The Charities (Bridge House Estates) Order 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order gives effect to a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the charity known as Bridge House Estates, which is regulated by Royal Charter dated 24 May 1282 (and a supplemental Royal Charter dated 26 November 1957), together with a number of statutes, including The City of London (Various Powers) Act 1963.

The purpose of the Scheme, which is set out in the Appendix to the Order, is to give the trustee of Bridge House Estates the power to divert or stop up and demolish an elevated footway which forms part of the land owned by the charity, subject to obtaining planning permission in accordance with Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Section 32(3) of the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1963 gives the trustee of the charity the power to close all public entrances to the elevated footway at such times and for such purposes as they think fit subject to prior consultation. The Scheme amends the City of London (Various Powers) Act 1963 by adding a power for the trustees to permanently divert or close and demolish the elevated footway in accordance with planning permission.