Government Office for the East Midlands

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990

The Secretary of State for Transport hereby gives notice that he has made an Order under section 247 of the above Act entitled “The Stopping-Up of Highways (City of Leicester) (No 2) Order 2005”, authorising the stopping-up of lengths of highways at Burgess Street, Long Lane, Highcross Street, Vaughan Way, Elbow Lane, Freeschool Lane, Shires Lane, St Peters Lane and Vine Street, in the City of Leicester, measuring a total length of approximately 723 metres. The stopping-up is 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 Shires GP Ltd by Leicester City Council on 6 January 2005, under Ref 20032459. The Order requires the provision of a new highway and the improvement of existing highway by Shires GP Ltd, maintainable at public expense, and for which the highway authority is to be the Leicester City Council. Copies of the Order may be obtained, free of charge, by applying to the Government Office for the East Midlands, Transport, The Belgrave Centre, Stanley Place, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5GG (quoting Ref EMCM 506435/1/220), and may be inspected at all reasonable hours at the offices of the Leicester City Council, New Walk Centre, Welford Place, Leicester LE1 6ZG. Any person aggrieved by the Order and desiring to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement of that Act or of any regulation made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the Order, may, within 6 weeks of 27 March 2006, apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision contained therein. For enquiries into this matter please contact Martin Tasker on 0115 971 2524. D Oscroft, Principal, Government Office for the East Midlands Schedule Redevelopment, including extension to shires Shopping Centre for: retail (class A1), financial and professional services (class A2), food and drink (class A3), leisure (class D2), and residential (class C3) floorspace; multi-storey car park; public streets and spaces, with bus interchange; ancillary servicing and access arrangements, centre management and creche and toilet facilities; alterations to highway network (subject to a section 106 planning agreement and section 278 highway agreement) (environmental statement) (amended).