ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

The Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Saredon to Churchbridge Section) Compulsory Purchase Order (No. PS 1) 1998

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the above-mentioned Acts, on 22nd January 1998, made a Compulsory Purchase Order, entitled as above.   The Order as made provides for the purchase of:   (a) the land and rights described in Schedule 1 hereto for the purpose of:       (i) the construction of a new special road between Saredon in the district of South Staffordshire and Churchbridge in the district of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire, in pursuance of “The Birmingham Northern Relief Road and Connecting Roads Scheme 1998” and “The M6 Motorway (Saredon and Packington Diversion) Scheme 1998”;       (ii) the construction and improvement of highways and provision of new means of access to premises in the parishes of Saredon, Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley in the district of South Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, and in the parishes of Bridgtown, Cannock Town and Norton Canes in the district of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire, in pursuance of “The Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Saredon to Churchbridge Section) Side Roads Order 1998”;       (iii) the improvement of the A5 at Churchbridge in the district of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire, in pursuance of “The A5 Trunk Road (Churchbridge Improvement) Order 1998”;       (iv) the improvement of the A34 at Churchbridge in the district of Cannock Chase in the county of Staffordshire, in pursuance of “The A34 Trunk Road (Churchbridge) Order 1998”;       (v) the diversion of watercourses and the execution of other works on watercourses in connection with the construction of special roads, the construction and improvement of other highways and the execution of other works mentioned above;       (vi) use by the Secretary of State in connection with such construction and improvement of highways and the execution of other works mentioned above;       (vii) mitigation of adverse effects which the existence or use of certain of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved by him as mentioned above will have on the surrounding thereof.   (b) the land and rights described in Schedule 2 hereto for the provision of a maintenance compound in connection with the special road at Middle Hill in the district of South Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire.   (c) the land described in Schedule 3 hereto for the purpose of being given in exchange for land which forms part of an open space.   Copies of the Order as made by the Secretary of State and of the plan referred to therein, together with copies of the above-mentioned Special Road Scheme and Side Roads Orders (all with their accompanying plans), have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours from 12th February 1998 to 3rd April 1998, at the Highways Agency, Project Services, Room 12/27 St. Christopher House, Southwark Street, London SE1 0TE; at the offices of the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL; and at Birmingham City Council, Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham; Cannock Chase District Council, The Council House, Beecroft Road, Cannock, Staffordshire; Lichfield District Council, Council Offices, Frog Lane, Lichfield, Staffordshire; Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands; North Warwickshire Borough Council, Council House, South Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire; South Staffordshire District Council, Council Offices, Wolverhampton Road, Codsall, Wolverhampton, West Midlands; Norton Canes Library, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock; Shenstone Library, Main Street, Shenstone, Walsall; Burntwood and Chase Terrace Library, Sankeys Corner, Burntwood, Lichfield; Cheslyn Hay Library, High Street, Cheslyn Hay, Walsall; Water Orton Library, Mickle Meadow, Coleshill Road, Water Orton, Birmingham; Brownhills Library, Bricklin Street, Brownhills, Walsall; Coleshill Library, 141 High Street, Coleshill, Birmingham; Sutton Coldfield Library, Lower Parade, Sutton Coldfield; and Reddicap Heath Post Office, 53 Reddicap Heath Road, Sutton Coldfield.   The Order as made becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published; but a person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from the operative date, question its validity on the grounds:   (i) that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted; or   (ii) that his interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirement relating to the Order. G. P. Rainbow, Highways Agency

Schedules

Note:   (a) The land comprised in each item in this Schedule and Schedules 2 and 3 is identified on the plan referred to in the compulsory purchase Order by means of the numbers shown in brackets against that item in these Schedules.   (b) References to ownership are references to ownership or reputed ownership at the time of the preparation of the Compulsory Purchase Order and are stated only for the purpose of identification of the land.

