NOTICE is given that Medway Council as Highway Authority for the Administrative area of Medway intends to apply to the SEVENOAKS MAGISTRATES' COURT sitting at The Court House, Morewood Close, London Road, Sevenoaks Kent TN13 2HU on Friday, 14 April 2023 at 10am for an Order under section 116 of the Highways Act 1980 authorising the stopping up of an area of the highway being land adjacent to 618 Mierscourt Road, Gillingham on the ground that the highway is unnecessary. The effect of the Order will be to extinguish all public rights of way over the said land.

A copy of the draft Order and Plan may be inspected free of charge at the Council Offices at Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TR or

Chatham Community Hub, Dock Road, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4TX

Gillingham Community Hub, High Street, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 1BG

Rochester Community Hub, Eastgate, Rochester, Kent, ME1 1EW

Strood Community Hub,133 High Street, Strood, ME2 4TJ

Twydall Community Hub, 13 –15 Twydall Green, Gillingham, Kent ME8 6JY

During normal office hours, Monday to Friday (excluding bank holidays and public holidays) from 3 March 2023 to 3 April 2023.

Any person to whom this Notice has been given or who uses the highway specified or who would be aggrieved by the making of the Order may appear before the Magistrates’ Court to raise an objection or make a representation on the application. Any person intending to appear before the Magistrates' Court at the hearing of the application is requested to inform Joanna Horne at Medway Council, Gun Wharf, Dock Road, Chatham Kent ME4 4TR before the 3 April 2023 quoting reference JH/MPLEX021648.

Bhupinder Gill,

Assistant Director, Legal and Governance

Thursday, 9 March 2023