A SCHEME to transform a railway station into a transport hub for the Tees Valley fit for the 21st century is set to take another step forward with the submission of Compulsory Purchase Order plans for more than 40 sites surrounding the proposed development.
Darlington Borough Council said it would shortly lodge proposals with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government to enable it to buy sites in the area surrounding Bank Top Station.
The proposed orders range from 3,803sq metres of roads including Adelaide Street, St John’s Place, Neasham Road, Garbutt Square, Victoria Street, Princes Street and Albert Street and 5,601sq metres of Garbutt Square Car Park to a parcel of land measuring just one square metre by St John’s Church.