Further written evidence submitted by
The Crown Estate (Crown Estate Commissioners)
SCHEDULE OF
THE CROWN
ESTATE'S
PROPERTIES, RIGHTS
AND INTERESTS
AS AT
DECEMBER 2009
This schedule details The Crown Estate's properties
by reference to the four main Estates (Urban, Rural, Windsor and
Marine). It draws a distinction between property which is ancient
possession or a modern acquisition. Rights and interests are detailed
in section 5 (Other Rights and Interests).
For the sake of conciseness, this schedule includes
only properties with areas greater than 1,000m2 (for the Urban
Estate) and greater than 10ha (for the Rural, Windsor and Marine
Estates).
The information and figures used in this schedule
are as at December 2009.
1. URBAN ESTATE
|
| County/Unitary |
| Classification and area (in m2)*
|
|
| Ancient | |
| | | |
| |
| Authority | Estate description
| Office | Retail
| Other** | Residential
| Industrial | Possession ?
|
| England | |
| | | |
| |
| Berkshire | Kings Ride Park industrial estate, Farley Hall and Kingswood offices, Berkshire
| 12,800 | 500
| 3,000 | —
| 6,000 | No
|
| Bath Road Retail Park, Slough
| — | 19,000
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Buckinghamshire | Unit G, Magna Park, Milton Keynes
| — | —
| — | —
| 60,500 | No
|
| Cambridgeshire | Cambridge Business Park
| 29,000 | —
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Cheshire | Chester Castle |
1,000 | —
| 2,000 | —
| — | Yes
|
| City of Bristol | Honda vehicle depot, Avonmouth
| — | —
| — | —
| 167,000 | No
|
| Cumbria | Carlisle Castle |
2,500 | —
| 500 | —
| — | Yes
|
| Devon | Princesshay, shopping centre, Exeter
| 1,700 | 28,500
| 500 | —
| — | No
|
| Hoe, Plymouth | —
| — | 4,000
| — | —
| Yes |
| Essex | Zenith Industrial Estate, Basildon
| — | —
| — | —
| 18,500 | No
|
| Queensgate Centre retail park, Harlow
| — | 21,000
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Greater Manchester | Altrincham Retail Park
| — | 20,500
| — | —
| — | No
|
| St James'House, Manchester
| 6,500 | —
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Herefordshire | Superstore, Hereford
| — | 6,500
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Hertfordshire | The Willows Business Park, Hemel Hempstead
| — | —
| — | —
| 5,500 | No
|
| Abbey View Campus, St Albans
| 8,000 | —
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Isle of Wight | Carisbrooke Castle
| — | —
| 69,000 | —
| — | Yes
|
| Osborne | —
| — | 4,500
| — | —
| No |
| Central London | Royal Mint Court and offices in Holborn Viaduct and Farringdon Street, City of London
| 54,500 | 500
| — | —
| — | No
|
| St James's (including: Haymarket, Lower Regent Street and Pall Mall)
| 281,500 | 41,500
| 30,500 | 14,000
| — | In part
|
| Kensington Palace Gardens and Palace Green
| — | —
| — | 991,000
| — | No
|
| Lee Green | —
| — | —
| 5,500 | —
| |
| Millbank | 18,500
| — | —
| 18,000 | —
| No |
| New Oxford Street | 18,000
| — | —
| — | —
| No |
| Park Lane | 2,000
| 3,000 | 2,000
| — | —
| Yes |
| Regent's Park (including Cumberland Market)
| 19,500 | 500
| 38,500 | 1,153,000
| 500 | In part
|
| Regent Street | 108,500
| 208,500 | 28,000
| 5,000 | —
| In part |
| Stamford Street | —
| — | —
| 42,000 | —
| No |
| Trafalgar Square and The Strand
| 6,000 | 1,500
| 13,000 | —
| — | In part
|
| Victoria Park | —
| — | —
| 30,500 | —
| No |
| Whitehall and Victoria |
47,000 | 18,000
| — | —
| — | In part
|
| Greater London | Blackheath and Eltham
| 1,000 | 2,500
| 9,500 | #12
| — | Yes
|
| Carlsberg, Marlow Way, Croydon
| — | —
| — | —
| 7,500 | No
|
| Hampton | —
| 500 500 | —
| — | Yes
| |
| Victory Business Centre, Isleworth
| — | —
| — | —
| 4,000 | No
|
| Richmond and Sudbrook |
3,000 | —
| 10,000 | —
| 1,000 | Yes
|
| Weir Road Industrial Estate, Wimbledon
| — | —
| — | —
| 10,000 | No
|
| Newcastle | Trinity Gardens and Stockbridge House, Newcastle
| 14,500 | —
| — | —
| — | No
|
| Norfolk | The White Lodge Business Estate, Norwich
| — | —
| — | —
| 33,500 | No
|
| Northamptonshire | Crick Distribution Depot
| — | —
| — | —
| 4,500 | No
|
| Oxfordshire | Oxonian Park Industrial Estate, Oxford
| — | —
| — | —
| 12,000 | No
|
| Somerset | Taunton Industrial Estate
| — | —
| 1,000 | —
| 27,000 | No
|
| Surrey | Guildford | 24,000
| — | —
| — | —
| No |
| Oxshott | —
| — | 2,000
| — | —
| No |
| Warwickshire | Scottish Equitable House and Atwood House, Birmingham
| 1,000 | 4,000
| — | —
| — | |
| Wiltshire | Faraday Park, Swindon
| — | —
| — | —
| 11,000 | No
|
| Worcestershire | Crown Gate Shopping Centre, Worcester
| — | 31,000
| — | #1
| — | No
|
| Scotland | |
| | | |
| |
| City of Edinburgh | 39-41 George Street, Edinburgh
| 2,000 | 1,000
| — | —
| — | No
|
|
| Notes |
| * Areas have been rounded to the nearest 500m2.
