Blackpool Borough Council (“the Council”) of Town Hall, Blackpool FY1 1NB has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above-mentioned Order to be made under sections 1 and 5 of that Act.

The proposed Order, if made, would confer powers on the Council to construct and operate an extension to the Blackpool tramway system. The extension would run along Talbot Road (A586) from North Pier, the Promenade (A584) to Blackpool North railway station, and would include two new tram stops at Blackpool North and Talbot Square. For the purposes of the extension, the Order would authorise the Council compulsorily or by agreement, to acquire land and rights in land and to use land temporarily.

The proposed Order also updates the operating and maintenance powers of the existing tramway under the County of Lancashire Act 1984 so that the extended network could be operated under a single set of powers, and repeals the corresponding provisions of the 1984 Act.

The application is not subject to an environmental impact assessment.

The application contains a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission is being applied for.

Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport, c/o Transport and Works Act Orders Unit, General Counsel’s Office, Department for Transport, Zone 1/18, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR, (e-mail: transportandworksact@dft.gsi.gov.uk) on or before 26 August 2016.

An objection or representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before 26 August 2016, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or e-mail), (iii) state the grounds of the objection or representation, (iv) indicate who is making the objection or representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the objection or representation may be sent. (If you are sending your objection or other representation by e-mail, please provide a postal address).

The Secretary of State may make complete copies of any objections or other representations public, including any personal information contained in them, and will copy them to the Council as the applicant for the Order.

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents acting for Blackpool Borough Council

50 Broadway, London SW1H 0BL

14 July 2016