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<p>Within the World Heritage Site, there is 41.62 hectares of inalienable land owned
by the National Trust that is being acquired; 1.75 hectares subject to outright acquisition
and 39.87 hectares subject to subsoil rights acquisition for the A303 Amesbury to
Berwick Down scheme. The terms of the acquisition of inalienable National Trust land
are the same as for all land interests and rights that are subject to Compulsory Acquisition.</p><p>
</p><p>If granted, the Development Consent Order (DCO) gives National Highways Compulsory
Acquisition powers to purchase land that is required to build and maintain the scheme,
which includes National Trust land declared as inalienable. The National Trust land
will be acquired through the General Vesting Declaration (GVD) process, which would
vest the required land or rights to National Highways, including subsoil rights to
construct and maintain the Tunnel. Where National Highways are taking subsoil rights
only, the amenity of the surface land above will remain, including the surface lands
inalienability. This applies to 39.87 hectares.</p><p> </p><p>Those rights and interests
in land that are extinguished or changed through the above process, such as those
belonging to The National Trust, would enable a right to compensation. This compensation
would be negotiated and paid following the making of the GVD. A key principle of compensation
is that of “equivalence”, meaning that a claimant should be placed in no better or
worse position, financially, after the acquisition than they were before the acquisition.
Therefore, until a time in which the land has vested through the GVD process and a
claim received, it would be inappropriate to prejudice a live negotiation through
speculating on potential costs.</p>
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