Stakeholders and Consultation

From the start of the work in January 2009, we placed significant importance on working collaboratively with stakeholders. We recognised the wide range of stakeholders with interests in the project and the valuable contribution they could make to our work. We formed external challenge groups and stakeholder groups to inform our work and met with location specific working groups for London and West Midlands stations, plus longer term strategy groups for the North of England and Scotland. In addition, we held many meetings either bilaterally or in small groups with stakeholders outside these formal groups. In order to communicate general progress on our work to a wide audience we produced a number of newsletters.

Going forward we will be reviewing our existing stakeholder engagement structure to ensure that our work can continue to be well informed by the views of others.

If you would like to receive future updates please register your interest here .

Consultation on an Exceptional Hardship Scheme

The Department for Transport is seeking your views on the Government’s proposals to introduce an exceptional hardship scheme. The consultation is being carried out by HS2 Ltd on the Department’s behalf.

An exceptional hardship scheme would protect the interests of residential owner occupiers of properties the value of which may be seriously affected by the preferred route option for any new high speed rail link between London and the West Midlands, and who can demonstrate that they have an urgent need to sell their property.

Consultation documents can be found on the Department for Transport’s website here.

The closing date for this consultation is 20 May 2010 and your views can be submitted in writing to:

High Speed Two Ltd – Exceptional Hardship Scheme Consultation
55 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0EU

Or

EHSconsultation@hs2.gsi.gov.uk