Schedule 1

Land within the Parishes of Saredon, Cheslyn Hay or Great Wyrley in the District of South Staffordshire or within the Parishes of Norton Canes, Cannock Town or Bridgtown in the District of Cannock Chase, all in the county of Staffordshire.   Arable land, half width of Bridlepath IR/2215 (Saredon) half width track, half width of Bridlepath 13 (Saredon) and half width of Windy Harbour Lane (D357), all north of the M6 Motorway south of Great Saredon; arable land and part of watercourse, all east of M6 Motorway west of Middle Hill; woodland east of M6 Motorway; right to construct and maintain access road from Saredon Hall Road (D408) to motorway balancing pond, to cleanse, widen, deepen and maintain existing watercourse, and to construct and maintain culvert in arable land east of M6 Motorway, west of Middle Hill; arable land part farm access, half width of A460 Wolverhampton Road, all at Middle Hill; arable land and half width of Saredon Hall Road (D408) all at Middle Hill; arable land west of A460 Wolverhampton Road at Middle Hill; arable land, half width of Bridlepath 13 (Saredon) and half width of access track east of M6 Motorway west of Middle Hill; arable land, ponds, part Saredon Road (C161), part Lodge Lane (D414) and half width of A460 Wolverhampton Road, all south-east of Middle Hill; arable land east of A460 Wolverhampton Road south of Middle Hill; arable land and part Saredon Road (C161) east of A460 Wolverhampton Road at Middle Hill; arable land and half width Saredon Road (C161) east of A460 Wolverhampton Road; arable land and half width of A460 Wolverhampton Road north of Middle Hill; arable land west of Saredon Road (C161) south-east of Middle Hill; arable land and pylon east of A460; arable land east of Lodge Lane (D414). (Owned by Middle Hill Estates Limited) (11/300, 12/300, 12/300a, 12/300b, 12/300c, 12/300d, 12/300e, 12/300f, 12/300g, 12/300h, 12/306, 12/306a, 12/306b, 12/306c, 12/306d, 12/306e, 12306f, 12/306g, 12/306h, 12/306j, 12/306m).   Part of farm yard forming part of Sandy Acres north of M6 Motorway; arable land and half width Saredon Road (C161) east of Middle Hill (owned by F. E. Stephens) (11/301, 12/314, 12/314a, 12/314b).   Arable land part of Great Saredon Farm north of M6 Motorway (owned by G. Edwards) (11/302, 11/302a).   Arable land, pylon, parts of Great Saredon Road (C335), Saredon Hall Road (D408), and Windy Harbour Lane (D357), half width of public footpaths and half width of bridlepath, all north of M6 Motorway; arable land, woodland, parts of watercourses and half width of Bridlepath 13, all east of M6 Motorway; arable land and half bed of watercourse east of M6 Motorway, north-west of A460 Wolverhampton Road (owned by Swift Family Trust) (11/303, 11/303c, 11/303d, 11/303e, 12/303, 12/303a, 12/303b, 12/303c, 12/303d, 12/303e).   Arable land and half width of Saredon Hall Road (D408), all north of M6 Motorway, south of Great Saredon (owned by J. Kelsall) (11/304, 11/304a).   Highway land forming part of Saredon Hall Road and half width Windy Harbour Lane, and at Middle Hill; highway land part of A460 Wolverhampton Road (owned by Biffa Waste Services Limited) (11/501, 11/501a, 12/500, 12/500a, 12/500b, 12/500c, 12/500d).   Arable land, part woodland, half width Bridlepath 13 and half bed of watercourse and pond, all east of M6 Motorway west and south-west of Middle Hill; arable land and half bed watercourse west of A460 Wolverhampton Road (owned by D. King) (12/307, 12/307a, 12/307b, 12/307c, 12/307d, 12/307e).   Arable land, half width Bridlepath 13 and half width access track, all east of M6 Motorway (owned by Allow Limited) (12/308, 12/308a).   Arable land, half width of access track, half width Bridlepath 13 and half width A460 Wolverhampton Road, all north-east of M6 Junction 11; arable land, part access track and part of A462 Warstone Road, all east M6 Junction 11 (owned J. Simkin) (12/309, 12/309a, 12/309b, 12/309c).   Arable land and half width A460 Wolverhampton Road south-west of Middle Hill; arable land south of Saredon Road (C161) west of Middle Hill; part of paddock adjoining property known as The Bungalow and half width of Saredon Hall Road (owned by Mrs. F. L. Wooton) (12/311, 12/311a, 12/311c, 12/311d, 12/311e, 12/2000b).   Grassland, part pond and half bed of watercourse, all west of A460 Wolverhampton Road (T. M. Gilbert) (12/393, 12/393a).   