Highways Agency

ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

NOTICE OF GIVING OF A CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 19(1)(a) AND PARAGRAPH 6(1)(a) OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

THE BIRMINGHAM NORTHERN RELIEF ROAD (CHURCHBRIDGE TO BURNTWOOD SECTION) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER (NO. PS 2) 1998

LAND AT CHASEWATER

Whereas the Birmingham Northern Relief Road (Churchbridge to Burntwood section) Compulsory Purchase Order (No. PS 2) 1998, which has been made by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, includes the land and rights over land described in the First and Second Schedules hereto;
And whereas the said land and the land over which the said rights are to be created forms part of Chasewater public open space;
And whereas it is proposed that the land described in the Third Schedule of the Schedule hereto shall be given in exchange for the said land;

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, in exercise of the powers conferred to him by section 19 of the above-mentioned Act and also by paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the said Act has certified that he is satisfied that:
(a) there has been or will be given in exchange for the land described in the First Schedule hereto, being parts of open spaces within the meaning of the said Act, the land described in the Third Schedule hereto, which is not less in area and is equally advantageous to the persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights, and to the public, and that the land given in exchange has been or will be vested in the persons in whom the said open spaces were vested, and subject to the like rights, trusts and incidents as attach to the said open spaces; and
(b) the land described in the Second Schedule hereto, being parts of open spaces within the meaning of the said Act, when burdened with the rights described in that Schedule, will be no less advantageous to those persons in whom it is vested and other persons, if any, entitled to rights of common or other rights, and to the public, than it was before.
Plans showing in pink and blue colour the land described in the First and Second Schedules hereto and in green colour the land described in the Third Schedule may be inspected at all reasonable hours from 10th February 2000 to 23rd March 2000 at: the Highways Agency, No. 5 Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL and at Norton Canes Library, Burntwood Road, Norton Canes, Cannock; Burntwood and Chase Terrace Library, Sankeys Corner, Burntwood and Brownhills Library, Brickiln Street, Brownhills, Walsall.
The certificate becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published, but if application is made to the High Court under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 within a period of 6 weeks from that date by any person aggrieved by the certificate the Court may, by interim order, suspend the operation of the certificate generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant, and may, if satisfied that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by any requirement of the said Act or of any regulation made under section 7 thereof not having been complied with, quash the certificate either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant.
G. P. Rainbow, Highways Agency
First Scheduleall on Plan Number K41-CEH-02 (J)
500 square metres of public open space comprising grassland north of Albutts Road (D14), north of Brownhills West (shown as plot 2A on the plan attached to this certificate) and within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
1,900 square metres of public open space comprising grassland west of Hednesford Road (C369), north of Brownhills West (shown as plot 2B on the plan) and within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
20,300 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, part of access track, part of public footpath 0.160 (Brownhills) and part of public footpath 13 (Brownhills), all south of Chasewater north-east of Brownhills West (shown on plot 2C on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
300 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, part of yard, building and part of access track, all forming part of Chasewater Leisure Park, south of Chasewater, north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2D on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
2,250 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, wasteland and part of access track, all east of Pool Road, north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2E on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
3,550 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, wasteland and parts of access tracks, all north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2F on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
7,070 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, wasteland, parts of access tracks and part of public footpaths 13/0.162 (Brownhills) all east of Pool Road, north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2G on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
2,440 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, wasteland, part of access road to stables and parts of other access tracks, all east of Pool Road, north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2H on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
3,000 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, wasteland, part of access road to stables and parts of other access tracks, all east of Pool Road north-west of Brownhills (shown as plot 2J on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
14,670 square metres of public open space comprising wasteland, heathland, part of access road and part of public footpath 53 (Brownhills), all north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2K on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
1,200 square metres of public open space comprising wasteland and heathland, all west of Wharf Lane (D168) north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2L on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
26,900 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, part of public footpath 13 (Brownhills), part of Go Kart racing track and building all south of Chasewater, north-east of Brownhills West (shown as plot 2T on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
720 square metres of wasteland forming public open space west of the Wyrley and Essington Canal north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2Y on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
Second Scheduleall on Plan Number K41-CEH-06 (A)
The right to construct a supporting embankment carrying a diverted access to the Speed Boat Club and diverted public footpath 0.160 (Brownhills) all in 4,650 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, part of public footpath 0.160 (Brownhills) and part of Chasewater, all north of Brownhills (shown as plot A on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
The right to construct a supporting embankment to a ramp carrying diverted public footpath 0.160 (Brownhills) in 580 square metres of public open space comprising grassland and part of access track, all south of Chasewater (shown as plot B on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
The right to construct a supporting embankment to a ramp carrying diverted public footpath 0.160 (Brownhills) in 580 square metres of public open space comprising grassland and part of access track, all south of Chasewater (shown as plot B on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
The right to construct a supporting embankment to a ramp carrying the access road to Chasewater Leisure Park in 2,000 square metres of public open space comprising grassland, part of access road to Chasewater Leisure Park, entrance booth and part of car park, all south-east of Chasewater (shown as plot C on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
The right to lay and maintain 35 linear metres of 300 millimetre diameter pipe and to construct and maintain manholes, all in 460 square metres of wasteland forming public open space north of Brownhills (shown as plot D on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
Third Scheduleall on Plan Number K41-CEH-02 (J)
20,500 square metres of wasteland and arable land north of Albutts Road (D14), north of Brownhills West (shown as plot 2M on the plan) and within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
(Replacement public open space for plot 2C in the First Schedule)
37,400 square metres of wasteland, disused sandpit and part of access track, all north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2P on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
(Replacement public open space for plots 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 2J, 2K, 2L and 2Y in the First Schedule)
2,880 square metres of wasteland and part of access track, all north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2Q on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
(Together with plots 2R, 2S and 2U forms replacement public open space for plots 2D and 2T in the First Schedule)
5,650 square metres part of dismantled railway embankment (shown as plot 2R on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
(Together with plots 2Q, 2S and 2U forms replacement public open space for plots 2D and 2T in the First Schedule)
20 square metres of wasteland and part of access track, north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2S on the plan) and within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
(Together with plots 2R, 2Q and 2U forms replacement public open space for plots 2D and 2T in the First Schedule)
21,130 square metres part of dismantled railway embankment and cutting, wasteland and part of disused sand pit, all north of Brownhills (shown as plot 2U on the plan) and within the District of Lichfield.
(Together with plots 2Q, 2R and 2S forms replacement public open space for plots 2D and 2T in the First Schedule)
2,525 square metres of wasteland and arable land north of Albutts Road (D14) north of Brownhills West (shown as plot 2Z on the plan) and within the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
(Replacement public open space for plots 2A and 2B in the First Schedule)
1st February 2000.