Acquisition of Land

South Lanarkshire Council

ENTERPRISE RESOURCES

THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE ACQUISITION OF LAND (AUTHORISATION PROCEDURE) (SCOTLAND) ACT 1947

THE SOUTH LANARKSHIRE COUNCIL (ABBOTSFORD AVENUE, HAMILTON) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2005

1. Notice is hereby given that The Scottish Ministers in exercise of the powers conferred by Paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 has confirmed with modification the South Lanarkshire Council (Abbotsford Avenue, Hamilton) Compulsory Purchase Order 2005 submitted by South Lanarkshire Council (hereinafter referred to as “the acquiring authority”).

2. The Order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purpose of securing the carrying out of redevelopment and improvement of the Abbotsford Avenue area of Hamilton, which action is necessary in the interest of the proper planning of the area in which the land described in the Schedule hereto is situated.

3. A copy of the Order as confirmed and of the Map referred to therein have been deposited at (1) the office of the Executive Director, Enterprise Resources, Montrose House, 154 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton ML3 6LB, and (2) Q and A Office, Brandon Gate, 1 Leechlee Road, Hamilton ML3 0XB and may be seen there without payment of fee between the hours of 8.45 am and 4.45 pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8.45 am to 4.15 pm on Fridays.

4. The Order as confirmed becomes operative on 16 February 2006 being the date on which this notice is first published; but a person aggrieved by the Order may, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 15 of the First Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 as extended by section 60 of the Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973, by application to the Court of Session within 6 weeks from that date, question its validity on the grounds (i) that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted or (ii) that the applicant’s interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirement relating to the Order.

5. The acquiring authority may acquire the land to which this notice relates by making a general vesting declaration under section 195 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997. Such a declaration shall not be executed before the end of the period of two months beginning with the date of the first publication of this notice except with the consent of every occupier of the land affected. The effect of the making of such a declaration is to vest the land in the acquiring authority at the end of the appropriate period and is more fully explained in Form 8 (statement to be included in Form 4 when a general vesting declaration is to be made) contained in the Compulsory Purchase of Land (Scotland) Regulations 2003. A copy of the said Regulations has also been deposited and may be seen as aforesaid.

Persons entitled to claim compensation in respect of any interest in the land are invited to give information with respect to their name and address and the land and their interest therein on the prescribed form, a copy of which will be sent by the acquiring authority on application to South Lanarkshire Council, Legal/House Sales Team, 4th Floor, Brandon Gate, 1 Leechlee Road, Hamilton ML3 0XB.

Head of Legal Services, South Lanarkshire Council, Montrose House, 154 Montrose Crescent, Hamilton ML3 6LB.

Schedule

Land comprised in the Order as confirmed extends to 198 m2 or thereby upon which the premises known as and forming 1A Abbotsford Avenue, Hamilton in the local government area of South Lanarkshire were formerly erected, as shown delineated in red, coloured pink and marked “1” on the Map annexed and executed as relative to the said Order.

Michael Docherty, Chief Executive

South Lanarkshire Council, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire ML3 0AA.

7 February 2006.