Highways Agency

THE HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

THE A66 TRUNK ROAD (LONG NEWTON GRADE SEPARATED JUNCTION) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER (MP NO 36) 2005

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of his powers under the above-mentioned Acts, on 2 February 2005, made a Compulsory Purchase Order, entitled as above. 2. The Order as made provides for the purchase of the land and rights described in the Schedule hereto for the purpose of: (i) the construction of 5 new slip roads in the parish of Long Newton in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees in pursuance of the A66 Trunk Road (Long Newton Grade Separated Junction Slip Roads) Order 2005; (ii) the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises in the parishes of Long Newton and Elton in the said Borough in pursuance of the A66 Trunk Road (Long Newton Grade Separated Junction Side Roads) Order 2005; (iii) mitigating any adverse effect which the existence or use of certain of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved by him as mentioned above will have on the surroundings of those highways; (iv) use by the Secretary of State in connection with such construction and improvement of highways and the execution of other works mentioned above. 3. Copies of the Order as made by the Secretary of State for Transport and of the plans referred to in it have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours from 17 February 2005 to 31 March 2005 at the offices of the Highways Agency, Major Projects Directorate North, City House, New Station Street, Leeds LS1 4UR; at the offices of the Borough Council of Stockton-on-Tees, Law and Democracy Department, Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 1LD; at Eaglescliffe Library, Butterfield Drive, Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees TS16 0EL; and at Stockton Central Library Open Technology Centre, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees TS16 1TU. 4. The Order as made becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published, but a person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from the operative date, question its validity on the grounds: (i) that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted, or (ii) that their interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirement relating to the Order. D G Harvey, Business Controller Major Projects Directorate North, Highways Agency. Schedule (a) The land comprised in each item in this Schedule is identified on the plan referred to in the Compulsory Purchase Order by means of the numbers shown in brackets against that item in this Schedule. (b) References to ownership are references to ownership or reputed ownership at the time of the preparation of the Compulsory Purchase Order and are stated only for the purpose of identification of the land. In the parish of Longnewton in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees Part of Mill Lane south of the A66 and west of Long Newton (J E Cowan and Mrs J Cowan) (Plot 1/1); part of Mill Lane south of the A66 and west of Long Newton, arable and pasture land south of the A66 and north of Mill Lane, and the right to enter an area of 1,400 square metres of arable and pasture land south of the A66 and north of Mill Lane in order to cleanse and alter drainage ditch in the adjoining land (Part of OS Field No 2700) (A) and (B) (W Wardman) (Plots 1/2, 1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, 1/19); arable and pasture land west of Darlington Road, part of the highway verge of Darlington Road south of the junction with the A66, part of the carriageway and verge of Darlington Road west of Yew Walk (M J Spowage and Mrs L M Spowage) (Plots 1/3, 1/3a, 1/3b, 1/3c, 1/3d, 1/3e, 1/3f,1/3g); pasture land and paddock, part of the grounds of Holly Tree House west of Darlington Road and north of Mill Lane (N Coward and S B Brodie, Trustees of Mrs G M Bannatyne) (Plot 1/4); pasture land, part of the landscaping area south of the A66 and east of Darlington Road and part of the carriageway, footway and verge of Darlington Road, south of the A66 junction (the Parish Council of Long Newton) (Plots 1/6, 1/16); arable and pasture land, part of Hang Thorn Farm north of the A66 (Part of the OS Field No 4728) (W Tarren and Mrs W Tarren) (Plot 1/7); arable and pasture land, part of Bewley Hill Farm north of the A66 (Part of OS Fields No 4943 and 5373) (P W S Taylor and Mrs S Taylor) (Plots 1/8, 1/8a, 1/8b, 1/8c, 1/8d, 1/8e); part of access track leading to Farfields Farm north of the A66 and the right to enter an area of 685 square metres of the access track leading to Farfields Farm north of the A66 in order to cleanse and alter drainage ditch in the adjoining land, arable and pasture land, part of Farfields Farm north of the A66 (Part of the OS Field No 6347) (B) (C R Bainbridge, R L Bainbridge, R E Bainbridge and Mrs B S Bainbridge) (Plots 1/9, 1/9a, 1/9b, 1/9c, 1/10); the carriageway of the lay-by north of the A66 and south of Hang Thorn Farm and part of the carriageway and verge of Darlington Road west of Yew Walk (Borough Council of Stockton-on-Tees) (Plots 1/15, 1/17, 1/17a, 1/17b); part of Mill Lane south of the A66 and west of Long Newton (Mr Richardson) (Plot 1/18); arable and pasture land, south of the A66 east of Long Newton and north of the old Darlington Road (Part of OS Field No 5373) (C) (Axa Sun Life Plc c/o Axa Real Estate Investments Managers UK Ltd) (Plot 2/11). In the parish of Elton in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees Arable and pasture land south of the A66 and west of Coatham Lane (Part of OS Fields No 0700 and 3200) (D) and (E) (Mrs D E Scott-Harden) (Plots 2/13, 2/13a), arable and pasture land north of the A66 and east of Sandy Leas Lane (Part of the OS Field No 2428) (E) (T E Watson, R D Watson, A E Watson and Barnett Waddingham Trustees Ltd) (Plots 2/14, 2/14a, 2/14b). 2 February 2005.