Announcements

FORM OF NOTICE CONCERNING A COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER FOR NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION AND AFFIXING ON OR NEAR THE LAND COMPRISED IN THE ORDER
THE SWINDON BOROUGH COUNCIL (KIMMERFIELDS) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2014 COMPULSORY PURCHASE OF LAND IN SWINDON TOWN CENTRE

Notice is hereby given that the Swindon Borough Council (the “Acquiring Authority”) has made the Swindon Borough Council (Kimmerfields) Compulsory Purchase Order 2014 under section 226(1) (a) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). It is about to submit this order to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for confirmation, and if confirmed, the order will authorise Swindon Borough Council to purchase compulsorily the land described below for the purpose of facilitating the carrying out of redevelopment, specifically:

(i) acquiring the remaining land interests required to proceed with a redevelopment scheme in Swindon town centre, known as Kimmerfields (and previously known as Union Square) and enabling the required infrastructure improvements, comprising:
- re-grading of Fleming Way;
- improvement and re-alignment of pedestrian route between the railway station and the town centre; and
- sufficient space for the precinct of the proposed new bus exchange and the proposed new bus exchange itself.

A copy of the order and of the accompanying map may be seen at all reasonable hours at the offices of the Acquiring Authority at Civic Offices, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH. Any objection to the order must be made in writing to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at National Planning Casework Unit, 5 Philip’s Place, Colmore Row, Birmingham, B3 2PW before 17 December 2014 and should state the title of the order, the grounds of objection and the objector’s address and interests in the land.

DESCRIPTION OF LAND

All interests, except those owned by the Acquiring Authority, in:

1. Part of Carfax Street forming public highway, comprising 474 m2;
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 677 m2 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 Two, comprising 256 m2;
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 581 m2;
6. Land adjoining Tri Centre Three, 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 1036 m2;
7. Part of Milford Street forming public highway and comprising 539 m2 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 24 m2; and
9. Part of Beales Close forming public highway and comprising 821 m2.

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

Tuesday 25 November 2014