British Gas Connections

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

The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority (“the Authority”), pursuant to section 7(5) of the Gas Act 1986, hereby gives notice that it proposes to grant a licence under that section to British Gas Connections, whose registered office is situated at Charter Court, 50 Winsor 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 Authority. Areas: 130-136 Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire; Kirklington Road (No 33), Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire; 45 Old Redbridge Road, Southampton; Swan Street,West Road, Carleton, Skipton, North Yorkshire; 112 Oak Lane, Upchurch, Sittingbourne, Kent; Torworth Road, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire; JDR Factory, Padnal, Littleport, Ely, Cambridgeshire; 62-64 Farnley Road, Thornton Heath, London; Overdell Court, Archers Road, Southampton, Hampshire; Perry Common (Ph4a), Broomhill Road, Birmingham, West Midlands; Ty Derwen, Phase 2, Nantyffllon, Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales; The Grove, Southampton, Hampshire; Ormsgill Lane, Barrow-in-Furnace, Cumbria; Clapgate Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk; Rectory Place (Sands Cottage) Rectory Lane, Ashington, West Sussex; Croxdene Avenue, Bloxwich, Walsall, West Midlands; 15 Kings Mill Lane, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire; The Crescent/Borrage Lane, Ripon, North Yorkshire; Quemerford, Calne, Wiltshire, Sussex; 57-59 Glantawe Street, Swansea, West Glamorgan; R/O 206 Leeming Lane, North Mansfield, Nottinghamshire; Catherington Lane, Waterlooville, Hampshire; Dev at 36 Knyveton Road, Bournemouth, Dorset; Heights Lane, Rochdale, Lancashire; 75-79 Eastgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire; Friars Street, Hereford, Herefordshire; 2 Robins Grove Park,Yateley, Hampshire; Windsor Drive, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, Bedfordshire; Cleavefield Mews, Dutson Road, Launceston, Cornwall; Former College Annexe, Marine Parade, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex; St Peters Street, Radford, Nottinghamshire; 28 a -30 Ock Street, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Oakland Park, Tedder Road, York; Millfield, Bradford Road, Idle, West Yorkshire; North Orbital Road, Garston, Watford; Hunters Gate, Stewton Lane, Louth, Lincolnshire; Sandlebridge Farm, Mill Lane, Little Warford, Alderley Edge, Cheshire; r/o Elliot Road, March, Cambridgeshire; Elthorne Road, Islington, London; St Georges Way, Peckham, London; 80 Leatherhead Road, Ashstead, Surrey; Oxford Road, East Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire; Site at Mill Close, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hampshire; Church Road North, Portishead, Bristol; Coopers Lane, Bramley, Tadley, Hampshire; Old Balmossie Mill, North Balmossie Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee; 1-5 Peffrey Court, Old River Road, Dingwell, Ross-shire; St James Primary School, Moorgreen Road, West End, Southampton; Hoxton Square (14-15), London; 5-15 Ottways Lane, Ashstead, Surrey; Parkside 1-10 Shaw Lane, Carlton, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Dev at Manor Farm, Church Road, Idminston, Salisbury, Wiltshire; Copies of these maps are available for inspection at the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets at the address shown below. The Authority 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 J Ricketts, Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, Licensing Section, 2nd Floor, 9 Millbank, London SW1P 3GE, no later than 15 May 2002.