The North Yorkshire County Council (A59 Kex Gill Diversion) Compulsory Purchase Order 2021

Highways Act 1980 And The Acquisition Of Land Act 1981 Compulsory Purchase Of Land And New Rights In Land West Of The Junction Of The A59 And North Moor Road In A Northeasterly Direction Before Following An Existing Bridleway Between North Moor Road And Hall Lane And Then In Southeasterly Direction Returning To The Existing A59 Prior To Blubberhouses Bridge

1. Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of his powers under the above Acts, on 7November 2022 confirmed with modifications "The North Yorkshire County Council (A59 Kex Gill Diversion) Compulsory Purchase Order 2021' submitted by the North Yorkshire County Council.

2. The order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purposes of:-

(i) the construction of a new highway west of the junction of the A59 and North Moor Road in a north-easterly direction before following an existing bridleway between North Moor Road and Hall Lane and then in a southeasterly direction returning to the existing A59 prior to Blubberhouses Bridge

(ii) the improvement of North Moor Road and Hall Lane in pursuance of The North Yorkshire County Council (A59 (Kex Gill Diversion Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2021

(iii) the construction of other highways and the improvement of existing highways in the vicinity of the route of the above mentioned highway in pursuance of the North Yorkshire County Council (A59 (Kex Gill Diversion) Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2021;

(iv) the use of land in connection with the construction or improvement of a highway or with the carrying out of works authorised under the North Yorkshire County Council (A59 (Kex Gill Diversion) Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2021;

(v) the provision of new means of access to premises in pursuance of the North Yorkshire County Council (A59 (Kex Gill Diversion) Classified Road) (Side Roads) Order 2021;

(vi) the diversion of watercourses and the carrying out of other works on watercourses in connection with the construction and improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises;

(vii) mitigating the adverse effects which the existence or use of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof,

(viii) providing exchange land for common land being acquired of the land and the new rights described in Schedule 1 hereto.

3. A copy of the Order as confirmed by the Secretary of State for Transport and of the map referred to therein have been deposited

at County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL7 8AD and at Harrogate Library, Victoria Avenue Harrogate, HG1 1EG and at Skipton Library, High Street, Skipton, BD23 1JX and may be seen there at all reasonable hours. The Orders and maps can also be viewed on the County Council's website at the following link

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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.

5. Once the Order has become operative North Yorkshire County Council may acquire any of the land described in Schedule 1 below

by executing a general vesting declaration under section 4 of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981. A statement on the effects of Parts 2 and 3 of that Act is set out in Schedule 2 below.
6. Every person who, if a general vesting declaration were executed under section 4 of the Act in respect of the land comprised in the Order (other than land in respect of which notice to treat has been given), would be entitled to claim compensation in respect of any such land, is invited to give information to the North Yorkshire County Council at County Hall, Northallerton DL7 8AD about the persons name, address and interest in land, using a prescribed form. The relevant prescribed form is set out in Schedule 3 below.

Schedule 1 Land And The New Rights Comprised In The Order As Confirmed

Description of the Land and the New Rights to be acquired 35.6 hectares (90.193 acres) of land, in the Parishes of Blubberhouses and Fewston in the District of Harrogate in the County of North Yorkshire referenced by plot numbers in the Order comprising:

1. 277 Square Metres Common Land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road lying southwest of North Moor Road junction, Kex Gill;

1A. 2873 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road at the North Moor Road junction, Kex Gill. Also includes part of unsurfaced unclassified road U8057/9/30;

1B 583 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road just north east of the North Moor Road junction, Kex Gill. Also includes part of unsurfaced unclassified road U8057/9/30, and Footpath 15:14/4/1;

1C. 518 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road just north east of the North Moor Road junction, Kex Gill. Also includes part of unsurfaced unclassified road U8057/9/30, and Footpath 15:14/4/1:

2. 1277 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and grass verges for the public highways known as North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road, on the north-western edge of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction;

2A. 2100 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and grass verges for the public highways known as North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road, on the north-western edge of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction.
3. 2163 Square Metres. Common land part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Gill Head Peat Moor and grass verges for the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, along the southern edge of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction.

3A. 365 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Gill Head Peat Moor and grass verges for the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, south west of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction.

