The Secretary of State gives notice of an Order made under Section 247 of the above Act entitled "The Stopping up of Highways (South East) (No.40) Order 2021" authorising the stopping up of various irregular shaped areas of highway and footway as lies off Wensley Road at Reading in the Borough of Reading, to enable development as permitted by Reading Borough Council, under reference 200122.

Copies of the Order may be obtained, free of charge, from the Secretary of State, National Transport Casework Team, at nationalcasework@dft.gov.uk (quoting NATTRAN/SE/S247/4550).

Any person aggrieved by or desiring to question the validity of or any provision within the Order, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the above Act or that any requirement or regulation made has not been complied with, may, within 6 weeks of 25 November 2021 apply to the High Court for the suspension or quashing of the Order or of any provision included.

G Patrick, Casework Manager