Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 SECTION 122 APPROPRIATION OF VARIOUS PARCELS OF LAND IN DARWEN FOR HIGHWAYS PURPOSES

Notice is hereby given under Sections 122(1) and 122(2A) of the Local Government Act 1972 that Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council intends to appropriate for highway purposes various parcels of land which are described in the Schedule below all being in Darwen which currently are used as informal open space, informal amenity space or informal ancillary highway land and held by various Council Departments. All these parcels of land are being appropriated for highways purposes to enable the creation of or improvement to the road described generally as the Darwen East Development Corridor (DEDC).

The Various Plans showing the area of the land intended to be appropriated and supporting documents may be inspected at the Information Desk at the Town hall, Blackburn and the Town Hall, Darwen Monday to Friday inclusive between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00 pm (excluding Bank Holidays).

Comments or objections to the intended appropriations must be made in writing and addressed to:

Sian Roxborough, Head of Legal Services, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, Town Hall,

Blackburn, BB1 7DY by no later than 22 December 2017.

by no later than 22 December 2017.

Further detail on the DEDC project can be found via the following weblink:

http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/Pages/Darwen-East-Development-Corridor.aspx

Dated 8* December 2017

Sian Roxborough

Head of Legal Services

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

SCHEDULE

Street

Further Description of land

Area of land

Currently Held By

Oak Grove, Ivinson Road, Darwen.

Land comprising two areas of grass verge at the junction of Ivinson Road and Oak Grove.

Ivinson Road / Oak Grove: 58.7 sq.m on the north westerly side of the junction, 86.8 sq.m on the north easterly side.

Property Management (Growth and Development)

Sough Road, Grimshaw Street, Darwen.

Land comprising two areas of informal open space at junctions of Grimshaw Street and Pole Lane with Sough Road, Darwen

721 sq.m on the north westerly side of the junction and 202 sq.m on the north easterly side.

Environment Department

Sough Road / Grimshaw Street, Darwen.

Land comprising two areas of informal open space at the junctions of Grimshaw Street and Pole Lane with Sough Road, Darwen

154 sq.m on the north westerly side of the junction.

Property Management (Growth and Development)

Marsh House Lane to Ivinson Close, Darwen.

Land comprising informal open space off Marsh House Lane, Darwen

0.4877 ha (4,877 sq.m on the northerly side of the Marsh House Lane / Priory Drive junction.

Property Management (Growth and Development)

Marsh House Lane, Priory Drive, Darwen.

Land comprising two areas of informal open space at the junction of Marsh House Lane, Priory Drive, Darwen.

135 sq.m on the south westerly side of the junction. 49 sq.m on the south easterly side of the junction

Environment Department

Priory Drive, Pole Lane, Darwen.

Land comprising informal open space at the junction of Priory Drive, Pole Lane, Darwen.

158 sq.m on the south easterly side of the junction.

Environment Department