March 2025

Land at the above location has been declared surplus to Ministry of Defence (MOD) requirements and is to be sold. The Crichel Down Rules require Government Departments, under certain circumstances, to offer back surplus land to the former owner or their successors in title at current market value, unless an exemption applies.

In this instance the land is not to be offered back because an exemption or exemptions apply. MOD would like to trace the former owner or successors in title to the former owner (as defined in the Crichel Down Rules) to notify them of the decision.

The Former Owner(s) are:

a) The Master and Fellows of the University College Oxford

b) Charles Gilbert Davies-Gilbert formerly of Chestnut Lodge, Hurstmonceux, Sussex

c) Robert Geoffrey Gunter formerly of Aldwark Manor, Alne, County of York

The former owners or their successor(s) in title (other than through purchase) should contact MOD in writing within two months of the date of this notice to:

Andrew Pullen-Jones, Senior Development Surveyor, Estates – Acquisitions and Disposals, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Building A1, MOD Donnington, Telford, Shropshire, TF2 8JT Email address: andrew.pullen-jones980@mod.gov.uk

Please note - successors in title should state and provide evidence of their succession from the former owner.