Decision details

To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport to consider whether the Council should grant a request from Wavin Ltd to apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping up part of Langley Burrell Footpath 22 on the ground that is unnecessary for public use.  The section of highway concerned is shown between the points A-B on the plan at Appendix 1.  

To give consent to the application as detailed in the report.

This decision was made on 27 April 2018 and will come into force on 8 May 2018

Officers consider that the section of footpath concerned can be stopped up as it is unnecessary for public use and the Council can accordingly apply to the court for an 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 22 October 2017, Langley Burrell 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 Howard Greenman (Kington), supports the proposed application.