Kettering to Wigston South Junction and Napsbury Lane - Notice of Public Inquiry
What is happening?
The Transport and Works Act 1992
The Transport and Works (Inquiries
Procedure) Rules 2004
Proposed Network Rail (Kettering to
Wigston South Junction and Napsbury Lane)
(Land Acquisition) Order
NOTICE OF PUBLIC INQUIRY
Notice is given pursuant to Rule 13(6) of the Transport and
Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2004 that Mr Kevin
Gleeson BA MCD MRTPI an Inspector appointed by the
Secretary of State for Transport, will open an inquiry into
the application by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited
(“Network Rail”) for the proposed Network Rail (Kettering
to Wigston South Junction and Napsbury Lane) (Land
Acquisition) Order under section 6 of the Transport and
Works Act 1992 at Three Swans Hotel, 21 High Street,
Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7NJ at 10:00 on
Wednesday 4 June 2025.
The Order would confer powers on Network Rail to acquire
compulsorily land and rights in land, to use land temporarily and for oversailing land in connection with the
electrification and improvement of the Midland Mainline
railway between Kettering and Wigston South Junction
in the District of North Northamptonshire, County of
Northamptonshire and the District of Harborough, County
of Leicestershire and a right of access to that railway at
Napsbury Lane in the District of St Albans, County of
Hertfordshire. It would also confer powers to extinguish
rights over the railway at Bridge 34 in the District of
North Northamptonshire, County of Northamptonshire.
Winckworth Sherwood LLP,
Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents,
Arbor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 9AX
on behalf of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
Date 15 May 2025
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