BUSINESSES and property owners will hear more about the preferred routes for the second phase of the Government’s planned high-speed rail link at a seminar next week.
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton and international property adviser BNP Paribas Real Estate are to stage the event at 12.30pm on Wednesday at Grant Thornton’s offices at No 1 Whitehall Riverside in Leeds.
The Government has agreed a Y-shaped route for HS2 north of Birmingham – with one arm going to Leeds via Sheffield Meadowhall and Toton, near Nottingham, and the other going to Manchester via Crewe and Manchester Airport.
The seminar will provide guidance and advice about how to respond to the forthcoming consultations and how to protect interests in the shadow of any impending compulsory purchase of land earmarked for the route.
The speakers will be Chris Selway, head of compulsory purchase at BNP Paribas Real Estate; Iain Johnston, partner and head of planning for law firm Brabners Chaffe Street; and Alison Ewing, associate director in forensic accounting at Grant Thornton. Contact Dawn Lockwood on 0113 200 21721 or dawn.a.lockwood@uk.gt.com
