TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he proposes to make an Order under section 247 of the above Act, which will authorise the stopping-up of lengths of highway at Pares Street, Devonshire Street and Watling Street, Leicester, as detailed below:     (a) the entire lengths of Pares Street and Devonshire Street; and     (b) a narrow length of highway on the western side of Watling Street from the junction with Devonshire Street to the junction with Friday Street.   If the Order is made, the stopping-up will be authorised only in order to enable the development in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with the planning permission granted to Reg Vardy Plc, by Leicester City Council, on 19th January 1998, under Ref. 970286.   The proposed Order will also authorise the improvement of existing highway, maintainable at public expense, and for which the highway authority is to be the Leicester City Council.   Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during the 28 days commencing on 6th February 1998, at the offices of the Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Government Office for the East Midlands (quoting Ref. EMCM 506435/1/187) at the address below.   Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 6th February 1998, by notice to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, quoting the above reference, at the Government Office for the East Midlands, Transport, The Belgrave Centre, Stanley Place, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5GG.   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.

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  Single storey car showroom, workshop and body shop with part 2-storey for administration offices and canteen. External car sales area.