A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road - Notice Of Confirmation Of A Compulsory Purchase Order

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER
THE LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
(A1461 NORTH HYKEHAM RELIEF ROAD) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2024

The Highways Act 1980 and the Acquisition of Land Act 1981

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport in exercise of the powers conferred by the above Acts, on 30th October 2025 confirmed with modification the above named Order submitted by the Lincolnshire County Council (the “Acquiring Authority”).

2. The order as confirmed authorises the Acquiring Authority to purchase compulsorily the land and the new rights described in Schedule 1 hereto for the purposes of;

(i) the construction of a highway between the A46 North Hykeham Roundabout and the A15 Sleaford Road Roundabout in the Parish of Thorpe on the Hill, the Parish of South Hykeham, the Parish of Waddington, the parish of Harmston and the Parish of Bracebridge Heath all in the District of North Kesteven in the County of Lincolnshire;

(ii) the construction of highways to connect the above mentioned highway with the existing road system at South Hykeham Road, Brant Road, Station Road and A607 Grantham Road;

(iii) the construction of a Bridge to allow the above mentioned highway to cross the River Witham, an accommodation bridge to facilitate Wath Lane over the above mentioned highway, a pedestrian bridge adjacent to A607 Grantham Road to facilitate the Viking way over the above mentioned highway, a bat bridge adjacent to Wath Lane to facilitate Bats crossing over the above mentioned highway and a Bat culvert at Somerton Gate Lane to facilitate bats crossing under the above mentioned highway;

(iv) The construction of a temporary bridge across the River Witham to facilitate material movements and access for the construction of the above mentioned highway;

(v) the construction of 12 culverts across the above mentioned highway to facilitate permanent drainage pathways for the Independent Drainage Board and riparian owners; and also provide suitable access routes under the River Witham Bridge;

(vi) the construction of other highways and improvement of existing highways in the vicinity of the route of the above mentioned highway in pursuance of the Lincolnshire County Council (A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road) (Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2024;

(vii) the provision of new means of access to premises in pursuance of the Lincolnshire County Council (A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road) (Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2024;

(viii) the diversion of watercourses and the carrying out of other works on watercourses in connection with the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises as aforesaid;

(ix) the use of land in connection with the construction or improvement of highways or with the carrying out of works authorised under the Lincolnshire County Council (A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road) (Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2024; and

(x) mitigating the adverse effects which the existence or use of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof.

3. A copy of the order and of the accompanying plans may be inspected at www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/nhrr and free of charge during normal opening hours at the offices of Lincolnshire County Council at County Offices, Newland, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1YS, and at the offices of North Kesteven District Council, District Council Offices, Kesteven Street, Sleaford, NG34 7EF (Monday - Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (appointments necessary outside those hours).

4. The Order as confirmed becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. The grounds for challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the order.

5. Once the order becomes operative, the Acquiring Authority may acquire the land described in Schedule 1 by serving a notice to treat or by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement on the effect of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.

6. Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of that Act in respect of the land comprised in the order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to the Lincolnshire County Council c/o Adam Lakin, Project Manager, Bentley Project Management, Discovery House, Mere Way, Ruddington Fields Business Park, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6JW about the person’s name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.

7. The Acquiring Authority has a period of 3 years beginning with the date the order becomes operative to serve a notice to treat or execute a general vesting declaration. The order will become operative on the date on which this notice is first published or, if the order is subject to special parliamentary procedure, the date on which the order becomes operative under the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945

SCHEDULE 1
Land Comprised in the Order
• 469 square metres of agricultural land and hedgerow, adjoining unnamed private road, east of Fosse Way (A46), North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 1, 2)

• 23778 square metres of agricultural land, drain and hedgerow south east of Fosse Way (A46), Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincoln (PLOTS 3, 4, 5)

• 1429 square metres of public highway (Middle Lane) and verge, North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 6, 7, 9, 10, 15)

• 1656 square metres of grassland and hardstanding forming part of Travel Lodge, Thorpe-on-the-Hill, Lincoln LN6 9AJ (PLOTS 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29)

• 1923 square metres of agricultural land, trees and hedgerow, west of Middle Lane, North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 12, 13, 21, 25)

• 164477 square metres of agricultural land, hedgerow and drain, south east of Fosse Way (A46), North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 19, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)

• 505 square metres of shrubbery and grassland, north of Hykeham Roundabout, North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 30, 31)

• 5128 square metres of grassland, shrubbery, pond, unnamed track and public right of way (SHYK/9/2) east of Hykeham Roundabout, North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 34, 35)

• 554 square metres of drain, south east of Hykeham Roundabout, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 42, 43)

• 120659 square metres of agricultural land and drain, west of South Hykeham Road, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 44, 45, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52)

• 7213 square metres of public highway (South Hykeham Road) and  drain, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 48, 49, 53, 54, 55)

