Highways Agency

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

THE A6 TRUNK ROAD (CLAPHAM BYPASS) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER (NO. PS10) 2000

Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the above-mentioned Acts, on 17th March 2000, made a compulsory purchase Order, entitled as above. The Order as made provides for the purchase of: (a) the land and rights described in Schedule 1, hereto for the purpose of: (i) the consturction of new trunk roads at Clapham in the Borough of Bedford in the county of Bedfordshire in pursuance of the A6 Trunk Road, (Clapham Bypass) Order 1992 (SI 1992/3354); (ii) the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises in the said borough and county in pursuance of the A6 Trunk Road (Clapham Bypass Side Roads) Order 1992, as varied by the A6 Trunk Road (Clapham Bypass Side Roads) Order 1992 (Variation) Order 1995; (iii) the improvement of the A6 Trunk Road; (iv) the diversion of watercourses and the execution of other works on watercourses in connection with the construction of the said new trunk roads and the execution of other works mentioned above; and (v) use by the Secretary of State in connection with such construction and improvement of highways and provision of private means of access and the execution of other works mentioned above. (b) the land described in Schedule 2 hereto for the purpose of mitigating any adverse effect which the existence or use of certain of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved by him as mentioned above will have on the surroundings thereof. Copies of the Order as made by the Secretary of State and of the plan referred to therein, together with copies of the above mentioned Trunk Road Order, Side Roads Order and Side Roads Variation Order (with their accompanying plans), have been deposited and may be seen at all reasonable hours from 30th March 2000, to 12th May 2000, at the offices of the Highways Agency, Heron House, 49-53 Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3LL, of Bedfordshire County Council, County Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, and of Bedford Borough Council, Town Hall, St. Paul’s Square, Bedford, and at the Post Office, in Dane Street, Bedford, and at the Sub Post Offices, at 48 High Street, Clapham, 39 High Street, Oakley, and at 78 Village Road, Bromham. The Order as made becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published, but a person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from the operative date, question its validity on the grounds: (i) that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted, or (ii) that his interests have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any statutory requirement relating to the Order. W. S. C. Wadrup, a Divisional Director in the Highways Agency.  (Ref. HA65/9/151.) Schedule 1 In the Parish of Oakley in the Borough of Bedford Arable farmland (Owned by Bedford Borough Council) (1). Arable farmland and part of Highfield Road fuel depot (All owned by CJC Ibbett, Befordia Farms Ltd) (2 and 4b). Arable farmland and right to construct and maintain drain in arable farmland (All owned by Ibbett Trust) (2a, 2c, 2d, 4, 4a and 4c). Arable farmland (Owned by the Oakley Charities Estate) (3 and 3a). In the Parishes of Clapham and Oakley in the Borough of Bedford Arable farmland (Owned by Ibbett Trust) (4e). In the Parish of Clapham in the Borough of Bedford Arable farmland (Owned by Ibbett Trust) (4f and 4p). Arable farmland (Owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. DeLuca) (5). Arable farmland, including part of a drainage ditch, part of Footpath No. 16, part of a farm access track and grassed verges, the full width of Oakley Road, and the right to construct and maintain open drainage ditches in arable farmland (All owned by Mrs. S. E. Fowler and Mrs. C. Howell) (6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6l and 6m). Allotment garden including wooden shed, parts of disused gravel pit, part of Footpath No. 16 (Clapham) and access tracks (All owned by the Diocese of St. Albans) (7, 7a, 7b, 7h, 7j, 7k and 71). Pastureland, the right to construct and maintain parts of a viaduct and its abutments and retaining walls over the River Great Ouse and its north bank, part of the north bank of the River Great Ouse, part width of river bed and centre island of that river (All owned by C. W. Reeve) (8, 8a, 8b, 8c, 8d, 8e and 8f). In the Parish of Bromham in the Borough of Bedford Arable farmland, pastureland, access tracks, part of the south bank of the River Great Ouse, the right to construct and maintain part of a viaduct over the River Great Ouse, hedgerow to the north of Lower Farm Road, part full width of Lower Farm Road, including part private access and part Bridleway No. 6 and sludge beds and part sludge lagoon (All owned by D. S. Stewart) 9, 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d, 9e, 9f, 9g, 9h, 9j, 9k, 9l, 9s, 9t, 9u, 9v, 9w, 9x, 9y, 9z and 9aa, 13 and 13b). Part of the south bank of the River Great Ouse and the right to construct and maintain part of a viaduct over the River Great Ouse and its south bank (Owned by Railtrack Property) (10, 10d 10e,10f and 10g). Arable farmland (Owned by L. B. Stewart) (11, 11a, 11b and 11c). Pastureland, hedgerow, rough grassland, sludge beds and part half width of Lower Farm Road (All owned by Bedford Borough Council) (12, 12a, 12b, 12c, 12d, 12e, 12f and 12g). Pastureland, part of the north bank and the river bed of the River Great Ouse, the right to construct and maintain a viaduct and its abutments and retaining walls over the north bank of the River Great Ouse and pastureland (All owned by Anglian Water Services Ltd) (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14g and 14h). At Bedford in the Borough of Bedford Disused allotments (Owned by Anglian Water Services Ltd) (14j and 14m). Disused allotments, part of access track, part of the river bed and south bank of the River Great Ouse and the right to construct and maintain a viaduct and its abutments and retaining walls over the River Great Ouse and its south bank (All owned by Bedford Borough Council) (15, 15b, 15t, 15u and 15v). In the Parishes of Bromham in the Borough of Bedford. Pastureland (Owned by Bedford Borough Council) (15w and 15x). At Bedford in the Borough of Bedford. Grass verge, embankment and the right to gain access over the frontage of the Bedford Modern School for the purpose of constructing and maintaining a retaining wall on adjacent land (All owned by the Manton Charitable Trust) (16 and 16a). Part of the derelict gardens of 100 Clapham Road, Bedford (owned by Rifaj Engineering Ltd) (17). In the Parish of Milton Ernest in the Borough of Bedford Part of hedgerow forming the frontage to the property known as The Gables, Milton Ernest, and the right to construct and maintain piped drain in the eastbank of the River Great Ouse (All owned by Sir T. Skeet) (18 and 18a). Schedule 2 In the Parish of Oakley in the Borough of Bedford . Arable farmland (Owned by the Ibbett Trust) (1001 and 1001a). In the Parishes of Oakley and Clapham in the Borough of Bedford. Arable farmland (Owned by Ibbett (Trust) (1003). In the Parish of Clapham in the Borough of Bedford Arable farmland (Owned by Mr. and Mrs. L. DeLuca) (1004). Arable farmland (Owned by Mrs. S. E. Fowler and Mrs. C. Howell) (1006) Allotment garden (Owned by the Diocese of St. Albans) (1007 and 1007a). In the Parish of Bromham in the Borough of Bedford Pastureland (Owned by D. S. Stewart) (1008, 1008a, 1008b and 1008c). Notes: 1. The land comprised in each item of these Schedules is identified on the plan referred to in the compulsory purchase Order by means of the number(s) shown against that item in these Schedules. 2. References to ownership are references to ownership or reputed ownership at the time of preparation of the compulsory purchase Order, and are stated only for the purpose of identification of the land. 17th March 2000.