To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to consider whether the Council should grant a request from Mr Richard Moseley of Restrop Farm, Mud Lane, Purton to apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping up highway rights for mechanically-propelled vehicles over part of Mud Lane on the ground that the highway rights are not necessary for public use. The section of highway concerned is shown on the plan at Appendix 1.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Divisions affected: Purton (2009-2021 Boundaries);
Notice of proposed decision first published: 13/11/2017
Decision due: Not before 21 Nov 2017 by Cabinet Member for Transport, Street Scene and Flooding
Lead member: Cllr Bridget Wayman bridget.wayman@wiltshire.gov.uk
Lead director: Director - Highways and Environment
Department: Highways & Transport
Contact: Kevin Gale, Senior Legal Executive 01225 718023 Email: kevin.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk Email: kevin.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01225 718023.
Consultation process
On 30 September 2016, Purton Parish Council consented to the application being made and a copy of the signed consent form is shown at Appendix 2.
The local member, Councillor Jacqui Lay (Purton), has raised issues regarding maintenance of the highway after a stopping-up order but does not oppose the proposal.