Decision details

To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to consider whether the Council should grant a request from Mrs Beck of 3 New Cottages to apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping up highway adjacent to the property known as 3 New Cottages, Shaftesbury Road, Mere on the ground that the highway is unnecessary for public use or any other highway-related purpose.  The area concerned is shown cross-hatched on the plan at Appendix 1.  

I consider that the proposed application should be made and therefore approve adoption of the course of action outlined in paragraph 17(ii) of the report.

This decision was published on 4 October 2016 and will come into force on 12 October 2016.

Officers consider that the highway concerned is unnecessary for public use or any other highway-related reason and accordingly the Council should apply to the court for a stopping-up order.

The Cabinet Member may resolve to:

(i) Give consent to the application

(ii) Refuse to give consent to the application, in which case reasons should be given for doing so.

On 5 July 2016, Mere Town Council consented to the application being made and completed a consent form which is shown at Appendix 2.

The local member, Cllr George Jeans (Mere), has been consulted and made no objection.