3B. 21 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Gill Head Peat Moor and grass verges for the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, north east of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction. Also includes part of unsurfaced unclassified road U8057/9/30

3C. 167 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Gill Head Peat Moor and grass verges for the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, north east of the North Moor Road-A59 Kex Gill Road junction

4. 337 Square Metres. Common land part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of highway known as North Moor Road lying north of the North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road junction 4A.990 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and part of public highway known as North Moor Road lying at the North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road junction

5. 37269 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and containing areas of woodland, shrubland, tracks, and verges running north east from the North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road junction, towards Hall Moor. It also contains Footpath 15.14/4/1

5A. 7048 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and containing areas of copse, shrubland, tracks, and verges running north east from the North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road junction, towards Hall Moor. It also contains Footpath 15.14/4/1

5B. 11564 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and containing areas of woodland, shrubland, and verges running north east from the North Moor Road and A59 Kex Gill Road junction, towards Hall Moor, ending just north of Round Hill. It also contains Footpath 15.14/4/1

5C. 813 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and containing shrubland lying north west of Moorcock Hall. It also contains Footpath 15.14/4/1

5D. 326 Square Metres. Copse and shrubland lying to the north of Moorcock Hall, and south west of Hall Moor

5E. 722 Square Metres. Copse and shrubland lying to the north of Moorcock Hall, and south west of Hall Moor

5F. 299 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, lying on the south-western edge of Hall Moor, due north of Moorcock Hall. Includes Bridleway 15.14/5/1 5G. 8115 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, running along the southern edge of Hall Moor. It also includes Bridleway 15.14/5

5H. 16448 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, running along the southern edge of Hall Moor, north of Cat Crags. It also includes Bridleway 15.14/5/1

5J. 818 Square Metres. Heathland lying to the north east of Cat Crags and due north from Paradise

5K. 1110 Square Metres. Heathland lying to the north of Cat Crags and south of Hall Moor and Kex Gill Road

5L. 1990 Square Metres. Heathland lying to the north Cat Crags, running parallel and south of Kex Gill Road

5M. 2431 Square Metres. Heathland part of Hall Moor, lying to the north Cat Crags, running parallel and south of Kex Gill Road

5N. 2350 Square Metres. Heathland forming part of Hall Moor, lying to the north Cat Crags

5P. 2023 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, running along the southern edge of Hall Moor, north east of Cat Crags. It also includes Bridleway 15.14/5/1

5Q. 782 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, lying north east of Cat Crags. It also includes Bridleway 15.14/5/1

5R. 724 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Hall Moor and part of Kex Gill Road including verges, lying north east of Cat Crags and north west of Blubberhouses Moor

5S. 266 Square Metres. Land forming part of public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, including verges and woodland, lying north of Bothams Farm and on the northern side of the A59 Kex Gill Road

6. 14748 Square Metres. Pastureland north east of Moorcock Hall, running parallel with Kex Gill Road to the south of Hall Moor 6A. 33 Square Metres. Part of access track and grassland lying to the north of Moorcock Hall

6B. 118 Square Metres. Part of access track lying to the north of Moorcock Hall

6C. 84 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and formed of heathland and a farm track, lying to the north of Moorcock Hall and on the south-western edge of Hall Moor

6D. 177 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and formed of heathland and a farm track, lying to the north of Moorcock Hall and south west of Hall Moor, heading north to Kex Gill Road

6E. 7 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and known as Kex Gill Road and verges, lying north of Moorcock Hall and to the south west of Hall Moor

6F. 14 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor formed of a farm track, lying to the north of Moorcock Hall and south
west of Hall Moor

6G.6H.6J 4191 Square Metres. Pastureland lying to the north of Moorcock Hall, just south of Kex Gill Road and Hall Moor

6K.6L6M 8369 Square Metres. Pastureland running east-west parallel to Kex Gill Road, lying north east of Moorcock Hall and north west of Cat Crags

7. 62 Square Metres. Land and verges forming part of the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, north of Bothams Farm

8. 110 Square Metres. Common land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor with verges and access road to Bothams Farm, lying north of Bothams Farm at the junction with the westbound carriageway of A59 Kex Gill Road

9. 43 Square Metres. Common Land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and formed of copse, banks and watercourse, lying north of Bothams Farm

9A. 12 Square Metres. Common Land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and formed of copse, banks and watercourse, flowing underneath the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road, lying north of Bothams Farm

10. 149 Square Metres. Common Land forming part of Blubberhouses Moor and forming part of the public highway known as A59 Kex Gill Road and verges, and the access road to Bothams Farm, lying to the north of Bothams Farm

11. 954 Square Metres. Copse, verges, and bank of the Hall Beck adjacent to westbound carriageway of the public highway known as A59, lying north east of Bothams Farm

12. 13607 Square Metres. Pastureland lying north of Blubberhouses Moor, and to the north of Kex Gill Road. The plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/50 and Bridleway 15.14/5/1

12A. 3106 Square Metres. Heathland lying north of Blubberhouses Moor, and to the south of Kex Gill Road and Bridleway 15.14/5/1

