The Gas Transportation Company

NOTICE OF PROPOSAL TO GRANT AN EXTENSION TO A PUBLIC GAS TRANSPORTERS LICENCE

The Director General of Gas Supply, pursuant to section 7(5) of the Gas Act 1986, hereby gives notice that she proposes to grant an extension to a proposed licence under that section held by the Gas Transportation Company, whose registered office is situated at Sydney Vane House, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. The extension, if awarded, will authorise the above-named to convey gas through pipes to any premises in the areas briefly described below and shown on maps previously submitted to the Director General. Areas: Brookwood Manor, Redding Way, Knaphill, Woking, Surrey Holme Head Mill, Carlisle, Cumbria Chase Farm, Blyth, Northumberland Victoria Avenue East, Blackley, Manchester, Greater Manchester Tan House Drive, Mellings Farm, Winstanley, Greater Manchester Area GV5, Garden Village, Great Notley, Braintree, Essex Partridge Avenue, Chelmsford, Essex Phase II, Stage 1, Rothley Park, Mountsorrell, Leicestershire Westhawk Farm, Ashford Road/Millbank Road, Ashford, Kent Copies of these maps are available for inspection at the Office of Gas Supply at the address shown below. The Director General is of the opinion that the above-named applicant intends to carry on the activities which may be authorised by its licence under section 7 of the Act in the areas named, and that the granting of the licence will be calculated: (a) to secure that reasonable demands for gas in Great Britain are met, and (b) to secure effective competition in the supply of gas conveyed through pipes. Any representations or objections with respect to the proposed extensions may be made in writing and delivered to R. Savage, Office of Gas Supply, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JD, no later than 17th March 1999.