HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

The Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Weeford to Wishaw Holly Lane Section) Compulsory Purchase Order (No. PS 4) 1998

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the above mentioned Acts, on 22nd January 1998, made a compulsory purchase order, entitled as above.
  The Order as made provides for the purchase of the land and rights described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of:

  (i) the construction of a new special road between Weeford in the District of Lichfield, in the county of Staffordshire and Wishaw Holly Lane, in the Borough of North Warwickshire, in the county of Warwickshire, in pursuance of the “Birmingham Northern Relief Road and Connecting Roads Scheme 1998”;
  (ii) the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises in the Parish of Weeford, in the District of Lichfield, in the county of Staffordshire; in the City of Birmingham, in the West Midlands, and in the Parish of Middleton, in the Borough of North Warwickshire, in the county of Warwickshire, in pursuance of “The Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Weeford to Wishaw Holly Lane Section) Side Roads Order 1998”;
  (iii) the improvement of the A38 Trunk Road at Weeford, in the District of Lichfield, in the county of Staffordshire, and at Littleworth End and Langley Mill in the Borough of North Warwickshire, in the county of Warwickshire;
  (iv) the diversions of watercourses and the execution of other works on watercourses in connection with the construction of special roads, the construction and improvement of other highways and the execution of other works mentioned above;
  (v) use by the Secretary of State in connection with such construction and improvement of highways and the execution of other works mentioned above;
  (vi) mitigation of adverse effects which the existence or use of certain of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved by him as mentioned above will have on the surroundings thereof.

  Copies of the Order as made by the Secretary of State and of the plan referred to therein, together with copies of the above mentioned Special Road Scheme and Side Roads Orders (all with their accompanying plans), have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours from 12th February 1998 to 3rd April 1998, at the Highways Agency Project Services, Room 12-27 St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; at the offices of the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL; and at Birmingham City Council, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham; Cannock Chase, District Council, The Council House, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire; Lichfield District Council, Council Offices, Frog Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire; Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Darwell Street, Walsall, West Midlands; North Warwickshire Borough Council, Council House, South Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire; South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands; Norton Canes Library, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock; Shenstone Library, Main Street, Shenstone, Walsall; Burntwood and Chase Terrace Library, Sankeys Corner, Burntwood, Lichfield; Cheslyn Hay Library, High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall; Water Orton Library, Mickle Meadow, Coleshill Road, Water Orton, Birmingham; Brownhills Library, Brickiln Street, Brownhills, Walsall; Coleshill Library, 141 High Street, Coleshill, Birmingham; Sutton Coldfield Library, Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield and Reddicap Heath Post Office, 53 Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield.
  The Order as made becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published; but a person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from the operative day, question its validity on the grounds:

  (i) that the authorisation granted by the order is not empowered to be granted, or
  (ii) that his interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirement relating to the Order.
G. P. Rainbow, Highways Agency

Schedules

  (a) The land comprised in each item in this Schedule is identified on the plan referred to in the compulsory purchase order by means of the numbers shown in brackets against that item in this Schedule.
  (b) References to ownership are references to ownership or reputed ownership at the time of the preparation of the compulsory purchase order and are stated only for the purpose of identification of the land.

Schedule

Land in the Parishes of Weeford and Hints in the District of Lichfield in the County of Staffordshire.

