KCC, Compulsory Purchase Order
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THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(A28 STURRY LINK ROAD)
(COMPULSORY PURCHASE) ORDER 2023
The Highways Act 1980
and The Acquisition of Land Act 1981
1. Notice is hereby given that The Kent County Council has made on 22nd November 2023 THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL (A28 STURRY LINK ROAD) (COMPULSORY PURCHASE) ORDER 2023 under sections 239, 240, 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 Kent County Council to purchase compulsorily the land and new rights described below for the purpose of:
(a) the construction of a highway from a point on the A28 Sturry Road approximately 100 metres northeast of the access to Water Treatment Works in a northwards direction to a point on the northern boundary of the Ashford to Ramsgate railway line, approximately 395 metres east of Broad Oak railway level crossing, to create a junction and a single carriageway supported on an embankment and a viaduct, with a bus lane, foot/cycleways and surface water drainage;
(b) the improvement of A28 Sturry Road in the vicinity of the junction with the new highway described in 1(a);
(c) the improvement of Shalloak Road from Broad Oak railway level crossing for a distance of approximately 110 metres in a northwards and eastwards direction;
(d) use by the Highway Authority in connection with the construction and improvement of the highways aforesaid;
(f) access by the Highway Authority over land to the east of Broad Oak Road to construct, inspect and maintain the works.
2. A copy of the order and the maps referred to can be seen from 30 November 2023 between 9:00 and 16:00 at Kent County Council Main Reception, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XQ, between 10:00 and 14:00 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at Canterbury City Council, Military Road, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1YW, and between 10:00 and 15:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday and Fridays at Sturry Parish Council, 38 High Street, Sturry, Canterbury CT2 0BD.
Electronic copies of the order, map and statement of reasons are available at www.kent.gov.uk/sturrylink Please contact by email: sturrylinkroad@kent.gov.uk or by telephone 03000 411634 before 22 December 2023 quoting Sturry Link Road CPO if you require any further information.
3. Any objections to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State, National Transport Casework Team, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE4 7AR or by email to nationalcasework@dft.gov.uk before 22 December 2023 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interest 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 to the County 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 Public Inquiry 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 NEW RIGHTS
1 All interests in 619 square metres of drain, trees and shrubbery; north of Sturry Road Community Park and south of Sturry Road, A28, Canterbury, Kent.
2 All interests in 2592 square metres of public highway and verge (Sturry Road, A28); except those owned by acquiring authority.
3 All interests in 934 square metres of accessway, drain, trees and shrubbery; north of Sturry Road, A28 and south-east of Wastewater Treatment Works, Canterbury, Kent.
4 All interests in 46 square metres of accessway and frontage (Perryfield Farm), grassland and trees; north of Sturry Road, A28 and south-west of Maytree Canterbury Garden Centre, Canterbury, Kent.
5 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary compound area for construction of the works over 10693 square metres of grassland, trees, hedges and shrubbery; south of river (Great Stour) and east of Wastewater Treatment Works, Canterbury, Kent.
6 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works and a permanent right of access to maintain and inspect the works over 815 square metres of grassland, trees and shrubbery; south of river (Great Stour) and east of Wastewater Treatment Works, Canterbury, Kent.
7 All interests in 9202 square metres of grassland, farm building, private track, trees and shrubbery; north of Sturry Road, A28 and south of river (Great Stour), Canterbury, Kent.
8 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 377 square metres of grassland, trees and shrubbery; north-east of Wastewater Treatment Works and south of river (Great Stour), Canterbury, Kent.
9 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works and a permanent right of access to maintain and inspect the works over 79 square metres of grassland and shrubbery; north-east of Wastewater Treatment Works and south of river (Great Stour), Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
10 All interests in 23 square metres of grassland and shrubbery; north-east of Wastewater Treatment Works and south of river (Great Stour), Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
11 All interests in 900 square metres of grassland, trees and shrubbery (Perryfield Farm); south of river (Great Stour) and west of Maytree Canterbury Garden Centre, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
12 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 317 square metres of grassland, trees and shrubbery (Perryfield Farm); south of river (Great Stour) and north-west of Maytree Canterbury Garden Centre, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
13 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 205 square metres of river (Great Stour)and bed thereof, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
14 All interests in 179 square metres of river (Great Stour) and bed thereof, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
15 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 124 square metres of river (Great Stour) and bed thereof, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
16 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 79 square metres of shrubbery; north-east of Wastewater Treatment Works and west of Junior King’s School Playing Field, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
17 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 54 square metres of river (Great Stour) and bed thereof, river bank and shrubbery, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
18 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 55 square metres of river (Great Stour) and bed thereof, river bank and shrubbery, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
19 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 108 square metres of agricultural land and shrubbery; north-east of Wastewater Treatment Works and south of operational railway (Ashford to Ramsgate Line), Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
20 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 520 square metres of operational railway (Ashford to Ramsgate Line), trees and shrubbery; north of river (Great Stour) and east of Broad Oak Road Crossing, Canterbury, Kent.
21 All rights of flying freehold airspace above the underside of proposed bridge structure for construction of and operation of the works and all rights necessary for the acquiring authority below the proposed bridge structure to construct, protect, maintain and inspect the works over 389 square metres of operational railway (Ashford to Ramsgate Line), trees and shrubbery; north of river (Great Stour) and east of Broad Oak Road Crossing, Canterbury, Kent.
22 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary access for construction of the works over 552 square metres of operational railway (Ashford to Ramsgate Line), trees and shrubbery; north of river (Great Stour) and east of Broad Oak Road Crossing, Canterbury, Kent.
23 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works and a permanent right of access to maintain and inspect the works over 1760 square metres of agricultural land, private track and overhead electricity cables; south of operational railway (Ashford to Ramsgate Line) and east of Broad Oak Crossing, Sturry, Canterbury, Kent.
24 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 28 square metres of grassland, trees and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and north-east of Broad Oak Road, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent.
25 All interests in 161 square metres of grassland and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and north-east of Broad Oak Road, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent.
26 All interests in 815 square metres of public highway and verges (Shalloak Road and Broad Oak Road), trees and shrubbery, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent; except those owned by acquiring authority.
27 All interests in 39 square metres of public highway and verge (Shalloak Road), shrubbery, Shalloak Road, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent; except those owned by acquiring authority.
28 All interests in 2 square metres of public highway and verge (Shalloak Road), shrubbery, Shalloak Road, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent; except those owned by acquiring authority.
29 All interests in 18 square metres of public highway (Shalloak Road), Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent; except those owned by acquiring authority.
30 All interests in 29 square metres of private road (unnamed) and verge and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and south of Depot, Canterbury, Kent.
31 All interests in 12 square metres of private road (unnamed), verge and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and south-east of Depot, Broad Oak, Canterbury, Kent.
32 All interests in 268 square metres of abandoned residential property, public footpath (Footpath No. CB51), trees and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and south-east of Depot, Canterbury, Kent.
33 All rights necessary for the acquiring authority to use the land as a temporary working area for construction of the works over 297 square metres of private road (unnamed) and verge, abandoned residential property, public footpath (Footpath No. CB51), trees and shrubbery; north of Broad Oak Crossing and south-east of Depot, Canterbury, Kent; except those owned by acquiring authority.
34 All interests in 7 square metres of private road (unnamed) and verge; north of Broad Oak Crossing and south of Depot, Canterbury, Kent.
35 All interests in 2 square metres of public highway and verge (Sturry Road, A28); except those owned by acquiring authority.
Dated this 22nd day of November 2023
General Counsel
Kent County Council
Sessions House
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ
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