Highways
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS (A52 NOTTINGHAM JUNCTIONS, NOTTINGHAM KNIGHT JUNCTION AND
WHEATCROFT JUNCTION IMPROVEMENT) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2024 THE HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
AND
THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981
COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND IN THE WEST BRIDGFORD URBAN DISTRICT IN THE RUSHCLIFFE BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA AUTHORITY AREA IN THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
1. Please note this is an extended period of consultation and that the email address previously provided is no longer valid and all representations and communications must be sent to the e-mail address NATIONALCASEWORK@dft.gov.uk Any previously submitted representations should be resubmitted to this e-mail address.
2. A copy of the Order and of the accompanying Maps and supporting documentation is available on the National Highways Website: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/east-midlands/a52-nottingham-junctions/
3. Notice is hereby given that National Highways Limited (“National Highways”), a strategic highways company, has made the ‘The National Highways (A52 Nottingham Junctions, Nottingham Knight Junction and Wheatcroft Junction Improvement) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024’, under Section[s] 239, 240, 246, 249 and 250 of the Highways Act 1980, and under Section 2 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. It is about to submit this Order to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation, and if confirmed, the Order will authorise National Highways to purchase compulsorily the land in the West Bridgford Urban District, in the Rushcliffe Borough Council Area of the County of Nottinghamshire which is described in the Schedule below and delineated and shown coloured pink on the Map to the Order for the purposes of:-
(a) the construction and improvement of the A52 Trunk Road Nottingham Knight Junction of the A52 with the A60 Loughborough Road / A60
(b) the construction and improvement of the A52 Trunk Road Wheatcroft Junction of the A52 with the A606 and Flawforth Lane
(c) the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises in pursuance of The National Highways (A52 Nottingham Junctions, Nottingham Knight Junction and Wheatcroft Junction Improvement) (Side Roads) Order 2024;
(d) use by the acquiring authority in connection with the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of private means of access to premises as aforesaid; and
(e) mitigating the adverse effect which the existence or use of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof.
4. A copy of the Order and of the accompanying Map have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours until 12 February 2025 at the following locations:
i). The offices of National Highways Limited, The Cube, 199 Wharfside Street, Birmingham, B1 1RN;
ii). Ruddington Library, Church St, Ruddington, Nottingham NG11 6HD (Opening times Tuesday & Thursday – 9:30am to 5:30pm, Friday – 9:30am to 5.00pm, Saturday – 9:30am to 1.00pm); and
iii). West Bridgford Library, Bridgford Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6AT (Opening times Monday to Thursday – 9:00am to 6:00pm, Friday – 9:00am to 5pm, Saturday – 9:00am to 4.00pm, Sunday 11.00am to 3.00pm)
5. Any objection to the Order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Transport, National Transport Casework Team, Skinnerburn Road, Newcastle Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7AR, or by email to NATIONALCASEWORK@dft.gov.uk before 12 February 2025 and should state the title of the Order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land. In the preparation of an objection and the statement of the grounds of objection, it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection or representation may be communicated to other people who may be affected by it.
6. In submitting an objection or representation it should be noted that your personal data and correspondence will be passed to National Highways to enable your objection or representation to be considered. If you do not wish your personal data to be forwarded, please state your reasons when submitting your objection or representation and the Secretary of State will copy your representations, with your name and address removed, to National Highways; if there is to be a Public Local Inquiry they will be seen in that form by the public and the Inspector, who may give them less weight as a result. National Highways may disclose your objections or representations, with your name and address removed, to other parties acting on its behalf.
SCHEDULE
LAND COMPRISED IN THE ORDER AS CONFIRMED
NOTE:
The land comprised in the item[s] in this Schedule is identified on the Map referred to in the Compulsory Purchase Order by means of the number[s] shown in brackets against that item in the Schedule.
IN THE WEST BRIDGFORD URBAN DISTRICT, IN THE RUSHCLIFFE BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA OF THE COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE
Plot number | Description of land |
1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/6, 1/7, 1/9, 1/10, 1/11 | Existing Highway. A52 Trunk Road / A606 / Flawforth Lane |
1/4 | Existing arable field. Acquisition of part of the field along the north and east edges |
1/5 | Existing arable field. Acquisition of part of the field along the north and west edges |
1/8 | Existing arable field. Acquisition of part of the field along the north edge |
2/1, 2/4, 2/5, 2/9, 2/14, 2/15, 2/16, 2/17 | Existing Highway. A52 Trunk Road / A60 /A60 Loughborough Road |
2/2 | Existing commercial premises (Public House). Acquisition of part of the grounds of the public house, along the south edge. |
2/3 | Existing commercial premises (Hotel). Acquisition of part of the grounds of the hotel, along the south edge |
2/6 | Existing commercial premises (Golf club). Acquisition of part of the grounds of the golf club, along the east edge |
2/7, 2/8 | Existing field to rear of residential garden. Acquisition of part of the field along the west and north edges |
2/10 | Existing field. Acquisition of part of the field in the south west corner |
2/11 | Existing access track to residential property. Acquisition of part of the access track at the southern end |
2/12 | Existing field. Acquisition of part of the field along the south edge |
2/13 | Existing Highway. A52 Trunk Road |
Anita Prashar, Regional Delivery Director, National Highways Limited,
Date: 16 January 2025