Safeguarding
Safeguarding is the process by which the proposed route or location of a government project is protected from conflicting development.
Thee Crossrail Act provides for a railway terminating at Maidenhead in the west and Abbeywood in the South-East. This does not preclude a later extension to Reading, or from Abbeywood to Gravesend and Hoo Junction, and land has been safeguarded to prepare for this eventuality. However, there are no current plans to extend the railway outside the Crossrail Act determination.
The existence of a Safeguarding Direction will be declared by the local planning authority in response to searches of the local Land Charges register. Crossrail also provides a facility to identify postcodes located on the safeguarded route.
If the search shows you are within a safeguarded zone, please contact the Crossrail Helpdesk for further details, or fill in our property search form.
You can browse the safeguarding plans and sections for each of the four safeguarding directions by clicking the links below.
Library
Abbey Wood to Gravesend
Crossrail Safeguarding Directions - Volume 1
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Description: Old Oak Common to Abbey Wood, 24 January 2008
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Crossrail Safeguarding Directions - Volume 2
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Description: Stratford to Shenfield and works at West Ham, Pitsea and Clacton-on-Sea
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Crossrail Safeguarding Directions - Volume 3
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Description: Old Oak Common to Maidenhead, 24 January 2008
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Crossrail Safeguarding Directions, schedule, guidance and explanatory notes
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Crossrail Safeguarding Directions - Volume 3
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Description: Old Oak Common to Maidenhead, 24 January 2008