British Gas Connections Ltd

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 he proposes to grant a licence under that section to British Gas Connections, whose registered office is situated at Charter Court, 50 Windsor Road, Slough, Berkshire SL1 2HA. 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: King George V Playing Fields, Huyton, Lancashire The Rising Sun P.H., Twickenham, London Holdsworth Crescent, Holbrooks, Coventry Covent Garden Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Cronkinson Farm, Nantwich, Cheshire Phase 4, Poppyfields, Corby, Northamptonshire Cock Lane, Hoddesden, Hertfordshire Clifton Road, Aston, Birmingham Poets Corner, Pevensey, East Sussex London Road, Glasgow, Scotland Clarkfield Road, Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire Brewood Road, Coven, West Midlands 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 secion 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 G. Batty, Office of Gas Supply, 16 Palace Street, London SW1E 5JD, no later then 12th July 2000.