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HS2 and Euston: Recall

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Jul 2023 Closed: 3 Apr 2024 3 recommendations 29 conclusions 1 report

In July 2023, the Committee reported that the Department for Transport (DfT) does not know what it is trying to achieve with the High Speed 2 station at Euston, despite spending over eight years planning and designing it. Construction work at Euston was paused for two years in March 2023. The Committee has called on …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Tenth Report - HS2 and Euston HC 67 7 Feb 2024 32 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
27 Conclusion Tenth Report - HS2 and Euston Deferred

Releasing acquired Phase 2 land faces complex and time-consuming 'Crichel Down' rules.

The Department said it needed to assess what land that had been acquired for Phase 2b might need to be retained for Northern Powerhouse Rail and for some local interests, where the local authorities would like to retain the land. It said that the Department and HS2 Ltd would need …

Government response. The government states it disagrees, but explains it is developing a programme for selling acquired Phase 2 land, which will balance value for money and local interests, and aims to share its plan by summer 2024.
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29 Conclusion Tenth Report - HS2 and Euston Deferred

Process for returning unused HS2 Phase 1 land remains painfully slow

We also highlighted that, where some Phase 1 land was going through the process of being returned (it could have been taken for temporary reasons such as utility diversions) the process had been painful and lengthy. HS2 Ltd said that land and property should be returned, once it is not …

Government response. The government states it disagrees, but explains it is developing a programme for selling acquired Phase 2 land which will balance value for money and local interests, and aims to share its plan by summer 2024, noting it will look …
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
16 Nov 2023 Alan Over · Department for Transport, Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB · Department for Transport, Dr Nick Bisson · Department for Transport, Sir Jon Thompson KCB · High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
10 Jan 2024 — Correspondence from Sir Jon Thompson, Executive Chair, High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd…
10 Jan 2024 — Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department …
16 Nov 2023 — Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department …
16 Nov 2023 — Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department …
16 Nov 2023 — Correspondence from Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB, Permanent Secretary, Department …