• 155254 square metres of agricultural land and drain, east of South Hykeham Road, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)

• 40815 square metres of agricultural land, private track (Wath Lane) and public rights of way (SHYK/2/2 and SHYK/1/1), South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 61, 62)

• 901 square metres of public highway (Wath Lane), South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 63, 64, 65, 67, 68)

• 124493 square metres of agricultural land and unnamed track, south of Meadow Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 81, 82, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90, 98, 100, 101)

• 7180 square metres of public highway and private track (Meadow Lane) and public right of way (SHYK/906/1), South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 77, 78, 79, 80, 84, 89, 94, 95, 96, 99, 103, 110, 113, 115, 116, 117, 120, 122, 125, 127, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 138, 145, 146, 154)

• 25 square metres of drain and grassland, east of South Hykeham Road, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 91, 92)

• 1364 square metres of drain and grassland, east of South Hykeham Road, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 93, 97)

• 141150 square metres of agricultural land, south of Meadow Lane, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 102, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 111, 112, 114, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126, 128, 135, 136, 137, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144)

• 979 square metres of drain, east of South Hykeham Road, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOT 106)

• 4790 square metres of river (River Witham) bedbanks thereof, drains and embankment, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 147, 148, 149, 155, 157, 158, 160, 163, 164)

• 248 square metres of grassland, south of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 150, 151, 152, 153)

• 251 square metres of river (River Witham) bedbanks thereof, drains and embankment, private track (Meadow Lane), public right of way (SHYK/906/1) and drain, South Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 156, 159, 161, 165, 166)

• 6580 square metres of river (River Witham) bedbanks thereof, drains and embankment, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 162, 167, 169, 170)

• 4288 square metres of river (River Witham) bedbanks thereof, drains and embankment, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 168, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176, 177)

• 154433 square metres of agricultural land, woodland and drain, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 174, 178, 179, 181, 182, 196, 203, 204)

• 12014 square metres of public highway (Brant Road), Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 180, 183, 186, 188, 194, 195, 200, 202, 205, 210)

• 2968 square metres of agricultural land, south west of Brant Road,  Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 184, 185, 187, 191)

• 52 square metres of drain adjacent to unnamed track, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 189, 192)

• 213 square metres of unnamed track and verge, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 190, 193)

• 1465 square metres of trees, grassland and drains, east of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 197, 198)

• 264 square metres of drain, west of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 199, 201)

• 11077 square metres of public highway (Somerton Gate Lane),  Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 207, 208, 213, 215)

• 118191 square metres of agricultural land, north of Somerton Gate Lane, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 209, 211, 214, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221)

• 38778 square metres of agricultural land, east of Brant Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOT 212)

• 2530 square metres of unnamed track road, north of Somerton Gate Lane, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 222, 223, 224)

• 132753 square metres of agricultural land and public right of way (WDGN/9/1), south west of Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 225, 226, 227, 228, 239, 240, 241, 242)

• 11178 square metres of public highway (Station Road) and footway, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 229, 230, 231, 233, 234, 236, 237, 238, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 260, 262, 264, 265, 269, 270, 272, 275, 277, 279, 280, 282, 283, 284)

• 4270 square metres of grassland and shrubbery, south of Station Road, North Hykeham, Lincoln (PLOTS 232, 235)

• 1045 square metres of 67 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 246)

• 1422 square metres of residential property known as 52 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln, LN5 9QW (PLOTS 258, 261)

• 1407 square metres of residential property known as 56 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 259)

• 1252 square metres of residential property known as 50 Station Road, Waddington, LN5 9QW (PLOT 263)

• 1393 square metres of residential property known as 48 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln, LN5 9QW (PLOT 266)

• 1181 square metres of residential property known as 58 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 267)

• 47 square metres of residential property known as 56 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 268)

• 4022 square metres of residential property known as 46 Station Road, Waddington, LN5 9QW (PLOT 271)

• 1688 square metres of residential property known as 58A Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 273)

• 1287 square metres of grassland and unnamed track, south of Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln (PLOT 274, 276)

• 2282 square metres of residential property known as 58b Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln, LN5 9QW (PLOT 278)

• 688 square metres of grassland and trees, adjoining residential property known as 58A Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 281)

• 35066 square metres of agricultural land and shrubbery, west of Grantham Road (A607), Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 285, 287, 288, 289)

• 19918 square metres of residential property known as 58 Station Road, Waddington, Lincoln LN5 9QW (PLOT 286)

• 117884 square metres of agricultural land and shrubbery, west of Grantham Road (A607), Waddington, Lincoln (PLOTS 290, 291, 292, 293, 296, 300)

• 130839 square metres of agricultural land, shrubbery and public right of way (WDGN/3/2), west of Grantham Road (A607), Waddington, Lincoln and overhead cables (PLOTS 294, 295, 297)

• 14749 square metres of public highway (Grantham Road (A607)) and footway, Waddington, Lincoln and overhead cables (PLOTS 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310)