|
| ** Properties which cannot be classified as being used as office, retail or industrial space. The types of "other" usage includes: The marine biological building at Plymouth Hoe, clubs, hotels, educational and medical centres (for example the Royal College of Physicians and the London Business School), car parks, a police station, leisure facilities (for example, golf clubs), yachting and boat facilities, Palaces (for example the Palace of Richmond) and a village hall.
|
| #1 These estates contain some residential properties. The Blackheath and Eltham Estate has 130 residential tenancies. The Richmond and Sudbrook Estate has 51 residential tenancies. The Worcester Estate has 15 residential tenancies.
|
2. RURAL ESTATE
|
| County | Estate description
| Area (in hectares)*
| Classification |
Ancient Possession? |
|
| England | |
| | |
| Bedfordshire | Chicksands |
100 | Forestry
| No |
| Cambridgeshire | Holmewood |
550 | Agricultural
| No |
| Cheshire | Delamere | 50
| Minerals/Derelict building
| Yes |
| Tabley | 1,450
| Agricultural | No
|
| Cumbria | Aldingham | 250
| Agricultural | In part
|
| Muchland and Torver |
950 | Common Land
| Yes |
| Devon | Rosehill Farm | 50
| Agricultural | No
|
| Dorset | Bryanston | 2,000
| Agricultural | No
|
| Bryanston Forest | 150
| Forestry | No
|
| Portland | 250
| Common Land/Minerals |
In part |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | Derwent
| 900 | Agricultural
| In part |
| Gardham | 450
| Agricultural | No
|
| Garton-on-the-Wolds |
800 | Agricultural
| No |
| Sunk Island | 4,650
| Agricultural | No
|
| Swine | 2,100
| Agricultural | In part
|
| Essex | Stapleford Abbotts |
1,450 | Agricultural
| In part |
| Feering | 50
| Agricultural | No
|
| Gloucestershire | Clearwell
| 400 | Agricultural
| No |
| Hertfordshire | Gorhambury |
1,400 | Agricultural
| No |
| Putteridge | 1,350
| Agricultural | No
|
| Kent | Neats Court (Isle of Sheppey)
| 250 | Agricultural
| In part |
| Romney Marsh | 3,700
| Agricultural | No
|
| Leicestershire | Gopsall |
3,050 | Agricultural
| No |
| Gopsall Forestry | 150
| Agricultural | No
|
| Lincolnshire | Billingborough
| 5,700 | Agricultural
| In part |
| Ewerby | 1,750
| Agricultural | No
|
| Friskney | 1,250
| Agricultural | No
|
| Louth | 1,900
| Agricultural | No
|
| Whaplode | 2,750
| Agricultural | In part
|
| Wingland | 4,200
| Agricultural | No
|
| Norfolk | Croxton | 3,550
| Agricultural | No
|
| King's Lynn | 6,050
| Agricultural/Salt marsh |
No |
| Northamptonshire | Ashby St Ledgers
| 650 | Agricultural
| No |
| North Yorkshire | Boroughbridge
| 1,350 | Agricultural
| In part |
| Nottinghamshire | Bingham |
3,500 | Agricultural
| No |
| Laxton | 750
| Agricultural | No
|
| Oxfordshire | Wychwood |
500 | Agricultural
| Yes |
| Somerset | Dunster | 2,600
| Agricultural | No
|
| Dunster Woods | 1,450
| Forestry | No
|
| Taunton | 4,050
| Agricultural | No
|
| Taunton Forestry | 900
| Forestry | No
|
| Staffordshire and Shropshire | Patshull
| 1,650 | Agricultural
| No |
| Patshull Forest | 250
| Forestry | No
|
| Surrey | Oxshott | 700
| Agricultural/Woodland |
No |
| Wiltshire | Devizes | 4,150
| Agricultural | No
|
| Savernake | 4,000
| Agricultural | No
|
| Wales | |
| | |
| Monmouthshire | Tintern |
50 | Agricultural
| No |
| Cardiganshire | Aberystwyth
| 50 | Agricultural
| No |
| Plynlinmon | 1,200
| Agricultural | In part
|
| Inland Wales | Welsh Commons
