Empty Property Mr. Pickles To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2008 to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps), Official Report, column 2775W, on empty property, what the locations were of each of the properties for which public requests were received; and for what reasons each request was refused or accepted. Mr. Dhanda The following table lists the land or properties involved in the 24 public request to order disposal cases referred to in the answer of 6 March 2008; whether a direction was issued; and the reason why a direction was or was not issued. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Site |Direction to order disposal|Reason | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Edge Lane, Liverpool |Non direction |The council had intention to bring the properties into active use as part of their comprehensive regeneration of the Edge Lane Corridor.| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Land at Upper Campfield Market, Manchester |Non direction |Land is being used in accordance with the council's functions. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |70, Birtles Road, Macclesfield |Non direction |Council had firm intention to deal with the property. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |53 Lutterworth Road, Leicester |Non direction |Leicester city council intend to develop the site as part of a bypass scheme in 2009-10. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Land off Manners Avenue, Ilkeston, Derbyshire |Non direction |Land in question is being sufficiently used for the purpose of recreation, walking and cycling. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Property in Chinnor, Oxfordshire |Non direction |Property is still required for police operational purposes. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Housing in Maidenhead |Invalid |Owned by MOD—not covered by PROD since owned by a Government Department. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Farnham, Surrey |Non direction |Council had a firm intention to bring it back into use. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Palace House Stables and Yard Palace Street Newmarket Suffolk|Non direction |Council had a firm intention to bring the land into active use as a working yard for the retraining of retired racehorses. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |61 Caernarvon Road Norwich Norfolk |Withdrawn |Council put the land up for auction | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |13 Lea Walk Harpenden Herts |Invalid |Land not owned by local authority | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |151-159 Wells Road, London |Invalid |National Health Trust land, not covered by Part 10 of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Site |Direction to order disposal |Reason | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Prescot Road, Liverpool |Non direction |Council proposes to deal with the land through a mixture of refurbishment and demolitions. Will review the situation late August 2008.| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Prescott Drive, Liverpool |Under review | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Maple Grove, Fern Grove, Liverpool |Maple Grove - SoS minded to make a direction, now within 42 days for representations.|Maple Grove—local authority had no firm proposals to deal with these properties. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |Fern Grove—non direction. |Fern Grove—no direction as local authority had firm intentions to develop the sites. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |9 Pinfold Street, Darlaston Wednesbury West Midlands |Non direction |Satisfied that the Council intend to develop the land for housing. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |177 Weston Street Walsall West Midlands |Invalid |Immediate local authority does not hold an interest in the property. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |9 Marlborough Road, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham B36 OEH |Invalid |Immediate local authority does not hold an interest in the property | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Empty property at Alfreton Park, Alfreton, Derby |Non direction |Derbyshire county council and Amber Valley borough council are reviewing use/access. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Hythe and Lydd-on-Sea, Kent |Invalid |In private ownership and thus not covered by PROD. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |59 properties in Phoenix Street and Richard Cooper Street, Goole.|Non direction |East Riding of Yorkshire Council (EROYC) and its Partners due to commence year three of the 10 year programme. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |35 Mitcham Park, Merton |Direction issued |No firm plans to sell/develop/bring into use within a reasonable timescale | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |240 Lordship Lane, London |Unable to pursue |Applicant did not disclose identity, despite correspondence from Government Office. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |12 Lord Holland Lane, London |Unable to pursue |Applicant did not disclose identity, despite correspondence from Government Office. | 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