Government Office for the West Midlands

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

HIGHWAYS AT KITSLAND ROAD, SHARD END, BIRMINGHAM

The Secretary of State hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping-up of highways and footpath at Kitsland Road, Shard End, Birmingham. If the Order is made, the stopping-up will be authorised only in order to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted by Birmingham City Council on 30 April 2003 under Ref N/01099/02/FUL. The proposed Order will require an improvement of areas of highway, maintainable at the public expense for which Birmingham City Council will be the local highway authority. Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during 28 days commencing 24 September 2003 at the offices of Birmingham City Council, Planning Department, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street, Queensway, Birmingham B1 1TU, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Government Office for the West Midlands (quoting Ref 5104/35/1/200) at the address stated below. Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 24 September 2003 by notice to the Secretary of State, quoting the above reference, at the Government Office for the West Midlands, South Eastern Division, 77 Paradise Circus, Queensway, Birmingham B1 2DT. In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the other objector about it. M Hudson, a Higher Professional and Technical Officer, South Eastern Division, Government Office for the West Midlands. Schedule Demolition and redevelopment of existing flats and maisonettes and construction of 133 No one, two and three storey dwellings and flats with associated publc open space, children’s play area and new access roads.