Highways Agency

LAND COMPENSATION ACT 1973 (AS AMENDED)

A428 TRUNK ROAD

CHILDERLEY GATE, CALDECOTE

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that the length of highway detailed in the Schedule below was first open to the public on 16th January 2000. Under Part 1 of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (as amended) there is a right to compensation in respect of any depreciation of more than £50 in the value of certain interests in land caused by the use of new or altered highways and resulting from specified physical factors (noise, vibration, smell, fumes, smoke, artificial lighting and the discharge on to the land of any solid or liquid substance). Compensation is assessed by reference to prices current at a date 12 months after the highway is first open to public traffic, or in the case of an altered highway, first open to public traffic after completion of the alterations. Interests qualifying for compensation are specified in section 2 of the above-mentioned Act and there are special provisions relating to claims by mortgagees and persons entitled under trusts or settlements. However, no compensation can be paid under Part 1 where part of the property has been acquired for the purpose of constructing the highway. Persons entitled to a qualifying interest who consider they have a claim under these provisions may obtain further information and claim forms from the Network and Customer Services of the Highways Agency at the address shown below. Claims may be made 12 months after the date when the new or altered highway was first open to public traffic, that is on or after 16th July 2001 (the “first claim day”). Claims should be made within 6 years from this date. However, any persons who within the 12 months preceding this date make a contract for either: (i) disposing of their interest; or (ii) granting a tenancy (insofar as the interest is in land which is not a dwelling) may make a claim within that period and must do so before the interest is disposed of or the tenancy granted. Compensation in such cases will not be payable before the first claim day. A. Kirkdale, Area Manager, Network and Customer Services, Heron House, 49-53 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3LL. Schedule The formation of a new roundabout on the A428 (T) at Childerley Gate, Caldecote with associated signage and lighting works coupled with alterations to existing kerbing, surfacing and drainage and footways to accommodate its construction.