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 to authorise the stopping-up of a length Whitman Road, London E.3.   If the Order is made, the stopping-up will be authorised only in order to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with deemed planning permission granted by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on 10th October 1997 under Ref. TH/PA/97/0152.   Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during 28 days commencing on 26th June 1998 at the offices of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Council Offices, 60 Southern Grove, Mile End, London E.3, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Government Office for London (quoting Ref. LRO 34/E5900/1/086) at the address stated below.   Any person may object to the making of the proposed Order within the period of 28 days commencing on 26th June 1998 by notice to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, quoting the above reference, at the Government Office for London, Transport Management Division, 8/W19, Riverwalk House, 157-161 Millbank, London SW1P 4RR.   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. J. Carter, a Senior Executive Officer, Transport Management Division, Planning and Transport Directorate, Government Office for London.

Schedule

  Part of the refurbishment of Mile End Park to provide a range of sport, leisure, art and play activities, including a series of new buildings directly related to the above activities. The closure of a number of roads within the park, a green bridge over Mile End Road, three new pedestrian bridges across the Grand Union Canal, the erection of wind turbines and a comprehensive programme of earth modelling, mounding and planting.