• 49082 square metres of agricultural land and hedgerow, west of Sleaford Road (A15), Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln (PLOTS 306, 308, 311, 312, 313)

• 178337 square metres of agricultural land, west of Sleaford Road (A15), Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln (PLOTS 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320)

• 9583 square metres of public highway (Sleaford Road (A15)) and verge, Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln (PLOTS 321, 324)

• 16941 square metres of public highway (Lincoln Eastern Bypass (A15)), Bracebridge Heath, Lincoln (PLOTS 323, 325, 326)

SCHEDULE 2
FORM OF STATEMENT OF EFFECT OF PARTS 2 AND 3 OF THE COMPULSORY PURCHASE (VESTING DECLARATIONS) ACT 1981

Power to make general vesting declaration
1. Once the Lincolnshire County Council (A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024 has become operative, The Lincolnshire County Council (hereinafter called the “Acquiring Authority”) may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 above by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 (“the Act”).
This has the effect, subject to paragraphs 3 and 5 below, of vesting the land in the Council at the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2.

Notices concerning general vesting declaration

2. As soon as may be after the Acquiring Authority executes a general vesting declaration, it must serve notice of it on every occupier of any of the land specified in the declaration (except land where there is one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) and on every person who gives it information relating to the land following the invitation contained in the Confirmation Notice of the Order. When the service of notices of the general vesting declaration is completed, a period specified in the declaration, of not less than three months, will begin to run. On the first day after the end of this period, the land described in the declaration will, subject to what is said in paragraphs 3 and 5, vest in the Acquiring Authority together with the right to enter on the land and take possession of it. Every person on whom the Acquiring Authority could have served a notice to treat in respect of their interest in the land (other than a tenant under one of the tenancies described in paragraph 4) will be entitled to claim compensation for the acquisition of their interest in the land, together with interest on the compensation from the vesting date.

3. The “vesting date” for any land specified in a declaration will be the first day after the end of the period mentioned in paragraph 2, unless a counter-notice is served under Schedule A1 to the Act within that period. If a counter-notice is served, the vesting date for the land which is the subject of the counter-notice will be determined in accordance with Schedule A1.

Modifications with respect to certain tenancies

4. In the case of certain tenancies, the position stated above is subject to modifications. The modifications apply where the tenancy is either a “minor tenancy”, i.e. a tenancy for a year or a yearly tenancy or a lesser interest, or “a long tenancy which is about to expire”. “A long tenancy which is about to expire” means a tenancy granted for an interest greater than a minor tenancy but having on the vesting date a period still to run which is not more than the period specified in the declaration for this purpose (which must be more than a year). In calculating how long a tenancy has still to run, where any option to renew or to terminate it is available to either party, it is assumed that the landlord will take every opportunity to terminate the tenancy and the tenant will take every opportunity to retain or renew their interest.

5. The modifications are that the Acquiring Authority may not exercise the right of entry referred to in paragraph 2 in respect of land subject to a tenancy described in paragraph 4 unless it first serves notice to treat in respect of the tenancy and then serves every occupier of the land with a notice of its intention to enter and take possession after the period (which must be not less than three months from the service of the notice) specified in the notice. The right of entry will be exercisable at the end of that period. The vesting of the land will be subject to the tenancy until the end of that period or until the tenancy comes to an end, whichever happens first.

NOTE: If a general vesting declaration were made in respect of the land comprised in the Order other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given) every person would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land and they are invited to give information to the Acquiring Authority in the prescribed form with respect to their name and address and the land in question. The relevant prescribed form is set out below.

SCHEDULE 3
FORM FOR GIVING INFORMATION

To: Lincolnshire County Council c/o Adam Lakin, Project Manager, Bentley Project Management, Discovery House, Mere Way, Ruddington Fields Business Park, Ruddington, Nottingham, NG11 6JW Lincolnshire County Council (A1461 North Hykeham Relief Road) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024

[I] [We] being [a person] [persons] who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981 in respect of all the land comprised in the compulsory purchase order cited above in respect of which notice of treat has not been given, would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of [all] [part of] that land, give you the following information, pursuant to the provisions of section 15 of, or paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, to the Acquisition of Land Act 1981.

Name and Address of informant(s) (i).................................................
Land in which an interest is held by informant(s) (ii)...........................
Nature of interest (iii) ........................................................................
.........................................................................................................
Signed ..............................................................................................
[on behalf of] ....................................................................................
Date .................................................................................................
(i) In the case of a joint interest insert the names and addresses of all the informants.
(ii) The land should be described concisely.
(iii) If the interest is leasehold, the date of commencement and length of term should be given. If the land is subject to a mortgage or other incumbrance, details should be given, e.g. name of building society and roll number

Dated: 20th November 2025

Will Bell Chief Legal Officer Lincolnshire County Council