§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the number of(a) public highways and thoroughfares, (b) private houses and (c) local authority houses that were lost in the development of the London Docklands development scheme; and what resources have been made available to local and family historians to trace such lost communities.
§ Mr. KeyDevelopments in London docklands have not led to the loss of any public highways or thoroughfares.
LDDC has sought to minimise the loss of existing public and private housing. Some demolition is unavoidable in connection with the LDDC's Limehouse link road and a small number of smaller schemes. Over 500 households have recently been rehoused in connection with the link. The rehousing options offered by LDDC included three attractive newly built estates to help retain existing communities as well as providing a wide choice of homes in or near the area.
LDDC has also helped a number of docklands organisations involved with local history, including some 469W £32,000 in grants over the past two years for the Island History Trust, the Rotherhithe heritage museum, and Bermondsey memories.