Government Office for the South West

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

PROPOSED STOPPING UP OF AN AREA OF HIGHWAY (INCLUDING HIGHWAY LAND) AT THE NORTHERN SECTION OF OLD CROFT ROAD, NORTH WROUGHTON, IN THE BOROUGH OF SWINDON

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act, which will authorise the stopping-up of an area of highway (including highway land) at the northern section of Old Croft Road, North Wroughton, in the Borough of Swindon.
If the Order is made, the stopping-up will be authorised only in order to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission referred to in that Schedule.
The proposed Order will require the provision of a new highway, along the route shown by stipple and the improvement of (part of) Old Croft Road and A4361 Croft Road along the route shown by cross-hatching on the deposited plan, maintainable at the public expense for which the Swindon Borough Council will be the local highway authority.
The proposed Order will provide that no part of the said highway shall be stopped-up until the works specified in the Order have been carried out.
Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during the 28 days commencing on 7 April 2006 at the Reception, Swindon Borough Council, Premier House, Station Road, Swindon and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Government Office for the South West (quoting Ref SW/THM/8247/280) at the address stated below or by telephoning 0117 900 1896.
Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 7 April 2006 by notice to the Secretary of State for Transport, quoting the above reference, at the Government Office for the South West, The Planning Team, 1st Floor, 2 Rivergate, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EH.
In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the objector about it.
J A B ishop, The Planning Team, Government Office for the South West
Schedule
Application for Southern Town Expansion including up to 4,500 dwellings, employment, commercial, shopping, schools, open space, park and ride, roads, sewers and associated works at land to the west of Croft Road, Swindon and north and south of the M4, Swindon in accordance with planning permission granted to Taylor Woodrow Developments Ltd by Swindon Borough Council on 19 May 2005 under Ref S/02/2000MWT.