§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many objections to the A406 Falloden Way-Finchley High road, Greater London road scheme have been lodged; and on what grounds the objections were made.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are 337 current objections. Of these 71 are objections to the side road orders, 19 to the compulsory purchase orders, 152 to the certificates for exchange land and 95 covering all of these orders.
The grounds for objections are varied but they are based mainly on the following:
- —the scheme is not needed
- —the scale of the scheme is too great
- —loss of property
- —loss of open space
- —effect on the environment.
§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport whether any local authority covering an area affected by the A406 Falloden Way-Finchley High road, Greater London road scheme has lodged an objection.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are objections from the Greater London council, and the London boroughs of Camden and Islington.
§ Mr. Boothasked the Secretary of State for Transport under which statutory provision the public inquiry into the A406 Falloden Way-Finchley High road, Greater London road scheme was instituted.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe powers are as follows
Side Road Variation and Supplementary OrdersHighways Act 1980 [Schedule 1 paragraph 7]Compulsory Purchase Orders
Acquisition of Land Act 1981 [Section 2 and Schedule 1 paragraph 4]Concurrently there will be an inquiry instituted by the Secretary of State for the Environment into an application for certificates in respect of open space land. The relevant statutory provision is
Acquisition of Land Act 1981 [Section 19 and Schedule 3]