  Arable land and woodland, half bed of Black Brook and part of private means of access to Thickbroom Farm; arable land adjacent to A38 London Road (T) at Weeford Island (owned by C. Wylie) (41/18, 41/18a, 41/18b, 41/18c, 41/18d, 41/18e).
  Arable land adjacent to A38 London Road (T) forming part of Thickbroom Farm; arable land and woodland; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Black Brook and maintain headwalls, woodland and half bed of brook (owned by C. Wylie and Mrs. Wylie) (41/18f, 41/18g, 41/18j, 41/18k).
  Pasture land, woodland, half bed of Black Brook and half width of Little Hay Lane all west of A38 London Road (T); the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Black Brook and to construct headwalls in woodland and half bed of Black Brook, north of Little Hay Lane; woodland north of Little Hay Lane; pasture land and half width of Little Hay Lane, all west of A38 London Road (T); part access road; woodland south of Little Hay Lane; pasture land north of Mill House; pasture land south of Mill House; woodland, part of sand and gravel pit, the whole of Mill House Lane, five industrial buildings, part of an outbuilding and part of bridleway, all west of A38 London Road (T); part of outbuildings and yard; part access to outbuildings north of Mill House, part bridleway and wasteland west of Mill House; part of woodland known as Green Wood south of ARC sand and gravel pit west of A38 London Road (T) (owned by ARC Central) (41/19, 41/19a, 41/19b, 41/19c, 41/19d, 41/19e, 41/19f, 41/20, 41/20a, 42/19a, 42/19b, 42/19c, 42/19d, 42/19e, 42/19f, 42/19g, 42/20, 42/20a, 42/20b, 42/20c, 42/20d, 42/20e, 42/20f, 42/20g, 42/20h, 42/20j, 42/20k, 42/20m, 42/20n).
  Arable land south of A5 Watling Street (T) (owned by Deltabridge Investments Limited) (41/93).
  Pasture land and the group of buildings comprising Moneymore House, its outbuildings and No. 2 Moneymore Cottages, part of grounds, all west of A38 London Road (T) (owned by Mrs. B. Newton) (42/21, 42/21a).
  The whole of No. 1 Moneymore Cottages, its outbuildings and garden, all west of the A38 London Road (T) (owned by E. W. Pearce) (42/38).
  Part of garden of Mill House on west of A38 London Road (T) (owned by A. R. Southam and Mrs. M. B. Southam) (42/96).
  Pasture land, parts of public footpaths, part of private means of access from A38 to Weeford Park Farm all forming part of Weeford Park Farm (owned by Executors of the Estate of the late W. H. Tom) (43/23, 43/23a, 43/23b, 43/23c, 43/23d, 43/23e, 43/23f, 43/23g, 43/23h, 43/23j).
  Pasture land and half width of Weeford Road, all forming part of Hilltop Farm north of Camp Road and west of A38 London Road (owned by J. M. Griffin) (43/24).
  Pasture land, half width of Weeford Road and half width of Camp Road, all west of A38 London Road (owned by P. Craddock and Mrs. Craddock) (43/39).
  All interests (other than interests of the Crown) in part of house, outbuildings and the whole grounds of Boundary Cottage and half width of Weeford Road, all west of A38 London Road (owned by Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) (43/105).
  The right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of watercourse and to construct a headwall all in pasture land forming part of Slade Farm, on the south-west of Slade Road (owned by H. Willett) (44/101a).

