asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will provide a list of all the listed buildings in Essex and Hertfordshire, respectively, which have been demolished during the course of the last three years.
Buildings for which listed building consent for demolition has been given are as follows:
| Essex | |
| 1973 | |
| Grade | |
| 25 Church Street, Harwich | II |
| Bleak House, 146, High Street, Billericay | II |
| 95, West Street, Coggeshall | II |
| Methodist Church, Church Street, Harwich | II |
| Lansbury House, George Street, Harwich | II |
| Cottage at Kings Head, Chapel Road, Ridgewell | II |
| 1974 | |
| Barn at Toppinghoe Hall, Hatfield Peveral | II |
| 6, Market Place, Braintree | II |
| The Corn Exchange, Braintree | II |
| Rovers Tye Farmhouse, Ipswich Road, Colchester | II |
| 1975 | |
| 19–23, Station Road, Lansford | II |
| Malthouses, High Street, Mistley | II |
| The Lion Inn, Ardleigh | II |
| 4–6, South Street, Braintree | II |
| Cheese House, Boreham Road, Great Leighs | II |
| Hertfordshire | |
| 1973 | |
| Duke William of Cumberland P.H., Hoddesdon | II |
| 1974 | |
| Heath Farmhouse, Grove Mill Lane, Watford | II |
| 1975 | |
| Nil | |
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he intends to take any measures to prevent owners of listed buildings from allowing them to fall into decay to the point where they may have to be pulled down as unsafe; and if he will make a statement.
My Department and local authorities are already empowered to carry out emergency repairs to unoccupied listed buildings and recover the costs from the owner; and to serve repair notices on the owners of listed buildings in need of repair and, if necessary, to purchase them compulsorily.