Announcements

FORM OF NOTICE CONCERNING THE CONFIRMATION OF THE SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL (KIMMERFIELDS) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2014
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 (AS AMENDED) - SECTION 226(1)(a)

ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in exercise of his powers under the above Acts, on 16 February 2016 confirmed the Swindon Borough Council (Kimmerfields) Compulsory Purchase Order 2014 (the "Order") submitted by the Swindon Borough Council (the "Council").

2. The Order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purposes of the carrying out of development, redevelopment or improvement of the land described in Schedule.

3. A copy of the notice has been deposited at various conspicuous points on the land described in the Schedule below, and copies of the notice, the Order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and the map referred to therein may be seen at all reasonable hours at the offices of the Council at Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH.

4. The Order as confirmed becomes operative on the date on which this notice is first published. A person aggrieved by the Order may, by application to the High Court within 6 weeks from that date, challenge its validity under section 23 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981. The grounds for challenge can be that the authorisation granted by the Order is not empowered to be granted or that there has been a failure to comply with any relevant statutory requirement relating to the Order.

SCHEDULE LAND COMPRISED IN THE ORDER AS CONFIRMED All interests, except those owned by the Council, in:

1. Part of Carfax Street forming public highway, comprising 474m²;

2. Part of Merton Street forming public highway, 135m2;

3. Land forming three kiosks/small shops, related areas of highway and related areas which previously formed highway but that is now the subject of a stopping up order dated 29 July 2014 and stairs leading out of Falcon House to Fleming Way, comprising 677m2 excluding the interest of Thames Water Utilities (or their successor in title) in relation to Rights in respect of sewers affecting Fleming Way/The Parade under various deeds of grant dated 8 August 1997;

4. Land adjoining Tri Centre 2, Carfax Close forming paving giving pedestrian access around Tri Centre 2, comprising 256m2;

5. Land between Tri Centre 1 and the highway at Fleming Way and Milford Street forming landscaping, highway and land which previously formed highway at Fleming Way and Milford Street but that is now the subject of a stopping up order dated 29 July 2014, comprising 581m2;

6. Land adjoining Tri Centre 3, forming a secondary access/access for deliveries, a pedestrian thoroughfare around the side of Tri Centre 3 into Newbridge Square, parking for approximately 12 cars and landscaping and comprising 1036m2;

7. Part of Milford Street forming public highway and comprising 539m2 excluding the interests of Southern Electricity Board of 55 Vastern Road Reading Berkshire RG1 8BU (or their successors in title) in relation to Rights in respect of underground cabling by way of a deed dated 31 May 1962;

8. Part of Cheltenham Street forming public highway and comprising 24m2; and

9. Part of Beales Close forming public highway and comprising 821m2.

Stephen P Taylor, Director of Law and Democratic Services, Swindon Borough Council, Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH

01 March 2016