Notice is given that Medway Council as Highway Authority for the administrative area of Medway intends to apply to the Medway Magistrates Court sitting at The Court House, The Brook, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4JZ on 5 August 2014 at 10am for an Order under section 116 of the Highways Act 1980 authorising the stopping up of an area of the highway being Stoke Level Crossing, within the area of Stoke Parish Council on the Isle of Grain at shown coloured Green on the attached plan, labelled ‘Stoke Crossing, Grain Road’ (Plan) on the ground that the highway is unnecessary. The effect of the Order will be to extinguish all public rights of way over the said land.

A copy of the draft Order and Plan may be inspected free of charge at the Council Offices at Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR or:

Community Hub, Chatham, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TX;

Community Hub, Gillingham, High Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1BG;

Community Hub, Rochester, Eastgate, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1EW;

Rainham Contact Point, 1-3 Station Road, Rainham, Kent,ME8 7RS;

Strood Contact Point, Annex B, Civic Centre, Strood, Kent ME2 4AU;

Riverside One, Dock Road, Chatham, ME4 4TX;

during normal office hours, Monday to Fridays (excluding bank holidays and public holidays) from 27 June 2014 to 4 August 2014.

Any person to whom this Notice has been given or who uses the highway specified or who would be aggrieved by the making of the Order may appear before the Magistrates’ Court to raise an objection or make a representation on the application. Any person intending to appear before the Magistrates’ Court at the hearing of the application is requested to inform Perry Holmes at Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR before the 5 August 2014 quoting reference LC/T09147.

Perry Holmes

Assistant Director, Legal and Corporate Services

Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR

Dated: Friday, 27 June 2014.