THE SECRETARY OF STATE hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under Section 247 of the above Act entitled “The Stopping up of Highways (Yorkshire & The Humber) (No. 56) Order 2009” authorising the stopping up of two northern part widths of Lowood Lane, the whole of an unnamed footpath from its junction with Lowood Lane to its junction with Branwell Avenue, and two southern part widths of Lowood Lane at Birstall in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted to Keepmoat Limited by Kirklees Council on 6 July 2009 under reference 2009/62/91001/E1.

COPIES OF THE ORDER MAY BE OBTAINED, free of charge, on application to the Secretary of State, addressed to the National Transport Casework Team, Government Office for the North East, Citygate, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4WH (quoting reference NATTRAN/Y&H/S247/128) and may be inspected at all reasonable hours at Batley Post Office, 107-109 Upper Commercial Street, Batley, WF17 5DQ.

ANY PERSON AGGRIEVED BY THE ORDER and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of the 24 December 2009 apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein.

Alan Windham

On behalf of the Department for Transport

The Schedule

Planning permission is granted for erection of 66 dwellings, 4 retail units, landscaping, highways works to areas 4 & 5 of the Fieldhead regeneration project at Lowood Lane, Rochester Road, Fieldhead Estate, Birstall, Batley.

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