Request made under the Freedom of Information Act 200 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 To National Highways, In 1975 the National Trust (NT) took possession of the Wickham Manor and Mill Farm estate in Winchelsea, East Sussex.
To directly quote Hansard, "The Government and the National Trust have agreed as a condition of transfer that the entire property transferred to the Trust should be left alienable for the time being, on the understanding that the land not required for the proposed new road will in due course be declared inalienable and preserved for public enjoyment" (Hansard, 30th July 1974).
At some point in the 1970's or early 1980's part of the now National Trust estate was compulsorily purchased and used for a new section of the A259 in Winchelsea at Ferry Hill and Tanyard's Lane.
Do National Highways currently own and are responsible for the land beside, above and overlooking the A259 at the Ferry Hill and Tanyard's Lane sections of the A259 at Winchelsea?