12B. 23853 Square Metres. Pastureland lying north of Blubberhouses Moor, running east from Hall Moor to Limekiln Hill. This plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/50, U8056/9/30 and Bridleway 15.14/5/1

12C. 1077 Square Metres. Pastureland lying north east of Blubberhouses Moor on Limekiln Hill and Kex Gill Road. This plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/50 and Bridleway 15.14/5/1

12D. 6145 Square Metres. Pastureland lying north of Blubberhouses Moor, running east from Hall Moor towards Limekiln Hill, adjacent to Kex Gill Road. This plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/30 and Bridleway 15.14/5/1

12E. 1931 Square Metres. Farm track known as Kex Gill Road and heathland, lying to the north of Blubberhouses Moor, running east from Hall Moor towards Limekiln Hill. This plot also includes Bridleway 15.14/5/1
13. 3057 Square Metres. Pastureland and stream north of Blubberhouses Moor, west of Limekiln Hill, and south of Kex Gill Road

13A,13B,13C 10,120 Square Metres. Pastureland lying north east of Blubberhouses Moor, and to the south of Limekiln Hill. This plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/30 13D. 51903 Square Metres. Pastureland, copse, woodland, watercourse and banks of Hall Beck, running from south of Limekiln Hill, down south­east to Myer's Wood, and then east adjacent to the public highway A59, finishing to the south-west of Woodview Bungalow. This plot also includes footpath 15.14/7/1 13E. 878 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse lying north east of Blubberhouses Moor and south east of Limekiln Hill 13F. 122 Square Metres. Pastureland lying east of Blubberhouses Moor and south of Limekiln Hill 13G. 8826 Square Metres. Pastureland, copse and woodland running from south east of Limekiln Hill, south towards Myer's Wood, and then east towards Blubberhouses Bridge, finishing south west of Woodview Bungalow. Includes public footpath 15.14/7/1 13H. 4942 Square Metres. Pastureland lying to the east of Blubberhouses Moor and north west of Myer's Wood

13J. 4881 Square Metres. Pastureland, copse, watercourse, banks, and verges lying to the south east of Blubberhouses Moor and adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the public highway known as the A59. This plot also includes unsurfaced unclassified road U8056/9/30 13K.13L 51 Square Metres. Watercourse and banks of Hall Beck, lying on the western edge of Myer's Wood

13M. 900 Square Metres. Woodland within Myer's Wood, lying adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the A59

13N. 1436 Square Metres. Woodland and Hall Beck watercourse, lying within Myer's Wood, just north of the A59

13P. 468 Square Metres. Woodland, watercourse and banks of Hall Beck, lying within the western part of Myer's Wood

13Q. 7918 Square Metres. Woodland and banks of Hall Beck, lying within the western area of Myer's Wood, adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the public highway known as the A59

13R. 849 Square Metres. Woodland, banks and watercourse of Hall Beck, lying within Myer's Wood, south west of Woodview Bungalow. This plot also includes footpath 15.14/7/1

13S. 6170 Square Metres. Woodland, banks and watercourse of Hall Beck, lying within Myer's Wood, south west of Woodview Bungalow, and west of the confluence between Hall Beck and Cote Hill Dike. This plot also includes footpath 15.14/7/1

13T. The right to alter the course of the watercourse known as Hall Beck and to maintain any structure and embedded mitigation over 68 square metres of Woodland, banks and watercourse of Hall Beck, lying west of its confluence with Cote Hill Dike, within Myer's Wood to the south of Woodview Bungalow

13U. 19 Square Metres. Part of watercourse known as Hall Beck lying west of its confluence with Cote Hill Dike, within Myer's Wood to the south of Woodview Bungalow

13V. The right to alter the course of the watercourse known as Hall Beck and to maintain any structure and embedded mitigation over 162 square metres of Woodland, banks, watercourse, and confluence of Hall Beck and Cote Hill Dike, lying within Myer's Wood, south east of Woodview Bungalow

13W. 1134 Square Metres. Woodland, banks and watercourse of Cote Hill Dike, lying within Myer's Wood south east of Woodview Bungalow, south of the confluence between Hall Beck and Cote Hill Dike

13X. 934 Square Metres. Copse and verges adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the A59, lying north east of Bothams Farm

14. 10 Square Metres. Part of access track and gateway adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying to the north east of Bothams Farm and north of Hall Beck

14A. 282 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying north east of Bothams Farm and to the east of where Hall Beck flows under the A59

15. 498 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying to the north east of Bothams Farm and north of Hall Beck

16. 4509 Square Metres. Part of the public highway known as the A59, lying north east of Bothams Farm

