Notice is hereby given that on 9 November 2018 Westminster City Council (“the Council”) made The City of Westminster (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.5) Order 2018 under sub-section 247 (2A) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”), the general effect of which is to authorise the stopping up of a part of the highway George Street to enable development permitted under part three of the 1990 Act to be carried out at the premises Regent House, 112-130 Edgware Road, London W1H 5YG. This proposed order is supplementary to the City of Westminster (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.7) Order 2015, made by the Council on 9 June 2015 pursuant to the said sub-section 247 (2A), which order authorises the stopping up of parts of the highways Edgware Road, Forset Street and Nutford Place also to enable the same permitted development to be carried out.

The City of Westminster (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.5) Order 2018 authorises the stopping up of the part of the highway George Street, that abuts the George Street side of the present building Regent House, 112-130 Edgware Road, London W1H 5YG and extends by 9.3 metres towards Edgware Road from the common boundary of that building and the building 136-138 George Street in a direction that is parallel to the middle line of the highway George Street.

The total area of the highway that The City of Westminster (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.5) Order 2018 authorises to be stopped up is 1.9 square metres of the highway George Street and is in addition to that authorised by the City of Westminster (Stopping Up of Highways) (No.7) Order 2015.

National Grid References of limits of the complete development are:

527495, 181281; 527483, 181277

Westminster City Council granted permission for the development under part three of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 on 22 May 2015. Details of the development may be viewed on line at www.westminster.gov.uk then by clicking on “Planning Applications and Decisions” then “search now” then in Simple Search text box enter 14/07461/FULL then click “Search”. It re-routes to idox.westminster.gov.uk and the page for the proposal. Click on “there are X documents associated with this application”

The order and plan identifying the locations of the highway authorised to be stopped up may be inspected free of charge between 11am and 5pm Mondays to Fridays at Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, London, SW1E 6QP, during a period of six weeks from the date of this notice. Please telephone 020 7641 2642 to arrange an appointment. Alternatively you may e-mail jperkins@westminster.gov.uk for a copy.

Any person aggrieved by the order who desires to question the order’s validity may make an application to the High Court under section 287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Act within six weeks of the date this notice is first published.

This notice is given pursuant to section 252 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

Notice dated 16 November 2018 by Westminster City Council