HC Deb 12 April 1994 vol 241 cc67-9W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by county, hectarage and location the Forestry Commission land sold in Wales since 1 July 1993 where(a) access agreements have been concluded and (b) access agreements have not be concluded, and the price of each piece per hectare.

Mr. Redwood

The areas of forest land in Wales sold by the Forestry Commission since 1 July 1993 are shown in the following table, which also includes those where an access agreement has been concluded. The price paid per hectare is only given where the purchaser has agreed that such information can be made public.

County and name of property Area (hectares) Price (£S) per hectare Access agreement
Clwyd
Bryndethol 7.00 1,900
Bryn y Pys 76.00
Cambrian Quarry Wood 19.00
Coed Esgyufa 6.00 1,700
Coed Galltegfa 2.00
Crown Wood 0.40
Graig Wen 13.00
Llwyngelli 10.00
Maes Mynach 10.00 800
Rhydygasseg 6.00
Travellers Inn (road improvement) 0.50 4,300
Worlds End 84.00 1,300
Dyfed
Allt Cae Ffynon Wen 3.00 1,600
Allt Cilfrychen and Goredig 27.00
Allt Cwm Tywyll 5.50 1,900
Allt Hafod Wen 8.00 1,500
Allt Penlan Fach 4.00
Allt Pistyll Dewi 33.00
Allt Pwll Priddog 19.00
Allt y Down and Allt Pant Lleuci 16.00
Allt y Gwydre 14.00 1
Brist Coed 5.00
Cae Sarah 4.00 2,300
Careg Fadog Wood 6.00
Cefn Eithin 7.00
Coed Cae Sara 5.00 1,200
Coed Cwm Llwfog 15.00
Coed Newydd, Gwastad 48.60
Coed Weddus 4.00 2,800
Cresselly Big Wood 48.00
Cwm Bran Wood 8.00 4,100
Cwm Croiddur Wood 7.00
Cwmfran Fawr 3.00 3,100
Cwmffrwd (pt) 0.50
Cwm Gwachel 15.00
Factory Wood 3.00
Gelli Cefn y Rhos 7.00 1,700
Glebe Farm Woods 17.00 1,600
Hafod Iwan 32.00 900
Llanerch Alder Carr 2.40 800
Maespant 7.00 2,100
North Wood 27.00 1,300
Quarry Wood 7.00
Rhosgeler 9.00
Taldrum 5.00 1
Tan y Lan 32.50
Tan yr Allt 7.00
Wenallt Fawr 17.00 1,800
Ystrad Einion Lea Mine 3.80
Gwent
Barbadoes Hill (land at) 0.50 8,000
Graig Syddi 28.00 1
Luggas Wood and Youngs Grove 15.00
Gwynedd
Braich Blaen Tafolog 28.10
Bro Cymner (land at) 0.02
Conwy Falls Fish Pass 0.70 7,500
Irby Plantation 4.00
Parc Main 5.00
Tyn y Coed 16.50 500

County and name of property Area (hectares) Price (£s) per hectare Access agreement
Mid Glamorgan
Fochriw to Deri (main sewer imp.) 0.30 1,700
Llanbradach (colliery road) 0.01 50,000
Powys
Craig yr Henffordd 7.50 2,500
Cwmbach/Cwmcoch 44.00
Gribin 21.00 3,600
Gwern y Bwlch Fach 2.00 3,100
Nant Ffridd Fawr 13.00 3,100
Sprigs Wood 6.00 50
Stocking Wood 8.00 2,000
Waun Fawr 18.00 3,100
1 Areas of land where an access agreement has been concluded.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out his target for the sale of Forestry Commission land in Wales in the current year and for the next five years.

Mr. Redwood

As announced in Cm 2514, "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1994–95 to 1996–97 for the Departments of the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Forestry Commission", table 13.12, the commission plans to sell 15,000 hectares of forest land in Britain in each of the next three years. The proportion of this that will be sold in Wales will depend on the state of the market, particularly the demand for forest land in different parts of Britain, but the commission estimates that it will be in the region of 15 per cent. As yet, no firm plans have been made for sales in future years.