A27 East of Lewes Improvements Made Order The Highways England (A27 trunk road East of Lewes Improvement scheme) (Berwick and Polegate junctions) (Side roads) Order 2019 2019 HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 THE HIGHWAYS ENGLAND (A27 TRUNK ROAD EAST OF LEWES IMPROVEMENT SCHEME) (BERWICK AND POLEGATE JUNCTIONS) (SIDE ROADS) ORDER 2019 Highways England make this Order in exercise of its powers under Sections 14 and 125 of the Highways Act 1980 – 1. Highways England are authorised in relation to the trunk road at Berwick Roundabout, A27 / A2270 Polegate Junction and section of A27 Polegate Bypass south of Cophall Roundabout, in the Parishes of Berwick and Polegate, in the District of Wealden in the County of East Sussex to: (a) improve the lengths of highway named in the Schedule and shown on the Site Plans by cross hatching; (b) stop up each length of highway described in the Schedule and shown on the Site Plans by zebra hatching; (c) stop up each private means of access to premises described in the said Schedule and shown on the Site Plans by a solid black band; and (d) provide new means of access to premises along each route or at each location shown on the Site Plans by thin diagonal hatching. 2. Each new access is given a number on the Site Plans, which is also placed in the said Schedule. 3. Where a new highway is to be constructed or a new access is to be provided in connection with the stopping up of a length of highway or private means of access described in the said Schedule, its reference letter or number (as the case may be) is placed in the said Schedule opposite the description of that length. 4. The Site Plans show the works indicated in the Schedule and the route of the trunk road in relation to those works. 5. Where immediately before a length of highway is stopped up in pursuance of this Order there is under, in, on, over, along or across that highway any apparatus of statutory undertakers or any telecommunications code system operator then, subject to Section 21 of the Highways Act 1980, those undertakers, or that operator, as the case may be, shall have the same rights as respects that apparatus as they had immediately before the stopping up took place. 6. In this Order – (a) Distances are measured along the route of the relevant highway or private means of access to premises, as the case may be; (b) “Highways England” means Highways England Company Limited, which is a strategic highways company (Company No. 9346363), which is a company registered in England and Wales and whose Registered Office is Bridge House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4LZ; (d) “improvement” in relation to a highway includes raising, lowering or otherwise altering that highway, and “improved” shall be construed accordingly; (e) “new access” means a means of access to premises authorised by this Order to be provided; (f) “the Site Plan” means one of the plans marked Key Plan, Site Plan 1, Site Plan 2, Site Plan 3, Site Plan 4 and Site Plan 5 contained in the Site Plan Folio numbered HE/14/MP/004, and marked “The Highways England (A27 Trunk Road East of Lewes Improvement Scheme) (Berwick and Polegate Junctions) (Side Roads) Order 2019” signed on behalf of, and carrying the common seal of, Highways England and deposited at the offices of Highways England, Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, Surrey, Surrey, GU1 4LZ; a duplicate copy has been deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Transport. (c) “the trunk road” means the A27 trunk road which Highways England propose to improve at three locations: At Berwick Roundabout, from a point 170 metres west of the centre of the existing roundabout eastwards for a distance of approximately 385 metres. At Polegate Junction, from a point 190 metres west of Gainsborough Lane, then eastwards to, and including, the junction of the trunk road and A2270 Eastbourne Road. From the centre of the junction of the trunk road and A2270 Eastbourne Road at Polegate, northwards along the trunk road to its junction with the existing A27 / A22 Cophall Roundabout for a distance of approximately 840 metres. THE SCHEDULE Highways to be improved (1) (2) (3) Locality Plan Reference Highway to be improved Parish of Site Plan 1 of 5 Station Road C39 Berwick and District of Site Plan 1 of 5 Alfriston Road C39 Wealden in the County of East Sussex Parish of Site Plan 2 of 5 Gainsborough Lane Polegate and Site Plan 3 of 5 Brown Jack Avenue District of Wealden in Site Plan 3 of 5 Eastbourne Road A2270 the County of East Sussex Site Plan 