16A. 8546 Square Metres. Part highway known as the A59 and verges, running from south west of Blubberhouses Moor, east towards Blubberhouses, finishing west of the junction between the A59 and Church Hill. Includes footpath 15.14/7/1

16B. 3 Square Metres. Part of the public highway known as the A59 and verges, adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the public highway known as the A59, lying south of Woodview Bungalow

16C. 972 Square Metres. Part of the public highway known as the A59, lying south east of Blubberhouses Hall at the road junction between public highways known as Hall Lane, Church Hill, and A59

16D. 188 Square Metres. Part of the public highway known as the A59, lying south of Blubberhouses Hall and west of the junction between the public highways known as Hall Lane, Church Hill, and A59

17. 114 Square Metres. Pastureland adjacent to the eastbound carriageway of the public highway known as the A59, lying south east of Blubberhouses Moor

18. 86 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the public highway known as the A59, lying south east of Blubberhouses Moor

19. 4255 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse, lying east of Blubberhouses Moor and north of Myer's Wood

20. 335 Square Metres. Verge and pastureland adjacent to westbound carriageway of public highway known as A59, west of Myer's Wood

20A. 3373 Square Metres. Verge and pastureland adjacent to westbound carriageway of public highway known as A59, running from south west of Blubberhouses Moor, east to St Andrews Church and Cooper Lane, Blubberhouses. This plot also includes footpath 15.14/18/1

20B. 728 Square Metres. Verge and pastureland adjacent to westbound carriageway of the A59, running from the western edge of Myer's Wood to just west of where Cote Hill Dike flows beneath the A59, south of Woodview Bungalow

20C. 567 Square Metres. Verge and copse adjacent to westbound carriageway of public highway known as A59, running from west of the Church HMI-A59 road junction, west towards Cote Hill Dike. This plot also includes footpath 15.14/18/1

20D. 198 Square Metres. Pastureland lying west of St Andrews Church Blubberhouses, and the A59-Church Hill road junction

20E. 261 Square Metres. Pastureland adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying west of St Andrews Church Blubberhouses and the A59-Church Hill road junction

20F. 66 Square Metres. Pastureland and verge adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying west the A59-Church Hill road junction

20G.20H 3296 Square Metres. Pastureland lying to the west of Church Hill, south of Hall Bridge, Blubberhouses

20J. 55 Square Metres. Pastureland and verge lying to the west of St Andrew's Church Blubberhouses

20K. 0.32 Square Metres. Pastureland adjacent to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying to the west of the A59-Church Hill road junction

20L. 22 Square Metres. Pastureland close to the westbound carriageway of the A59, lying to the west of St Andrew's Church Blubberhouses, and the A59-Church Hill road junction

21. 412 Square Metres. Verge and lay-bys part of the eastbound carriageway of the A59, south west of Woodview Bungalow

22. 1366 Square Metres. Woodland and bank of Hall Beck, lying south of Woodview Bungalow

22A. The right to alter the course of the watercourse known as Hall Beck and to maintain any structure and embedded mitigation over 64 Square Metres of Woodland and bank of Hall Beck, lying south of Woodview Bungalow

22B. 30 Square Metres. Woodland and bank for Hall Beck watercourse, lying to the south of Woodview Bungalow

22C. The right to alter the course of the watercourse known as Hall Beck and to maintain any structure and embedded mitigation over 104 Square Metres of Woodland and bank of Hall Beck, lying south of Woodview Bungalow

22D. 24 Square Metres. Woodland, bank for Hall Beck watercourse and its confluence with Cote Hill Dike, lying to the south of Woodview Bungalow

23. 4457 Square Metres. Woodland, copse, pastureland, and part of Hall Beck watercourse, south east of Woodview Bungalow

23A. The right to alter the course of the watercourse known as Hall Beck and to maintain any structure and embedded mitigation over 295 Square Metres of Woodland, banks, and part of Hall Beck watercourse east of its confluence with Cote Hill Dike, lying south east of Woodview Bungalow

23B. 731 Square Metres. Woodland, banks, and part of Hall Beck watercourse east of its confluence with Cote Hill Dike, lying south east of Woodview Bungalow

23C. 10841 Square Metres. Pastureland, copse, woodland, part of Hall Beck watercourse and verges, lying south of Hall Farm and Blubberhouses Hall, adjacent to both Hall Lane and the A59

23D. 5151 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse lying south of Hall Farm and Blubberhouses Hall

23E.23F 591 Square Metres. Pastureland lying south of Hall Farm and Blubberhouses Hall

24. 255 Square Metres. Pastureland and copse adjacent to eastbound carriageway of Hall Lane, lying west of Hall Farm

24A. 53 Square Metres. Grassland and copse adjacent to Hall Lane at Hall Farm