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Community Land

Volume 939: debated on Monday 21 November 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will list by name, date on which it was made and, where appropriate, the date on which it was debated in the House or Committee of the House, any orders or statutory directions so far made by him under the Community Land Act 1975.

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given him on 18th November—[Vol. 939, Cols 424–426]—about orders and regulations made jointly for England, Scotland and Wales. On other orders and regulations and on directions made by my right hon. Friend the information is as follows.design bulletins or other official communications which he has sent to local authorities or new town corporations about the Community Land Act 1975.

giving the date of publication in each case.

The following table lists the published circulars and develop

TitleDate of Publication or IssueReference No.
Community Land Circular 1—General Introduction and Priorities.3rd December 1975Circular 121/75.
Community Land Circular 2—Community Land Accounts 1975–76.19th December 1975Circular 128/75.
Community Land Circular 3—Scheme of Accounts for Land Bought for Private Development.23rd January 1976Circular 5/76.
Community Land Circular 4—Community Land (Prescribed Forms) (England) Regulations 1976.27th February 1976Circular 22/76.
Community Land Circular 5—Planning Applications and Permissions for Relevant Development.27th February 1976Circular 23/76.
Community Land Circular 6—Land for Private Development: Acquisition, Management and Disposal.15th March 1976Circular 26/76.
Community Land Circular 7—Compulsory Purchase Procedures.16th March 1976Circular 30/76.
Community Land Circular 8—Development Advice Notes.March 1976Circular 31/76.
Community Land Circular 9—The Community Land (Register of Land Holdings) (England) Regulations 1976.25th March 1976Circular 36/76.
Community Land Circular 10—Accounts Directions20th October 1976Circular 98/76.
Community Land Circular 11—The Community Land Scheme and the New Towns.4th February 1977Circular 10/77.
Community Land Circular 12—Supplementary Information.27th June 1977Circular 59/77.
Community Land Notes—Land Acquisition and Management Schemes.20th May 1975GNLA1.
Community Land Notes—Joint Land Accounts7th August 1975GNLA2.
Community Land Notes—Community Land Accounts.19th September 1975GNLA3.
Preparation of Local Authorities' Programmes of Land Acquisition and Disposal.22nd October 1975GNLA4.
Handling Planning Applications7th November 1975GNLA5.
Community Land Note—First Year Arrangements: Allocation of borrowing approval in 1976–77 and Submission of First Programmes of Land Acquisition and Disposal.7th April 1976GNLA6.
Submission of Community Land Surplus Accounts for 1975–76.13th April 1976GNLA7.
Compulsory Purchase Orders13th April 1976GNLA8.
Development Land Tax: Exemption for projects started before the Appointed Day.26th May 1976GNLA9.
Round-up of outstanding points21st June 1976GNLA10.
Intra-Public sector transactions21st July 1976GNLA11.
Effect of Public Expenditure cuts16th December 1976GNLA12.
Joint Land Accounts4th February 1977GNLA13.
Application for Loan Sanction—1977–787th September 1977GNLA14.
The Development Brief: Private Residential Development.24th March 1976Development Advice Note 1.
Residential Density in Development Briefs1st September 1976Development Advice Note 2.
The Provision of Land for Private Residential Development.7th September 1977Development Advice Note 3.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has constituted any joint boards under Section 2 of the Community Land Act 1975; whether he has received any requests from local authorities to do so; and, if so, whether he will list the local authorities in each case.

ment advice notes together with the guidance notes issued to authorities about the community land scheme. Design bulletins are primarily concerned with the design aspects of housing.

My right hon. Friend has made one such order. It was to set up a joint board for the Dock-lands area at the request of the Greater London Council and, the London Boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark and Tower Hamlets. He has received no other requests for a joint board.

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he has yet received any requests from any county authority that he should make an order under Section 18 of the Community Land Act 1975 in respect of designated relevant development for any or all of the county areas concerned; if so, which were the authorities; what response he has made to the request; and whether he envisages making any such order within the next 12 months.

No county authority has applied. Basildon District Council asked for an order in 1976; this was refused as premature. My right hon.

Local authoritiesLocation of disposal notification areas declaredDate of coming into effect
Medway DCFrindsbury PeninsulaWithdrawn
Haringey LBCWood Green No. 13rd August 1976
Wood Green No. 23rd August 1976
Wood Green No. 33rd August 1976
Kettering DCKettering Central Area1st October 1976
Shrewsbury and Atcham DCRadbrook Area17th June 1977
Hillingdon LBCVine Lane1st July 1977
Cheney Street1st July 1977
Carew Road North Side1st August 1977
Carew Road South Side1st August 1977
Barnsley DCSilkstone Area30th December 1977