Liverpool City - Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive (Bus Franchising, Bus Depots)
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MERSEYSIDE PASSENGER TRANSPORT EXECUTIVE (BUS FRANCHISING, BUS DEPOTS) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2025
COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND IN LIVERPOOL CITY REGION
Notice is hereby given that Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive has made the above Order under section 10(3) of the Transport Act 1968. It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive to purchase compulsorily the land described below for the purpose of bus franchising across the region in pursuance of their business to provide passenger transport services.
A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at the offices of Liverpool City Region Combined Authority at No 1 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP.
Any objection to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Transport, National Transport Casework Team, Tyneside House, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR, or national casework@dft.gsi.gov.uk before 10 October 2025 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 to the Acquiring Authority and/or Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to enable your objection to be considered. 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 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
The acquisition of seven existing bus depots at Speke, St Helens, Birkenhead, Bootle, Old Swan, Southport and Gillmoss plus parcels of adjacent land for future expansion of the depot sites at Speke and Birkenhead.
Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive
15th September 2025
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