SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 12 The A2 and M2 Improvement Works
Part II Interference with Highways and Means of Access
Stopping up of private access to premises
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1
Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may, in connection with the construction of the A2 and M2 improvement works—
a
stop up any private means of access to premises adjoining or adjacent to any land—
i
comprised in the route of any highway which becomes, by virtue of paragraph 6 below, a special road, or
ii
forming part of the site of any works authorised by this Part of this Act,
and
b
provide a new means of access to any such premises.
2
No means of access shall be stopped up under this paragraph unless the Secretary of State is satisfied—
a
that no access to the premises is reasonably required, or
b
that another reasonably convenient means of access to the premises is available or will be provided under this paragraph or otherwise.
3
In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above whether a means of access to any premises from a highway is or will be reasonably convenient, the Secretary of State shall have regard—
a
to the need, if any, for a means of access from the highway to different places on those premises, and
b
to any roads, paths or other ways on those or other premises which are or will be capable of providing such a means.
4
The provision under this paragraph of a new means of access to any premises from a highway includes the provision of a road, path or other way on those or any other premises.