Government Office for the North East

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping-up of areas of highway at Bridge Street, Wellington Street East and Quay Road, Blyth, Northumberland. 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 deemed planning permission granted by the Borough of Blyth Valley on 20th October 1998 under Ref. 98/C/0237/P. Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during 28 days commencing on 22nd June 2000, at the offices of the Blyth Valley Borough Council, Dinsdale House, 75 Marine Terrace, Blyth, Northumberland NE24 2LN, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Secretary of State at the offices of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (quoting Ref. GO-NE/99/5068/35/03) at the address stated below. Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 22nd June 2000 by notice to the Secretary of State, quoting the above reference, at the offices of the Director Planning, Environment and Transport, Government Office for the North East, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 4TD. 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 objector about it. This notice supersedes the notice previously published on 25th May 2000. P. Maughan, a Higher Executive Officer in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions. Schedule Planning permission granted is for the improvement of existing highway and construction of a new link road, Wellington Street to High Quay, Blyth.