East Somerset Railway Limited

TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992

TRANSPORT AND WORKS (APPLICATIONS AND OBJECTIONS PROCEDURE) (ENGLAND AND WALES) RULES 2000

EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY ORDER

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER

East Somerset Railway Limited whose address to which all requests for further information and all notices or other documents required to be served upon the applicant and where copies of the application documents can be viewed is c/o Chubb Bulleid Solicitors, of 7 Market Place, Wells, Somerset BA5 2RJ, is applying to the Secretary of State for the above-mentioned Order under sections 1 and 5 of that Act. The draft Order makes provision for the lease or sale by BRB (Residuary) Limited of certain railway sidings land and signal box forming part of the East Somerset branch of the railway system (part of former Wells/Witham branch line) at Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset. The railway and area in question comprises 2 hectares and 63 square metres or thereabouts and comprises sidings and the eastern most portion of the East Somerset Railway Line at Cranmore and which has been used by East Somerset Railway for over 30 years under Licence. Any objections to, or other representations about, the proposals in the application should be sent to the Secretary of State for Transport, c/o the TWA Orders Unit, Zone 9/09 Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DT, on or before 21 June 2005. An objection or representation must: (i);be received by the Secretary of State on or before 21 June 2005; (ii);be made in writing; (iii);state the grounds of objection or representation; (iv);indicate who is making the objection or representation; and (v);give an address to which correspondence relating to the objection or representation may be sent. The Secretary of State may make objections and other representations public and will copy them to the Applicant for the Order. Chubb Bulleid, Solicitors on behalf of East Somerset Railway Limited