Premises known as Long Acres, agricultural outbuildings, workshops, arable land and half width of A460 Wolverhampton Road, all south of Middle Hill (owned by R. S. Thomas) (12/313, 12/313a, 12/313b).   Highway land, part of A460 Wolverhampton Road at Middle Hill; arable land and part of Lodge Lane (D414) east of Middle Hill; arable land east of Saredon Road; arable land, part of Public Footpath 5 and half width Lodge Lane, all north-east of Middle Hill; wasteland, field drain, part of Hatherton Reservoir parts supporting embankments, half bed of Wyrley Brook, parts of access tracks, parts of footpaths, half width of Mill Lane, half width of Coppice Lane, woodland, all north-west of Cheslyn Hay; the right to excavate new ponds, divert existing stream and to carry out landscape mound and planting in wasteland, woodland, parts of unnamed footpaths, part of watercourse and part of reservoir, all east of Mill Lane, north-west of Cheslyn Hay (owned by The Trustees of the Lane Estate) (12/317, 13/317, 13/317b, 13/317c, 13/317d, 13/317e, 13/322, 13/322a, 13/322b, 13/322c, 13/322d).   Wasteland and half bed of watercourse, all west of A460 Wolverhampton Road (owned by Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Plc) (12/394).   Arable land, part of barn, part of access track and part of A462 Warstone Road, half width of A460 Wolverhampton Road and pasture land, all east of M6 Junction 11 at Laney Green (owned by R. G. Whitbrook and Mrs. V. Whitbrook) (12/461, 12/461a, 12/461b).   All interests (other than the interests of the Crown) in highway land forming part of Junction 11 of the M6 Motorway and part of the A460 Wolverhampton Road, the Motor House garage forecourt at the junction of the A5 Watling Street (T) and the A34 Walsall Road (T); part of gardens of property known as 13 Watling Street at Churchgate, uncultivated land, north-east of Middle Hill (owned by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) 12/464, 12/464a, 14/331, 14/331a, 14/2026, 14/2026a, 13/89).   Part of garden of property known as The Bungalow and half width of Saredon Hall Road, all west of Middle Hill (owned by R. Pearce and Mrs. L. Pearce) (12/2000, 12/2000a).   Uncultivated land and half width of Lodge Lane, all north-east of Middle Hill; arable land east of Saredon Road (owned by South Staffordshire District Council) (13/318, 13/318a, 13/318b).   Waste land and half width Lodge Lane south of Bridgtown; grassland, part of footpath, part of storage yard, part of access to Redland Tileries, part of Public Footpath, half width of Hawkins Drive and half width of Coppice Lane, all west of Hatherton Reservoir (owned by Redland Property Holdings Limited) (13/319, 13/416).   Grassland, half bed of Wyrley Brook, part access road to Gripperrods Limited premises and half width of Walkmill Lane, all south of Bridgtown (owned by Dynamic Resources Limited) (13/320, 13/320a, 13/320b).   Woodland, grassland, part of access track, half bed of Wyrley Brook, half width of Lodge Lane and Mill Lane, all south of Bridgtown; woodland north-west of Mill Lane; woodland west of Mill Lane; wasteland east of Lodge Lane; woodland and grassland east of Lodge Lane, north-west of Cheslyn Hay; wasteland, arable land, parts of Wash Brook, parts of field drains, part of access road, half width of A460 Cannock Eastern Bypass, part of Washbrook Lane and part of Public Footpath, all north of the A5 Watling Street (T); pasture land, half bed Wash Brook and part of Washbrook Lane and part of stream crossing, all north of Great Wyrley; wasteland, parts of Wash Brook, part stream crossing, arable land, pasture land and parts of field drains, all north of A5 Watling Street (T); wasteland, part of Wash Brook and part of Public Footpath 55, all north of A5 Watling Street (T); uncultivated land, grassland and part of field drain north of A5 Watling Street (T); uncultivated land and half width of A460 Cannock Eastern Bypass, all east of Walsall to Cannock Railway Line, north-west of Churchbridge (owned by Staffordshire County Council) (13/321, 13/321a, 13/321b, 13/321c, 13/321d, 14/334, 14/334a, 14/334b, 14/334c, 14/334d, 14/334e, 14/334f, 14/334g, 14/334h, 14/334j, 14/334k, 14/334m, 14/334n, 14/334p, 14/334q, 14/391, 14/391a, 14/391b).   Wasteland, half bed of Wyrley Brook, part of access to Walkmill Business Park from Walkmill Lane, part of car parks and access to premises and half width of Walkmill Lane all north-west of Cheslyn Hay; grassland and accesses to business premises; part of the premises known as Total Discount Homemakers Limited and part of storage yard north-west of Cheslyn Hay (owned by Pritchard Estates (Hednesford) Limited) (13/323, 13/323a, 13/324, 13/324a, 13/324b).   