HC Deb 13 March 2000 vol 346 cc26-7W
Mr. Paul Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list (1) the size of sites designated as previously developed vacant land sites within the three relevant Government regions in the Thames Gateway Regeneration area; [114069]

(2) the (a) size and (b) number of potential dwellings on sites designated as previously developed land which are allocated in a local plan (i) for any use and (ii) as having planning permission for housing that exist in each of the Government regions in the Thames Gateway Regeneration area; [114070]

(3) the size of sites designated as previously developed land which (a) have redevelopment potential, but have no planning allocation or permission and (b) require some form of remediation work within the relevant Government regions in the Thames Gateway Regeneration area. [114071]

Ms Beverley Hughes

The Thames Gateway area is made up of parts of a number of boroughs and districts within the London, South East and East of England Government Office regions. The information is not therefore available in either the form or detail requested. However, the table provides an extract from the Supplementary Table on the National Land Use Database website (www.nlud.org.uk). It shows, for the core districts in the existing, non-extended Thames Gateway area, total amounts of previously developed vacant land, derelict land and land occupied by vacant buildings reported by each local authority. The portions allocated for housing use in the local plan or with planning permission for housing area are also shown. Not all of this land will be available for redevelopment. The table additionally shows amounts of land currently in use with allocation for redevelopment for any use or with planning permission for housing. The figures refer to the time of the survey in 1998, and have not been adjusted for some cases where the coverage was partial (as indicated by the footnotes). The estimates are a "snapshot" for 1998 and take no account of future supply of previously developed land.

Previously developed land that is unused or may be available for redevelopment1 by land type and Planning Authority: England 1998
hectares
Planning Authority2 Area Previously developed vacant land of which proposed for housing Area Derelict land and buildings of which proposed for housing Area Land occupied by vacant buildings of which proposed for housing Area Land currently in use with planning allocation for any use or planning permission for housing of which proposed for housing
Thames Gateway
Thurrock UA 18 7 206 184 — 1— 10 10
Barking and Dagenham 2 1 19 — 5 — 7 —
Bexley 10 10 10 — 3 3 8 7
Greenwich 46 1 155 53 4 — 30 14
Havering 40 3— 34 3— 1 3— 13 1
Newham 95 429 32 4 9 5 342 7
Dartford 271 9 76 — 69 29 297 5
Gravesham 4 7— 8 5 2 1 3 2
Swale 8 4 46 41 6 42 61 59
The Medway Towns UA 1 1 77 4 5 1 996 34
1 Ungrossed totals as reported by the authority. Comprises previously developed vacant and derelict land: vacant buildings (excluding single dwellings except where they could be developed into 10 or more dwellings); land or buildings currently in use, which are allocated in the local plan for any developed use, have planning permission for housing or with known potential for redevelopment.
2 Local authority, district or unitary authority.
3 Completion is less than 85 per cent.
4 Figures have been revised against the May 1999 Supplementary Table because of duplicate sites; amendments made by the Local Authority; data resubmitted by the Local Authority after the May 1999 Supplementary Table; changes to assumptions used by the DETR to aggregate data.
5 Partial returns.
6 Nil or less than half the final digit shown.
7 Completion figures have not been provided.