Government Office for the North-East

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 247 of the above Act entitled “The Stopping-up of Highways (County of Tyne and Wear) (No 23) Order 2001” authorising the stopping-up of areas of highway at Waterlow Close and Wessex Close, Witherwack, Sunderland to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted to Environment Department, Sunderland City Council by the Council of the City of Sunderland on 5 October 2000 under Ref 00/01465/LAP. Copies of the Order may be obtained, free of charge, on application to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Director Planning, Environment and Transport, Government Office for the North East, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4TD, (quoting Ref GO-NE/01/5038/35/9) and may be inspected at all reasonable hours at the offices of the City of Sunderland Council, The Reception Desk, Administration Department, Third Floor, Civic Centre, Burdon Road, Sunderland SR2 7DN. Any person aggrieved by the Order and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of 27 July 2001 apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. R. Oldfield, a Higher Executive Officer in the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions Schedule The planning permission granted is for the removal of former garage forecourts and provision of landscape works, including stopping-up of highways and change of use to amenity open space at land adjacent to Waterlow Close, Winslow Close and Wessex Close, Witherwack, Sunderland