Dinah’s Hollow Improvement Scheme - Compulsory Purchase Of Land
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THE DORSET COUNCIL (DINAH’S HOLLOW
IMPROVEMENT SCHEME) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2024
COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND AND NEW RIGHTS IN THE PARISH OF MELBURY ABBAS IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET
1. Notice is hereby given that the Dorset Council has made the Dorset Council (Dinah’s Hollow Improvement Scheme) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024 under section 102, 239, 249 and 250 of the Highways Act 1980. It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise the Dorset Council to purchase compulsorily the land and the new rights described below for the purpose of improving the section of existing C13 public highway known as Dinah’s Hollow/C13 and to afford it protection against landslide or other hazards of nature.
2. A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at Blandford Library, The Tabernacle, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 7DW and Shaftesbury Library, Bell Street, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8AE.
3. A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be viewed online at https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/ dinahs hollow-cpo.
4. Any objection to the order must be made in writing to Secretary of State for Transport, National Transport Casework Team, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7AR before 11th January 2025 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land.
5. In submitting an objection it should be noted that your personal data and correspondence will be passed by the Secretary of State for Transport to the Dorset Council to enable your objection to be considered.
DESCRIPTION OF LAND AND THE NEW RIGHTS
1807.1 square metres of woodland west of the C13 and being part of land known as Parhams Farm, Dinahs Hollow, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury SP7 0DE.
592.4 square metres of woodland east of the C13 and north of Spring House, being part of land known as Higher Barn Farm and Oak Tree Cottage, Cann Common, Shaftesbury SP7 0DL. Rights to (1) lay, use, inspect, cleanse, maintain and replace drains and associated inspection chambers; (2) erect temporary fencing; and (3) install, retain and maintain soil nails at a depth not less than 0.5 metres below the current surface level over 521.8 square metres of pasture land east of the C13 and north of Spring House, and being part of land known as Higher Barn Farm and Oak Tree Cottage, Cann Common, Shaftesbury SP7 0DL.
3556.1 square metres of arable land east of the C13 and being part of land known as Higher Barn Farm and Oak Tree Cottage, Cann Common, Shaftesbury SP7 0DL. 1071.2 square metres of arable land east of the C13 (opposite Dinas House) and being part of land known as Higher Barn Farm and Oak Tree Cottage, Cann Common, Shaftesbury SP7 0DL
A right to install, retain and maintain soil nails at a depth of not less than 0.5 metres below the current surface level of 1550.2 square metres of pasture and grassland to the west of the C13 and to the east of the vineyard and being part of land known as Parhams Farm, Dinahs Hollow, Melbury Abbas, Shaftesbury SP7 0DE.
Dated 13 December 2024
J Britton, Executive Director for Place, Dorset Council County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester DT1 1XJ
Authorised signatory
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