Affected properties Crossrail provide a search facility to identify postcodes located on the Safeguarded route for Crossrail.

Abbey Wood to Gravesend and Hoo Junction

A new Safeguarding Direction was issued by the Secretary of State for Transport on 14 October 2009, covering a possible future route from Abbey Wood to Gravesend and Hoo Junction, replacing an original Direction issued on February 24, 2005.

The existence of the Safeguarding Direction will be declared by the local planning authority in response to searches of the local Land Charges register. If the search shows you are within a safeguarded zone, please contact the Safeguarding Team for further details.

The Safeguarding Team will accept enquiries by telephone, but to reduce the possibility of errors you will be asked for a plan if you wish to know about a specific site. The team aims to respond to enquiries within three working days of receipt but it may take longer at busy times.

The telephone number for the Safeguarding Team is 020 3229 9100. Plans can be faxed to 020 7719 0955. The email address is safeguarding@crossrail.co.uk

The Abbey Wood to Gravesend and Hoo Junction Safeguarding Direction and associated plans are available to view or download from the Crossrail Library by clicking here.

Further information about the effect of the safeguarding is also available from the Safeguarding Team.

The Crossrail Act provides for a railway terminating at Abbey Wood in the South-East. This does not preclude a later extension further East into Kent, and land has been safeguarded to prepare for this eventuality.

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