TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 247 of the above Act entitled “The Stopping-up of Highways (County of Durham) (No. 9) Order 1998” authorising the stopping-up of an area of highway at 16 Manor Road, St. Helen Auckland, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, to enable the development described in the Schedule to this notice to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted to Dr. Lewis and Partners by Wear Valley District Council on 15th January 1997 under Ref. 3/96/511.   Copies of the Order may be obtained, free of charge, on application to the Secretary of State at the offices of the Director Planning, Environment and Transport, Government Office for the North East, Wellbar House, Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4TD (quoting GO-NE/98/5053/35/3), and may be inspected at all reasonable hours at the offices of the Wear Valley District Council, Old Bank Chambers, 45 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham DL14 7NP.   Any person aggrieved by the Order and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of 3rd September 1998, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. R. Murray, a Higher Executive Officer in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.