Y SWYDDFA GYMREIG

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Stopping-up of Highways (Highway to the rear of Pontypool Police Station and Magistrates Court, Pontypool, Torfaen) Order 1998. The Secretary of State for Wales hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to authorise the stopping-up of the length of highway described in Schedule 1 to this notice.   The stopping-up is authorised only in order to enable the development described in Schedule 2 to this notice to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted by Torfaen Borough Council on 8th September 1997, under Ref. 97/P/00777. The Order shall cease to have effect upon the cessation of the planning permission.   Copies of the Order and the deposited plan may be inspected, free of charge, during normal office hours at Pontypool Town Council Offices, 35 a Commercial Street, Pontypool, or may be obtained, free of charge, from the Welsh Office, Highways Directorate, Roads Administration Division 3, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF1 3NQ (quoting Ref. ZC 510-5-33-2).   If any person desires to question the validity of the Order, or any provisions contained therein, on the grounds:   (a) that it is not within the powers of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; or   (b) that his/her interests have been substantially prejudiced by a failure to comply with any of the requirements of the Act, he or she may, within 6 weeks of 12th March 1998, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. R. D. Chaffey, Roads Administration Division, Welsh Office

Schedule 1

  Length of highway adjacent to the rear of Pontypool Police Station and Magistrates Court is 40 metres, and is 11 metres wide.

Schedule 2

  Erection of security gates and fence to the car parking area at the rear of Pontypool Police Station and Magistrates Court.