Town and Country Planning
LONDON BOROGH TOWER HAMLETS
SECTION 247 TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (2A)
& 252 PLANT ROOM, WESTFERRY CIRCUS, E14 S247 ORDER 2025
NOTICE OF MAKING A STOPPING UP ORDER
THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS hereby gives notice that it proposes to make an order under section 247 of the above Act to authorise the stopping up of highway land (footway) Westferry Circus, E14.
IF THE ORDER IS MADE, the stopping up will be authorised only in order to accommodate the development described in schedule 2 of this notice as carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted on 10 January 2025 under reference PA/24/01466.
COPIES OF THE DRAFT ORDER AND RELEVANT PLAN MAY BE INSPECTED at all reasonable office hours during 30 days commencing 30th January 2025 at the offices of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Town Hall, 160 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BJ and may be obtained free of charge from the above office (quoting reference: STO678650779 or by email to highway.search@towerhamlets.gov.uk.
ANY PERSON MAY OBJECT to the making of the proposed order within the period of 30 days commencing 30th January 2025 by notice to the Highways Records Officer, LBTH Public Realm quoting the reference: STO678650779 in writing to highway.search@towerhamlets.gov.uk. In preparing an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of it may be imparted to other persons who may be affected by it and that those persons may wish to communicate with the objector about it.
SCHEDULE (S) - “AREA OF HIGHWAY TO BE STOPPED UP”
1. The proposed stopping up area measures approximately 6.10 metres in length and spans between 0.538 and 0.5 metres in width alongside the highway boundary.
2. “Full planning application for the erection of a permanent substation.”
Dated: 30th January 2025.
Signed: PAUL WHITFIELD, Asset Manager Highways.