Boar Lane, Notice Of Public Enquiry
What is planned?
The Transport and Works Act 1992 Transport and Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2004 Network Rail (Copmanthorpe No.2 Level Crossing) (Land Acquisition and Closure) Order
NOTICE OF PUBLIC LOCAL INQUIRY
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to Rule 13(6) of the Transport and Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 2004, that Mr Kevin Ward BA (Hons) MRTPI, an inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Transport will hold a public local inquiry into the application by Network Rail Infrastructure Limited ("Network Rail") under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above mentioned Order under sections 1 and 5 of that Act. The inquiry will be held at Park Plaza Leeds, Boar Lane City Square, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 5NS starting on Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 10:00 am and estimated to last a number of days.
The draft Order makes provision to extinguish the existing Copmanthorpe No.2 Level Crossing, extinguish an existing footpath currently running over the Copmanthorpe No.2 Level Crossing and create a new public right of way for the purposes of diverting that existing public footpath via a new stepped footbridge over the East Coast Mainline and Leeds Lines between Ulleskelf Station and York Station near Copmanthorpe in the City of York.
The new stepped footbridge is permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order and by the notice of prior approval granted by the City of York. The draft Order makes provision to permanently acquire land and to temporarily acquire and temporarily use land for the purposes of the construction of the new stepped footbridge and the creation of a new public right of way.
Further details, including arrangements for the inspection of plans and other documents can be obtained in the first instance from the Programme Officer for the Inquiry, Ms Joanna Vincent, Gateley Hamer, 2000 Cathedral Square, Cathedral Hill, Guildford, GU2 7YL (telephone: 07483 133 975, email: Joanna.vincent@gateleyhamer.com) and during the inquiry at the Park Plaza Leeds mentioned above.
Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS.
On behalf of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
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