§ Mr. FaberTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if his Department or the Highways Agency are the registered owners of the property known as No. 3, Upton Lovell, Warminster, Wiltshire; on what date the property was purchased; and for what reasons. [122929]
§ Mr. HillI have asked the Acting Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Mr. Peter Nutt, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Peter Nutt to Mr. David Faber, dated 24 May 2000:
The Transport Minister, Keith Hill has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about Landau Cottage, Upton Lovell, Warminster.The Highways Agency owns this property. It was acquired on 16 November 1990 because the former owners served a blight notice requiring us to purchase it. The notice was accepted because the preferred route of the A36 Codford to Heytesbury Improvement scheme affected the property.