THE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 -AND-THE ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1981
THE CITY OF BRADFORD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL
(A650 HARD INGS ROAD IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, KEIGHLEY) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2017
Notice is hereby given that the Secretary of State for Transport, in exercise of its powers under the above Acts, on 15th February 2018 confirmed without modification The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (A650 Hard Ings Road, Improvement Scheme, Keighley) Compulsory Purchase Order 2017.
The order as confirmed provides for the purchase for the purposes of
a) the improvement of the A650 Hard Ings Road from its junction with the A629 Beechcliffe Roundabout, generally eastwards to a point 75 metres west of its junction with the Bradford Road Roundabout;

b) the improvement of a highway and the provision of new means of access to premises in pursuance of The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (A650 Hard Ings Road Improvement) (Side Roads) Order 2017;

c) the improvement or development of frontages to the above mentioned highways or of the land adjoining or adjacent thereto;

d) use by The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council in connection with the improvement of highways and the provision of new means of access to premises mentioned above;

e) mitigating the adverse effect which the existence or use of the highways proposed to be constructed or improved will have on the surroundings thereof;

of the land and new rights described in the Schedule hereto. 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 the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City Hall, Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1HY at Keighley Town Hall, Bow Street, Keighley BD21 3PAand at Keighley Library, North Street, Keighley BD21 3SXand may be seen at all reasonable hours. 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 the operative 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 AND THE NEW RIGHTS COMPRISED IN THE ORDER
AS CONFIRMED
All interests in 4092 square metres of grass verge of the A629, lying to the east of its carriageway and to the north of the Beechcliffe Roundabout and an adjacent half width of Royd Ings Avenue, Keighley except interests already owned by the acquiring authority
All interests in 647 square metres of part of the footway and carriageway of and located at the junction of, the A650 Hard Ings Road and Royd Way, Keighley except interests already owned by the acquiring authority All interests in 339 square metres of part of the northern grass verge, footway and part carriageway of the A650 Hard Ings Road, lying to the south west of the Keighley Cricket Club, Keighley except interests already owned by the acquiring authority
All interests in 1111 square metres of the northern grass verge, traffic monitoring camera, footway and part carriageway of the A650 Hard Ings Road, lying to the south of the Keighley Cricket Club, Keighley except interest already owned by the acquiring authority
150 square metres of car park and boundary wall of the Keighley Cricket Club, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley 291 square metres of car park and boundary wall of the Keighley Cricket Club/ Cougars Rugby Ground, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
505 square metres of part of the filling station forecourt, totem signage and entry and exit accesses of the Texaco filling station, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
80 square metres of private access to the Cougars Rugby Ground, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
602 square metres of car sales forecourt and of private accesses of the Hard Ings Motor Company, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley The right to enter and remain on land for the purpose connected with the highway widening of the A650 Hard Ings Road and reconfiguration of private access/egress, the re-grading of a car park and the relocation of an advertising hoarding in and over 26 square metres of car park and private access, lying to west of United Carpets and to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
315 square metres of car park and forecourt of United Carpets and of private access lying to the west thereof, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
941 square metres of private accesses and frontage grass verge of Fibreline Limited, Victoria Park Mills, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
21 square metres of roadway forming part of an accessway to Keighley Ambulance Station, lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley 810 square metres of private access to the Keighley Ambulance Station and of grassed curtilage of Keighley, the Ambulance Station fronting and lying to the north of the A650 Hard Ings Road, Keighley
Dated 15th March 2018 Michael Bowness

Interim City Solicitor, The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, City Hall, Department of Corporate Resources Centenary Square, Bradford BD1 1HY.