Essex, Compulsory Purchase Order.

The Essex County Council

(A127 Fairglen Interchange)

Compulsory Purchase Order 2021

Compulsory Purchase of Land and New Rights in the Parishes of Rawreth,

Basildon, Bowers Gifford and North Benfleet, Benfleet and Rayleigh

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of his powers under the above Acts, on the 25th July 2023 confirmed with modifications The Essex County Council (A127 Fairglen Interchange) Compulsory Purchase Order 2021 submitted by the Essex County Council.

2. The Order as confirmed provides for the purchase of the land and new rights described in Schedule 1 hereto for the purposes of:

(i) the construction of new one way link road between the A130 and the A1245 to give direct access from the A130 southbound via the A1245 to the A127;

(ii) the improvement/alteration/improvement of the A130, A1245 and A127 to facilitate the junctions with the new link road (including a new signalised junction on the A1245 and a new dedicated left turn lane on slip between the A1245 and the A127);

(iii) the improvement/alteration/realignment of the footpath/cycle way to/from the south east of the improved A1245/A130 roundabout;

(iv) the construction of a new footpath/cycle way (including a bridge) to the south of the improved A1245/A127 roundabout;

(v) the construction of surface water attenuation ponds with drains and surface water collectors;

(vi) the provision of new means of access to premises and land in pursuance of the Essex County Council (A127 Fairglen Interchange) (Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2021;

(vii) the use by the acquiring authority in connection with the construction and improvement of the above mentioned highways and the provision of new means of access to premises as aforesaid; and

(iiiv) mitigating the adverse effect which the existence or use of the above mentioned highways proposed to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof.

3. A copy of the Order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport and of the map referred to therein have been deposited at:

Essex County Council, County Hall, 19 Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1GG

Chelmsford Library, County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, CM1 1QH

Great Tarpots Library, 127 London Road, South Benfleet, Benfleet, SS7 5UH

Wickford Library, Market Road, Wickford, SS12 0AG

Rayleigh Library, 132-134, High Street, Rayleigh, SS6 7BX

4. The Order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. The grounds of challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the Order.

5. Once the Order has become operative, the Essex County Council may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 below by executing a general vesting declaration

under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981.

A statement on the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.

6. Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act in respect of the land comprised in the Order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to the Essex County Council c/o Roger Moore, Lambert Smith Hampton, Greenwood House, 91-99 New London Road, Chelmsford, CM2 0PP about the person's name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.

Schedule 1

Land and the New Rights Comprised in the Order as Confirmed

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