JH/BLY/26/14 - [A12 road widening scheme and Tollgate Cottages]

JH/BLY/26/14

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[A12 road widening scheme and Tollgate Cottages]

1954-1967

141 items Mixed

Hill, Edith

Tollgate cottages, Blythburgh
Union Farm, Bulcamp
United Kingdom. Ministry of Transport
Blyford Estate -- Drainage
Roads
Blyford Estate -- Trees

Concerns the sale and development of land owned by Edith Hill alongside the A12, London to Great Yarmouth Road, and the effect on the Tollgate Cottages. Included is correspondence and O.S. maps. The poor drainage in the marshes from the Blythburgh Bridge to Blyford Bridge leads to work being carried out on dykes and drains and the construction of bridges. At the same site Edith Hill is asked to dedicate a piece of land [from Union Farm] for the widening of the A12 and in 12/56 a conveyance of £26.5.0 is reached. The dedication of Blyford Wood is also mentioned in some of these letters.

Later in 3/58 the Ministry of Transport request a further piece of land in front of Tollgate Cottages. A settlement figure of £40 is offered. Land forming part of enclosure 66a along the Henham - Halesworth Road (B1123) is requested in 5/61.

In 10/63 Blyford Estate begin enquiries on the planning permission which would be needed for the re-building of any property. This refers especially to the Tollgate Cottages. Between 8/66 and 11/66 the cottages were demolished while planning permission was being sought for their re-build.

A continuation of the A12 road widening scheme results in a plan to widen the A145 road at Spring Hill Lane, Blythburgh in 11/66. JH calls for compensation for the demolition of the Tollgate Cottages just weeks previous. They were demolished as a result of the unfavourable conditions which resulted from the road widening scheme. Permission for the re-erection of the cottages continued. By 12/67 the value of the land is still in question as negotiations with the local planning authority had not reached a conclusion.