THE HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

AQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

The Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Motorway Service Area) Compulsory Purchase Order (No. PS 7) 1998

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the above-mentioned Acts, on 22nd January 1998, made a Compulsory Purchase Order, entitled as above.   The Order as made provides for the purchase of:   (a) the land and rights described in Schedule 1 hereto for the purpose of:       (i) the construction of a new special road at Norton Canes in the county of Staffordshire in pursuance of “The Birmingham Northern Relief Road and Connecting Roads Scheme 1998”;       (ii) use by the Secretary of State in connection with such construction and improvement of highways and the execution of other works mentioned above;       (iii) mitigation of adverse effects which the exercise or use of certain of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved by him as mentioned above will have on the surroundings thereof.   (b) the land and rights described in Schedule 2 hereto for the provision of a service area at Norton Canes in the District of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire.   Copies of the Order as made by the Secretary of State and of the plan referred to therein, together with copies of the above-mentioned Special Road Scheme and Side Roads Orders (all with their accompanying plans), have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours from 12th February 1998 to 3rd April 1998 at the Highways Agency Project Services, Room 12/27 St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; at the offices of the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL; and at Birmingham City Council, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham; Cannock Chase District Council, The Council House, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire; Lichfield District Council, Council Offices, Frog Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire; Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands; North Warwickshire Borough Council, Council House, South Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire; South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands; Norton Canes Library, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes Cannock; Shenstone Library, Main Street, Shenstone, Walsall; Burntwood and Chase Terrace Library, Sankeys Corner, Burntwood, Lichfield; Cheslyn Hay Library, High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall; Water Orton Library, Mickle Meadow, Coleshill Road, Water Orton, Birmingham; Brownhills Library, Bricklin Street, Brownills, Walsall; Coleshill Library, 141 High Street, Coleshill, Birmingam; Sutton Coldfield Library, Lower Parade; Sutton Coldfield and Reddicap Heath Post Office, 53 Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield.   The Order as made becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published: but a person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from the operative date, question its validity on the grounds that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted, or that his interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirements relating to the Order. G. P. Rainbow, Highways Agency

Schedules

Note.   (a) The land comprised in each item in this Schedule and Schedule 2 is identified on the plan referred to in the Compulsory Purchase Order by means of the numbers shown in brackets against that item in these Schedules.   (b) References to ownership are references to ownership or reputed ownership at the time of the preparation of the Compulsory Purchase Order and are stated only for the purpose of identification of the land.

Schedule 1

Land in the Parish of Norton Canes in the District of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire

  Arable land, woodland and a pylon all south-east of Norton Canes (owned by the Trustee of the H. J. Bridgen Will Trust) (71/342, 71/342a).   Arable land, disused land and woodland; disused land west of the disused Wyrley and Essington Canal at Norton Canes (owned by E. H. L. Wallace) (71/349, 71/349a).   All interests (other than the interests of the Crown) in arable land south of Albutts Road south-east of Norton Canes (owned by Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) (71/353).   Part of the disused Wyrley and Essington Canal south-east of Norton Canes (owned by Cannock Chase District Council) (71/353).   Pasture land and rough grazing land forming part of Moss Farm north of the A5 Watling Street) (T) at Norton Canes (owned by N. Emery) (71/439).

Schedule 2

Land in the Parish of Norton Canes in the District of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire

  Disused land and pond south-east of Norton Canes; disused land south of Betty’s Lane at Norton Canes; arable land south of Betty’s Lane (owned by Severn Trent Water Limited) (71/31, 71/354, 71/354a).   Disused land, woodland, part of watercourse and part of footpath all south-east of Norton Canes; arable land north of Albutts Road (owned by E. H. L. Wallace) (71/349b, 71/356).   All interests (other than the interests of the Crown) in arable land north of Albutts Road south-east of Norton Canes (owned by Secrerary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) (71/353a).   Wasteland and part of the disused Wyrley and Essington Canal south of Betty’s Lane at Norton Canes (owned by Cannock Chase District Council) (71/353a). 4th February 1998.