Land in the City of Birmingham in the West Midlands

  Arable land, pasture land and woodland, all forming part of Hilltop Farm and part of Camp Farm (owned by J. M. Griffin) (44/24, 44/24a, 44/24b, 44/24c, 44/24d, 44/24f).
  Pasture land, half width of Slade Road and half width of Fox Hill Road, all west of Bassetts Pole; highway land forming part of Slade Road, part of Slade Lane (owned by The Masters Fellows and Scholars of Emmanuel College, Cambridge) (44/25, 44/25a, 44/25b, 44/25c, 44/25d, 44/25e, 44/25f, 44/25g).
  Arable land, pasture land and half width of Tamworth Road all south-west of Bassetts Pole; woodland forming part of the grounds of Fox Hill and half width of Fox Hill Road, all west of Bassetts Pole; part of public footpath, south-west of Bassetts Pole (owned by L. N. Mitchell Limited) (44/36, 44/36a, 44/36b, 44/37, 44/37a, 44/37b).
  Pasture land, part of public footpath, all forming part of Roughley Farm and half width of Slade Road (owned by J. M. Neachell and M. R. Neachell) (44/40, 44/40a, 44/40b, 44/40c, 44/40d, 44/40e, 44/40f, 44/40g, 44/40h, 44/40j, 44/40k, 44/40m, 44/40n).
  Part of private means of access known as Turf Pits Lane, bridleway and part of Camp Road, all south of Canwell and north of Slade Road (owned by Canwell Estate Company Limited) (44/99, 44/99a, 44/99b, 44/99c, 44/99d, 44/99e, 44/99f).
  The right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain existing watercourse and to construct a headwall in pasture land forming part of Slade Farm, on south-west of Slade Road; highway land forming half width of Slade Road west of Bassetts Pole (owned by H. Willett) (44/101, 44/101b).
  Arable land, pasture land, woodland and half bed of Collets Brook, all forming part of Wheatmoor Farm and half width of Tamworth Road (owned by J. P. Gilmour, Mrs. S. S. Gilmour and A. L. Gilmour) (45/17, 45/17a, 45/17b, 45/17c).
  Arable land, woodland and half width of Withy Hill Road, west of Littleworth End; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Collets Brook in woodland, arable land and part watercourse west of A38 Birmingham Road at Littleworth End (owner unknown) (45/29, 45/29b).
  The right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Collets Brook in woodland, arable land and part of watercourse west of the A38 Birmingham Road at Littleworth End; pasture land, woodland and half bed of Collets Brook south of Littleworth End (owned by Bryant Homes) (45/29a, 46/29, 46/29a, 46/29b).
  Pasture land, woodland, part of pond and part of Collets Brook all forming part of grounds of High Heath Farm Cottage (owned by Mr. Horsfall) (45/45).
  Pasture land, forming part of High Heath Farm and half width of Withy Hill Road; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Collets Brook in pasture land, woodland and pond forming part of High Heath Farm (owned by G. M. Stokes) (45/46, 46/46a).
  Highway land forming part of Tamworth Road south of Bassetts Pole (owned by City of Birmingham Property Services) (45/266).
  Pasture land, part of private means of access to Langley Mill Farm and part of public footpath all forming part of Langley Mill Farm; woodland; arable land and half bed of Langley Brook; filter beds, drains, chambers, headwalls, part of access track and part of Langley Brook all forming part of Langley Mill Water Reclamation Works; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Langley Brook in pasture land; access road within the gounds of Langley Mill Water Reclamation Works, part public footpath and part of private means of access to Langley Mill Farm (owned by Severn Trent Water Limited) (46/30, 46/30a, 46/30b, 46/30c, 46/30d, 46/30e, 46/30f, 46/30g, 46/30h, 46/30j, 46/30k, 46/30m, 46/30n, 46/30p, 46/30r, 46/31, 46/31a, 46/31b).
  Pasture land and half bed of Langley Brook all east of the A38 Birmingham Road at Langley Mill (owned by National Transcommunications Limited) (46/41a).

Land in the Parish of Middleton in the Borough of North Warwickshire in the County of Warwickshire

  Pasture land, woodland, Longfield Farmhouse and outbuildings, part of farm track, half bed of Collets Brook and half width of Withy Hill Road west and north-west of Withy Hill Road; the right to enter on pasture land north-west of Withy Hill Road to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Collets Brook; pasture land, parts of public and unnamed footpaths and half bed of Langley Brook all east of A38 at Langley Mill (owned by W. A. Simkins and Son) (45/26, 45/26a, 45/26b, 45/26c, 45/26d, 45/26e, 45/26f, 45/26g, 46/26, 46/26a, 46/26b, 46/26c).
  Pasture land and half width of Withy Hill Road all west of Littleworth End (owned by Mrs. P. A. Taroni) (45/27).
  Pasture land, half bed of Collets Brook and half width of Withy Hill Road all west of Littleworth End; woodland; pasture land west of A38 Birmingham Road; pasture land, part of public footpath, part of unnamed footpath and half bed of Langley Brook all east of A38; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintian part of Langley Brook in pasture land west of A38 (owned by J. R. Tuckett) (45/28, 45/28a, 45/28b, 45/28c, 45/28d, 45/28f, 46/28, 46/28a, 46/28b, 46/28c).
  Arable land and half bed of Langley Brook, all forming part of Langley Mill Farm; pasture land (owned by Severn Trent Water Limited) (46/30q, 46/30s).
  Arable land west of A446 London Road (T) at Allen End (owned by Hatherton Investments Limited) (46/34, 46/34a, 46/34b).
  Pasture land, half bed of Langley Brook, part of public and unnamed footpaths, all east of A38 Birmingham Road (T) at Langley Mill; the right to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain part of Langley Book in pasture land (owned by National Transcommunications Limited) (46/41, 46/41b, 46/41c, 46/41e).
  Pasture land east of the A446 London Road (T) at Allen End (owned by John Watts Farms) (46/68).
  Pasture land and part of public footpath, all east of the A38 Birmingham Road (T) at Langley Mill (owned by M. Conroy) (46/107, 46/107a).
4th February 1998.