Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Assets
(asked on 22nd June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 June (HL330), what assets are currently owned by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its non-departmental public bodies; and what prospective asset sales are under review by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
A summary of Defra’s assets and their Net Book Value as at 31 March 2015 will be published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) in due course. Defra’s ARAs are available on the gov.uk website.
The table below shows a list of freehold property owned by the Department as at June 2015 which has been identified as a prospective asset sale, together with a summary of the status of the sale. Freehold property is the only category of asset likely to generate any significant sales. The list includes assets owned by Core Defra, its Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies.
Property Name | Post Town | Comments |
GARSTANG VIC | Preston | Site under review as part of 2015-2020 property plan. Potential disposal 2016/17. |
WORCESTER WHITTINGTON ROAD | Worcester | Site under offer with completion anticipated in January 2016. |
TAUNTON QUANTOCK HOUSE | Taunton | Site under offer with completion expected in July 2015. |
BURY ST EDMUNDS | Bury St Edmunds | Site under offer with completion expected in September 2015. |
ITCHEN ABBAS VIC | Winchester | Site being vacated. Anticipated disposal 2016/17. |
ELY ARTHUR RICKWOOD FARM | Ely | Site under offer. Completion expected by March 2016. |
STRATFORD LUDDINGTON VIC | Stratford Upon Avon | Site vacated and marketing underway. Completion expected by March 2016. |
REACH LODE PITS | Upware | Surplus land - currently being marketed. |
SPORTSMANS PIT | Swaffham Bulbeck | Surplus land - currently being marketed. |
FENCED ACRE CLAY PIT | Mepal | Surplus land - currently being marketed. |
RELIEF CHANNEL | Norfolk | Surplus land - being prepared for market. |
HUNDRED FOOT RIVER | Earith | Surplus land - currently being marketed. |
HUNDRED FOOT WASHES | Sutton | Surplus land - currently being marketed. |
HAVEN RIVER: FORMER MUSSEL WASHING PLANT | Boston | Surplus - currently being marketed. |
LAVENDON MILL | Olney | Surplus weir – currently being marketed. |
RIVER ANT (LUDHAM BRIDGE) | Great Yarmouth | Surplus land - not on the market yet. Plan to dispose in 2017/18. |
STEEPING RIVER & WAINFLEET | Saints, Lincs | Surplus land - under offer. |
RIVER GLAVEN CLEY NEXT THE SEA | Holt | Surplus land - under offer. |
THE SHANTY | Gloucester | Surplus part of Flood Alleviation Scheme - not on the market -planned for 2017/18. |
BECKINGHAM MARSHES | Nottingham | Surplus part of Flood Alleviation Scheme - under offer. |
OLD RIVER DRAIN | Scunthorpe | Surplus part of Flood Alleviation Scheme - currently being marketed. |
HULL PLOT 38, WATTON NATURE RESERVE | Driffield | Surplus nature reserve – currently being marketed. |
2 GREAT CULVERT P.S. HOUSE | Hull | Surplus house - being prepared for market. |
1 TICKTON P.S. HOUSE | Beverley | Surplus house - being prepared for market. |
2 TICKTON P.S. HOUSE | Beverley | Surplus house - being prepared for market. |
1 INGS LANE, RICCALL | York | Surplus house - being prepared for market. |
KILLINGTON R. LUNE BROADRAINE | Sedbergh | Surplus fishing rights - under offer. |
SLAIDBURN WITCHER WELL DUNSOP | Clitheroe | Surplus fish hatchery - being prepared for market. |
46 BANKS ROAD, CROSSENS | Southport | Surplus house - currently being marketed. |
FERRING RIFE, HIGHDOWN WAY | Worthing | Surplus land - plan to market in 2016/17. |
FERRING RIFE, LANGBURY LANE | Worthing | Surplus land - plan to market in 2016/17. |
FERRING RIFE, OVAL WAYE | Worthing | Surplus land - plan to market in 2016/17. |
LIME KILN COTTAGE | Rye | Surplus nature reserve - negotiations underway. |