Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981, SECTION 29

CASTLE HILL NATURE CONSERVATION ORDER 1999

Notice is hereby given under paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 11 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (“the Act”), that the Secretary of State has considered the above-named unopposed Order, and does not propose to amend or revoke it. In consequence, the Order, which took effect on 26th August 1999, will continue in effect. The general effect of the Order is to impose restrictions on the carrying out of certain operations (specified in the Order) on the land described in Schedule 1 to the Order (an area of some 114.67 hectares of land coincident with the Castle Hill Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the exact delineation of which is set out on the plan referred to in the Order). Copies of the Order and map referred to in it and of this notice, have been deposited at the offices of Brighton and Hove Unitary Authority, Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, East Sussex. They may be seen, free of charge, at all reasonable hours. Any person who is aggrieved by the Order, and desires to question its validity on the grounds that it is not within the powers of section 29 of the 1981 Act, or that any of the requirements of Schedule 11 to that Act had not been complied with in relation to it may, within 6 weeks from the date of this notice, make an application to the High Court, under paragraph 7 of the said Schedule. L. Smith, duly authorised to sign in that behalf 23rd May 2000.