Pitsmoor - Wincobank - Templeborough - Acquisition of Land Act

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE PARAGRAPH 6(1)(a) OF
SCHEDULE 3 TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981 (“THE ACT”)
Acquisition of Land Act 1981
The National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (Pitsmoor-Wincobank-Templeborough 275 kV Cable
Replacement Scheme) Compulsory Purchase Order 2023 (“The Order”)
National Grid Electricity Transmission PLC (“the Acquiring Authority”) have submitted the
above named compulsory purchase order to the Secretary of State for Energy Security
and Net Zero for confirmation. If confirmed, it will authorise the purchase of land (“the
order land”), and new rights over land (“the rights land”) which forms part of an open
space, as defined in the Act; that is, land laid out as a public garden, or used for the
purposes of public recreation, or a disused burial ground.
The Order will be subject to special Parliamentary procedure unless the Secretary of
State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities gives a certificate in accordance with
the provisions of paragraph 6 (1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Act. The Secretary of State has
been asked by the Acquiring Authority to certify:
under paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 3 that the rights land, when burdened with
the new rights, will be no less advantageous to those persons in whom it is
vested and other persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights,
and to the public, than it was before.
The Rights land is described in the Schedule to this notice. On the plan referred to in
paragraph 5 below, the Order land is shown coloured blue (with the 4 plots indicated by
yellow highlight).
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities is required to direct
the Acquiring Authority to give public notice of his intention to give a certificate before
he reaches a decision, to afford an opportunity for representations and objections to be
made. The Acquiring Authority hereby gives that notice. Any representations or objections
in relation to this proposal should be addressed in writing to:
The Planning Casework Unit
23 Stephenson Street
Birmingham
B2 4BH
by Tuesday 9 April 2024 quoting reference PCU/S19/J4423/3335611
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Copies of the compulsory purchase order, the order maps and of a plan showing the
rights land are on deposit at:
i. Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield, S1 1XZ
ii. Riverside Library, Riverside House, Main Street, Rotherham, S60 1AE
iii. Online at https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/
network-and-infrastructure/infrastructure-projects/sheffield-cables
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities may, if he considers it
expedient, hold a public inquiry into the matter.
SCHEDULE

Number on map (1) Extent, description and situation of the land (2)
Plot 5-42 Cable Rights in respect of approximately 18,013 square metres
of vegetated area to the south of Blackburn Meadows Power
Station and to the north of Blackburn Meadows Way including
land beneath half width of the River Don, Sheffield.
Plot 5-42a Cable Rights in respect of approximately 117 square metres
of vegetated area to the south of Blackburn Meadows Power
Station and to the north of Blackburn Meadows Way Sheffield.
Plot 6-01a Cable Rights in respect of approximately 424 square metres
of vegetated area to the south of Blackburn Meadows Power
Station and to the north of Blackburn Meadows Way” and is
identified on the Order map.
Plot 8-06 Cable Rights in respect of approximately 19,307 square metres
of scrub land to the rear of Ferrars Road, Sheffield and west of
the Templeborough Substation, Rotherham.