Grassland, part footpath, planting area, part car park, part of access to Ibstock Building Products Limited, half width of Hawkins Drive and half width of Lodge Lane all west of Hatherton Reservoir (owned by Regan Limited) (13/404).   Arable land, part of access track and half width of Lodge Lane all north-east of Middle Hill (owned by R. Lewis) (13/417).   Water pumping station north of A5 Watling Street (T) at Churchbridge (owned by Severn Trent Water Limited) (14/31).   Wasteland and part of Wash Brook, all south of A5 Watling Street (T); wasteland east of the Walsall to Cannock Railway Line, south of A5 Watling Street (T); wasteland, part of Wash Brook and stream crossing, at Churchbridge; wasteland and part of Wash Brook and pool all south of A5 Watling Street (T) south-east of Bridgtown (owned by Rail Property Limited) (14/35, 14/35a, 14/35b, 14/35c, 14/35e).   Part of railway embankment forming part of the Walsall to Cannock Railway Line, part of Wash Brook and part of public footpath, all south of A5 Watling Street (T); wasteland and part of Wash Brook, all west of railway line south and south-east of Bridgtown (owned by Railtrack PLC) (14/250, 14/250a, 14/250b, 14/250c, 14/250d).   Wasteland and half bed of Wyrley Brook, all west of the Walsall to Cannock Railway Line south of Bridgtown; wasteland north-east of Hatherton Reservoir, wasteland and half bed Wyrley Brook all east of reservoir north of Cheslyn Hay; wasteland, part of Wash Brook, half bed Wyrley Brook and part of public footpath, all west of the Walsall to Cannock Railway Line north of Cheslyn Hay; wasteland part of Wash Brook, part of stream crossing, part of access to Streetway Farm and part of Public Footpath 57 all north of A5 Watling Street (T), north of Great Wyrley (owned by British Coal) (14/325, 14/325a, 14/325B, 14/325c, 14/325d, 14/325e, 14/325f, 14/325g, 14/325h, 14/325k).   Wasteland, part of Wash Brook and derelict industrial land, all south of A5 Watling Street (T); wasteland east of Walsall to Cannock Railway Line, south of A5 Watling Street (T) at Churchbridge (owned by W. Gilpin Snr. and Co.) (14/327, 14/327a, 14/327b, 14/327c, 14/327d).   Car showroom, garage workshops, part of car park and vehicle storage area, part forecourt of Churchbridge Motor Garage, all north of A5 Watling Street (T) at Churchbridge (owned by Churchbridge Motor Garage Limited) (14/330, 14/330a).   The house and grounds of property known as 10 Watling Street north of Churchbridge; car park for the Robin Hood Public House north of A34 Walsall Road (T) at Churchbridge (owned by Bass Taverns Limited) (14/332, 14/332a, 14/333, 14/333a).   Wasteland part of watercourse and part Wash Brook all west of the Walsall to Cannock Railway Line south of Bridgtown (owned by Carello Lighting PLC) (14/341, 14/341a).   Pasture land and part Wash Brook, all south of A5 Watling Street (T) east of Churchbridge (owned by C. Allen and Mrs. Allen) (14/376).   Part of garden and driveway of the property known as 16 Walsall Road at Churchbridge (owned by Ms. V. L. Parkes) (14/2024).   Arable land north of Saredon Hall Road, south of Great Saredon; highway land, grassland, landscape areas and footways, all part A5 Watling Street (T) at Churchbridge; wasteland, part Wash Brook, part stream crossing, part access to Streetway Farm, part public footpath, all north A5 Watling Street (T), north of Great Wyrley (owner unknown) (11/304b, 14/400, 14/400a, 14/400b, 14/400c, 14/400d, 14/400e, 14/400f, 14/401).

Schedule 2

Land in the Parish of Cheslyn Hay in the District of South Staffordshire in the County of Staffordshire

  Arable land east of Lodge Lane, east of Middle Hill (owned by Middlehill Estates Limited) (12/306n).   Arable land south of Saredon Road, east of Middle Hill (owned by P. E. Stephens) (12/314c).   Arable land south of Lodge Lane, east of Middle Hill (owned by the Trustees of the Lane Estate) (13/317a).

Schedule 3

Land in the Parish of Cheslyn Hay in the District of South Staffordshire in the County of Staffordshire

  Wasteland and arable land, half bed of Wyrley Brook, part of pool and part of pond forming disused clay pit, all south of Bridgtown (owned by Redland Property Holdings Limited) (13/319a, 13/319b, 13/319c, 13/319d). 4th February 1998.