Transport for London (TfL) of Windsor House, 42-50 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0TL has applied to the Secretary of State for Transport under section 6 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 for the above-mentioned Order to be made under sections 1 and 5 of that Act.

The proposed Order, if made, would authorise London Underground Limited (LUL) to construct and operate an extension to the Northern line (Charing Cross branch) from Kennington to Battersea, diverging from the existing railway south of Kennington station from a section of track used by terminating trains (known as the Kennington Loop). The Order also proposes the construction of permanent ventilation and intervention shafts and head houses, temporary shafts and construction tunnels, a terminus station at Battersea Power Station, an intermediate station in the Nine Elms area, the compulsory purchase and temporary use of land, the temporary stopping up of streets, street works and ancillary works. The proposed development is located in the London Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth.

The application is to be made subject to an environmental impact assessment.

The application contains a statement that a direction for deemed planning permission is being applied for.

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 and Works Act Orders Unit, General Counsel’s Office, Department for Transport, Zone 1/18, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR, (e-mail: transportandworksact@dft.gsi.gov.uk) on or before 18 June 2013.

An objection or representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before 18 June 2013, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or e-mail), (iii) state the grounds of the objection or representation, (iv) indicate who is making the objection or representation, and (v) give an address to which correspondence relating to the objection or representation may be sent. (If you are sending your objection or other representation by e-mail, please provide a postal address.)

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 TfL as the applicant for the Order.

Bircham Dyson Bell LLP

Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents for Transport for London

50 Broadway, London SW1H 0BL

1 May 2013