S. Gill, H. S. Gill. 445,167 1,084,660 — Regional Total 14,335,824 52,314,660 18 Merseyside 24 May 1989 Former Huntley & Palmer Building Anglo International Holdings Ltd. 334,690 1,307,000 — 10 October 1989 Green Bank: Ravenhead Green Bank Ltd. 6,330,000 19,350,000 — 1 November 1989 Halton Road, Runcorn John Ross Properties Ltd. 62,000 277,000 — 1 February 1990 Cathedral Chambers Commercial Area Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Christ 1,349,765 5,966,947 — 15 May 1990 The Hotties, St Helens Pilkington Properties Ltd. 3,048,000 14,130,000 — 5 June 1990 Prudential/Colonial Offices, Liverpool Villagate Properties Ltd. 1,164,000 5,428,630 — Regional Total 12,288,455 46,459,577 6 South West 22 December 1988 Hawks Gymnastics Centre Bristol Hawks Gymnastics Club Ltd. 145,000 310,000 — Regional Total 145,000 310,000 1 GRAND TOTAL 123,191,380 584,658,864 143
§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the average time taken in 1989–90 by each regional office of the Department of the Environment to process completed applications from the private sector for city grant.
§ Mr. MoynihanAlthough city grant applications are initially submitted through the Department's regional14W offices, they are considered by the appraisal team which is based in London. The average time to decide applications made in 1989–90 was 13 weeks.