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 an area of highway at Portland Road, Worthing, in the county of West Sussex.   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 the planning permission granted to Gould Singleton Architects on behalf of Hawkstone Properties Ltd. by Worthing Borough Council on 7th July 1998, under Ref. WB/98/0367.   Copies of the draft Order and relevant plan may be inspected at all reasonable hours during the 28 days commencing on 3rd September 1998, at the offices of Worthing Borough Council, Town Hall, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 1LF, and may be obtained, free of charge, from the Head of Transport (East), Government Office for the South East (quoting Ref. GOSE/029/001/WORT/003), at the address below.   During the above-mentioned period of 28 days anyone may object to the making of the Order by writing to the Secretary of State, quoting Ref. GOSE/029/001/WORT/003, and addressing their objection to the Head of Transport (East), Government Office for the South East, First Floor, Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford GU1 4GA. In the preparation of an objection it should be borne in mind that the substance of any objection may be communicated to the applicant and other people who may be affected by it.   This notice supersedes the one previously displayed at Portland Road between 14th and 19th August 1998.   General enquiries relating to this notice may be made in writing to A. Saunders at the Government Office for the South East, at the address stated above or by telephoning 01483 882366.   Please note that formal objections will not be valid unless made in writing. M. Longes, a Higher Executive Officer in the Government Office for the South East.

Schedule

  Demolition of 5 no. retail units, construction of a two and three storey retail unit and extension to existing adjacent unit.   40-46 Montague Street and 12-16 Portland Road, Worthing, West Sussex.   (Approximate Ordnance Survey grid reference TQ 147 024).