Redditch Railway Station, Compulsory Purchase Order.

WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Worcestershire County Council Redditch

Railway Station Compulsory Purchase Order 2023

Compulsory Purchase of Land and New Rights In

Redditch, Worcestershire

Notice is hereby given that Worcestershire County Council has made The Worcestershire County Council Redditch Railway Station Compulsory Purchase Order 2023 under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. They are 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 Worcestershire County Council to purchase compulsorily the land and new rights described below for the purpose of the constructing a new railway station in Redditch, Worcestershire.

A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, WR5 2NP and at Redditch Library, 15 Market Place, Redditch B98 8AR and also at Redditch Borough Council Offices, Walter Stranz Square, Redditch B98 8AH.

Any objection to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Casework Unit, 23 Stephenson Street, Birmingham B2 4BH pcu@levellingup.gov.uk before 26th October 2023 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector's address and interests in the land.

In submitting an objection it should be noted that your personal data and correspondence will be passed by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to the Council to enable your objection to be considered. Where the Order becomes the subject of Public Inquiry Procedures, all correspondence is copied to the Inspector conducting the Inquiry and will be kept in the PI library, where it is publicly available. If you do not wish your personal data to be forwarded, please state your reasons when submitting your objection and the Secretary of State will copy your representations, with your name and address removed, to the Council and if there is to be a Public Local Inquiry they will be seen by the Inspector who may give them less weight as a result.

Description of Land and The New Rights

All interests in 301 square metres of commercial land located on the northwest side of Unicorn Hill, Redditch. The right to enter (with or without vehicles, plant and equipment) upon 49 square metres of commercial land located on the northwest side of Unicorn Hill, Redditch for all purposes in connection with the construction of a new railway station.

TOM POLLOCK, Principal Solicitor, Legal and Governance, Worcestershire County Council, County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester WR5 2NP.

Dated: 27th September 2023

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