THE SECRETARY OF STATE hereby gives notice of the proposal to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping up of an irregular shaped area of Front Street comprising part of its footway abutting the whole of the southern boundary of No. 40 Front Street at Pontefract, in the City of Wakefield.

IF THE ORDER IS MADE, the stopping up will be authorised only in order to enable development to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted to F J Architects Ltd by City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council on 3 September 2009 under reference 09/01159/FUL.

COPIES OF THE DRAFT ORDER AND RELEVANT PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED at all reasonable hours during 28 days commencing on 31January 2013 at Pontefract Library, Shoemarket, Pontefract WF8 1BD and may be obtained free of charge from the Secretary of State at the offices of the Department for Transport (quoting reference NATTRAN/Y&H/S247/689) at the address stated below.

ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed order within the period of 28 days commencing on 31January 2013 by notice to the Secretary of State, quoting the above reference, addressed to the National Transport Casework Team, 2nd Floor, Lancaster House, Hampshire Court, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7YH.

Please note: - Should you wish to object, the information you have given us and your personal data will be passed to the applicant to enable us to deal with the issues you have brought to our attention. If you do not wish your personal data to be forwarded to the applicant please state this when submitting your objection and outline the reasons why. Where a stopping up Order becomes the subject of a Public Inquiry (PI), all correspondence is copied to the Inspector conducting the Inquiry and is kept in the PI Library where it is publicly available.

Denise Hoggins, On behalf of the Department for Transport.