Skellingthorpe Road - The Acquisition of Land

CITY OF LINCOLN COUNCIL (WESTERN GROWTH
CORRIDOR) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2022
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (AS AMENDED)
THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

CITY OF LINCOLN COUNCIL (“the acquiring authority”) made on the 26th October 2022 the City of Lincoln Council (Western Growth Corridor) Compulsory Purchase Order 2022 under section 226 (1)(a) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). It is about to submit this Order to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities for confirmation, and if confirmed, the Order will authorise the City of Lincoln Council to purchase compulsorily the land described below (and detailed in the Schedule to the order) for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of development, specifically, the construction and delivery of the Western Growth Corridor, known as WGC.

2. A copy of the Order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at City of Lincoln Council, City Hall, Beaumont Fee, Lincoln, LN1 1DD.

3. IF no relevant objection as defined in section 13(6) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 is made, or if all such objections made are withdrawn, or if the confirming authority is satisfied that every objection made either relates exclusively to matters of compensation which can be dealt with by the Upper Tribunal or amounts in substance to an objection to the provisions of the development plan defining the proposed use of any land comprised in the Order, the confirming authority may confirm the Order with or without modifications.

4. In any other case where a relevant objection has been made which is not withdrawn or disregarded, the confirming authority is required, before confirming the Order either:

(i) To cause a public local inquiry to be held; or
(ii) To afford the objector an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the confirming authority for the purpose; or
(iii) With the consent of the objector to follow a written representations procedure.

5. The confirming authority may then, after considering the objection and the report of the person who held the inquiry or hearing or considered the written representations, confirm the order with or without modifications. In the event that there is no objection, whether by a qualifying person or otherwise, the confirming authority may in certain circumstances permit the acquiring authority to determine confirmation of the Order.

6. Any objection to the Order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Planning Casework Unit, 4 th Floor, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham, B2 4BH (Email: pcu@ levellingup.gov.uk) before 2nd March 2023 and should state the title of the Order, the grounds of the objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND
(a) On the northern side of Skellingthorpe Road, Lincoln between the highway and the land registered at HM Land Registry under title number LL404375 (presently occupied by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints); and
(b) At the Catchwater Drain, Lincoln bounded by the land registered at HM Land Registry under title numbers LL257980, LL383424 and LL95920 on the south-eastern side, and on the north-western side under title numbers LL260133 and LL13147.

Carolyn Wheater
City Solicitor
City Of Lincoln Council
30th January 2023