Land at the above location has been declared surplus to Ministry of Defence (MOD) requirements and is to be sold. The Crichel Down Rules require Government Departments, under certain circumstances, to offer back surplus land to the former owner or their successors in title at current market value unless an exemption applies.

MOD wishes to trace anyone who may fall within the definition of former owners or their successors in title contained in the Crichel Down Rules to notify them of the decision.

Former Owners:

(1) James Ward of Keddington Grange, Louth and of Melton Court, 76 Melton Road, Bridgford Nottinghamshire and Victoria Mary Ward of Greetwell House, Lincoln and of 8 St Andrews Road, Burnham on Sea, Somerset

(2) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, Mill Bank, London

(3) Richard Fieldsend of Aisthorpe

(4) The Trustees for the College of Cambridge and Marquis of Bute.

(5) Sir Weston Cracroft -Amcotts of Hackthorn Hall, Hackthorn, Lincolnshire

(6) William Storm Lockwood of Scampton House, Scampton

(7) Robert William Anderson of Manor Farm Scampton

(8) Bertram Walter Anderson of Manor Farm, Scampton

(9) Alice Marianne Porcelli Cust

The former owners or their successors in title (other than through purchase) are invited to contact MOD in writing within two months of the date of this notice to:

Alison Demaine-Grieve BSc. MRICS, Defence Infrastructure Organisation, Estates Acquisitions & Disposals North, Building 18, Piave Lines, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire DL9 3LR

Successors in title should state and provide evidence of their relationship to the former owner.

January 2022