Decision details

To ask the Cabinet Member for Transport, Waste, Street Scene & Flooding to consider whether Wiltshire Council should grant a request from Mr. