Government Office for the North East

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 247 of the above Act entitled “The Stopping-up of Highways (County of Durham) (No. 6) Order 1999”, authorising the stopping-up of parts of Acorn Drive and School Row in Oakenshaw, near Crook, County Durham, to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted to Redfern Building Services by Wear Valley District Council on 12th November 1997, under Ref. 3/97/498. Copies of the Order may be obtained, free of charge, on application to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Director Planning, Environment and Transport, Government Office for the North East, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4TD (quoting Ref. DN5053/35/1/288), and may be inspected at all reasonable hours at the offices of Wear Valley District Council, The Civic Centre, Crook, County Durham DL15 9ES. Any person aggrieved by the Order and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of 21st May 1999, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. R. Murray, a Higher Executive Officer in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. Schedule The planning permission granted is for 2 dwelling plots, 1 and 2 Acorn Drive.