The Network Rail - Kettering - Land Acquisition

The Transport and Works Act 1992
The Transport and Works (Applications and Objections
Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006
The Network Rail (Kettering to Wigston South Junction and
Napsbury Lane) (Land Acquisition) Order
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail”) of Waterloo General Office,
London, SE1 8SW, is applying to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6
of the Transport and Works Act 1992, for the above-mentioned order under sections 1
and 5 of that Act.
The Order confers powers on Network Rail to acquire compulsorily land and rights in
land and to use land temporarily and for oversailing in connection with the electrification
and improvement of the Midland Mainline railway between Kettering and Wigston South
Junction in the District of North Northamptonshire, County of Northamptonshire and the
District of Harborough, County of Leicestershire and a right of access to that railway at
Napsbury Lane in the District of St Albans, County of Hertfordshire. It also confers
powers to extinguish rights over the railway at Bridge 34 in the District of North
Northamptonshire, County of Northamptonshire.
This application is not to be made subject to an environmental impact assessment.
A copy of the application and of all documents submitted with it are available online and
may be downloaded from the applicant’s website at https://www.networkrail.co.uk/
running-the-railway/our-routes/east-midlands/midland-main-line-upgrade/ from 12
November 2024 to 24 December 2024. They can also be provided on request from
midlandmainline@networkrail.co.uk or telephone 03457 11 41 41. A reasonable charge
may be payable. Copies of individual documents are also available on request.
Further information about the proposals can also be obtained by telephoning Network Rail’s
national helpline on 03457 11 41 41 or e-mailing midlandmainline@networkrail.co.uk
Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the application should
be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport c/o Transport Infrastructure Planning Unit,
Department for Transport, Zone 1/18, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London
SW1P 4DR, email transportinfrastructure@dft.gov.uk.
An objection or representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or
before 24 December 2024, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or email),
(iii) state the grounds of the objection or other representation, (iv) indicate who is making
the objection or other representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence
relating to the objection or other representation may be sent. (If you are sending
your objection or other representation by e-mail, please provide a postal address and
state “Network Rail (Kettering to Wigston South Junction and Napsbury Lane)
(Land Acquisition) Order” in the subject of the email.
The Secretary of State may make complete copies of the objections and other
representations public, including any personal information in them, and will copy them
to the applicant for the Order.
Winckworth Sherwood LLP, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents,
Arbor, 255 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 9AX
on behalf of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited.
Date 7 November 2024