3 of 5 Access to Bernhard Baron Cottage Homes Highways to be stopped up (1) (2) (3) (4) Locality Plan Reference Highway to be stopped New highway to be up substituted / provided Parish of Site Plan 1 of 5 A length of Station Road Enlarged Berwick Berwick and C39, from a point 33 Roundabout with new District of connection to Station metres north of the Wealden in Road C39, forming part of the County of centre point of the the improved trunk road. East Sussex existing Berwick Roundabout, northwards for a distance of approximately 27 metres Private means of access to be stopped up (1) (2) (3) (4) Locality Plan Reference Access to be stopped up New access to be substituted / provided Parish of Site Plan 1 of 5 Ref No: 1/a Ref. No: 1/1 Berwick and Access to field from the New access to field from District of eastern boundary of the north-east side of the Wealden in Station Road C39 enlarged Berwick the County of approximately 50 metres Roundabout forming part East Sussex north of the centre point of the improved trunk of the existing Berwick road. Roundabout. Parish of Site Plan 2 of 5 Ref No. 2/a Ref No. 2/1 Polegate and Access to property No. 1 Access from the existing District of Gainsborough Lane from southern boundary of the Wealden in the eastern boundary of trunk road and then the County of Gainsborough Lane in southwards alongside the East Sussex the vicinity of its junction eastern boundary at the with the trunk road. rear of No. 1 Gainsborough Lane, all to the east of the existing junction of the trunk road and Gainsborough Lane Parish of Site Plan 3 of 5 Ref. No: 3/a Ref. No: 3/1 Polegate and Access to the East New eastbound only District of Sussex Highways Depot, access to the East Wealden in Polegate from the Sussex Highways Depot, the County of northern boundary of the in the same location as East Sussex A27 Lewes Road, stopped up Reference opposite its junction with 3/a, from the north side of Brown Jack Avenue. the trunk road, opposite its junction with Brown Jack Avenue. Ref. No: 3/2 New additional all- movement access from the north side of the trunk road, west of Brown Jack Avenue junction. Parish of Site Plan 4 of 5 Ref. No: 4/a Ref. No: 4/1 Polegate and Access to field from the New access to field, in the District of western boundary of the same location as stopped Wealden in A27 Polegate Bypass, up Reference 4/a, from the County of situated approximately the west side of the East Sussex 245 metres north from improved trunk road, the intersection of the south of Honey Pot Farm A27 with the centre of Depot. the East Coastway Railway Parish of Site Plan 4 of 5 Ref. No: 4/b Ref. No: 4/2 Polegate and Access to Honey Pot New access to Honey Pot District of Farm Depot from the Farm Depot, in the same Wealden in western boundary of the location as stopped up the County of A27 Polegate Bypass Reference 4/b, from the East Sussex approximately 400 west side of the improved metres south of the trunk road, south of junction of the A27 Cophall Roundabout. Polegate Bypass with the Cophall Roundabout Parish of Site Plan 5 of 5 Ref. No: 5/a Ref. No: 5/1 Polegate and Access to farm building New access track to farm District of and fields from the building and fields, in the Wealden in western boundary of the same location as stopped the County of A27 Polegate Bypass up Reference 5/a, from East Sussex approximately 223 the west side of the metres south of the improved trunk road, junction of the A27 north of Honey Pot Farm. Polegate Bypass with the Cophall Roundabout Parish of Site Plan 5 of 5 Ref. No: 5/b Ref. No: 5/2 Polegate and Access to Cophall New access to Cophall District of Allotments from the Allotments, in the same Wealden in western boundary of the location as stopped up the County of A27 Polegate Bypass Reference 5/b, from the East Sussex approximately 144 west side of the improved metres south of the trunk road, to the south of junction of the A27 Cophall Roundabout. Polegate Bypass with the Cophall Roundabout THE HIGHWAYS ENGLAND (A27 TRUNK ROAD EAST OF LEWES IMPROVEMENT SCHEME) (BERWICK AND POLEGATE JUNCTIONS) (SIDE ROADS) ORDER 2019 THESE SITE PLANS SHOW THE SITES OF IMPROVEMENTS, STOPPING UP AND NEW ACCESSES AND THE ROUTES OF NEW HIGHWAYS BUT NOT THE WIDTHS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS KEY: HIGHWAY(S) TO BE IMPROVED HIGHWAY(S) TO BE STOPPED UP PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS TO BE STOPPED UP ROUTE(S) OF NEW MEANS OF PRIVATE ACCESS NEW TRUNK ROAD BOUNDARY NEW SIDE ROAD BOUNDARY PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS STOP UP REF.