The Transport and Works Act 1992

The Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006

The Network Rail (Felixstowe Branch Line Land Acquisition) (Agreements for Transfer) Order

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER

Network Rail Infrastructure Limited (“Network Rail”) of 1 Eversholt Street, London NW1 2DN 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 makes provision for Network Rail to enter into agreements with the Felixstowe Dock and Railway Company (“the Company”) for the exercise of the powers which are conferred on the Company by the Felixstowe Branch Line (Land Acquisition) Order 2014 (“the 2014 Order”). The draft Order would do this by extending the powers conferred under article 39 of the Felixstowe Branch Line and Ipswich Yard Improvement Order 2008 (“the 2008 Order”) which authorises the Company to construct railway works in Suffolk Coastal District and Borough of Ipswich in the County of Suffolk and to compulsorily acquire land required for the purposes of those works.

The powers conferred under the 2008 Order to construct the works (which have not yet been constructed) are not time limited. However, the Order provides for the powers of compulsory acquisition to expire after the end of the period of 5 years from the coming into force of the Order. The powers of compulsory acquisition conferred under 2008 Order therefore expired on 14 October 2013.

The 2014 Order renewed the compulsory acquisition powers conferred by the 2008 Order for the purposes of constructing the works authorised by that Order. In addition, the Order authorised the temporary possession of land for an alternative worksite to that authorised by the 2008 Order.

It is the intention of the Company and Network Rail to enter into an agreement under article 39 of the 2008 Order providing for Network Rail to construct the works authorised by the 2008 Order. The proposed Order seeks to extend article 39 of the 2008 Order to provide that Network Rail and the Company may also enter into an agreement for the compulsory acquisition of the lands authorised under the 2014 Order required to construct those works.

The application is not to be made subject to an environmental impact assessment.

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, Legal Service, Department for Transport, Zone 1/14-18, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR (e-mail: transportandworksact@dft.gsi.gov.uk). An objection or other representation MUST (i) be received by the Secretary of State on or before 9 November 2016, (ii) be made in writing (whether sent by post or e-mail), (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.)

The Secretary of State may make complete copies of the objections and other representations public, including any personal information contained in them, and will copy them to the applicant for the Order.

Eversheds LLP, Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, One Wood Street, London EC2V 7WS

On behalf of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

Dated: 28 September 2016