| 26,900 | Agricultural/Common Land/Minerals
| Yes |
| Scotland | |
| | |
| Stirling | Stirling | 200
| Grazing/Leisure | In part
|
| Dumfries and Galloway | Applegirth
| 6,850 | Agricultural
| No |
| Applegirth Forestry |
650 | Forestry
| No |
| Moray | Fochabers | 4,650
| Agricultural | No
|
| Fochabers Forestry | 200
| Forestry | No
|
| Glenlivet | 18,550
| Agricultural | No
|
| Glenlivet Forestry | 3,800
| Forestry | No
|
| Midlothian | Whitehill |
1,400 | Agricultural
| No |
| Whitehill Woods | 250
| Forestry | No
|
|
| Notes |
| * Areas have been rounded to the nearest 50 ha.
|
3. WINDSOR ESTATE
|
| Windsor Estate | Classification
| Area (in hectares)*
| Ancient Possession?
|
|
| Commercial & Residential | Offices, retail and hotel
| 250 | In part
|
| Leisure | Golf Clubs/Ascot Racecourse
| 250 | |
| Agriculture | Farms | 1,200
| |
| Parkland | Home Park/Great Park
| 1,600 | |
| Forestry | Woodland areas |
3,100 | |
|
| Notes |
| * Areas have been rounded to the nearest 50 ha.
|
4. MARINE ESTATE
|
| Estate | Description
| Ancient Possession?
|
|
| Foreshore (tidal land between Mean High Water and Mean Low Water*)
| Approximately 55% of the UK's foreshore (Non-Crown Estate ownership is geographically scattered and includes some substantial areas of coastline, eg Cornwall and Lancashire, vested in the respective Duchies).
| Yes |
| Territorial seabed | All the UK's seabed from Mean Low Water* to the 12 nautical mile limit.
| Yes |
| Continental shelf & extra-territorial rights
| Sovereign rights of the UK in the seabed and its resources vested by the Continental Shelf Act 1964 (sub-soil and substrata below the surface of the seabed, but excluding oil, gas and coal), the Energy Acts 2004 (renewable energy) and 2008 (gas and carbon storage).
| No |
|
| Notes |
| * The definition of foreshore limits is slightly different in Scotland.
|
5. OTHER RIGHTS
AND INTERESTS
|
| Other Rights and Interests* | Description
|
|
| Bluewater and Solihull shopping centres |
The Crown Estate has a 4.97% share of Lend Lease Retail Partnership which provides an equity interest in both Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent and Touchwood Court Shopping Centre, Solihull.
|
| Fort Kinnaird shopping park, Edinburgh; Gallagher retail park, Cheltenham; The Shires retail park, Leamington Spa and Crown Point shopping park, Leeds
| 50% interest |
| Retail/office buildings, Princes Street, London W1
| 66.67% interest |
| Savoy Estate Appointment | Right to receive 23% of the income from the Duchy of Lancaster's Savoy Estate in London
|
| Minerals | Mineral rights in land where The Crown Estate does not own the surface interest (approximately 115,000 hectares)
|
| Mines Royal | Gold and silver in mineral strata in the UK.
|
| Salmon fishings (Scotland only) | Salmon fishings in both tidal and non-tidal waters (if not granted to third parties)
|
| Native mussels and oysters (Scotland only) |
Ownership of wild crustaceans (not cultivated) |
| Reverters and contingent interests | — Properties sold by The Crown Estate for public benefit with a reverter clause, eg on cessation of educational or religious use.
— Hereditary properties of the Monarch currently in Government use, which revert to The Crown Estate in the event of the Government use ceasing.
|
|
| Notes |
| * Certain very minor historic rights of no commercial significant are omitted.
|
| February 2010 |
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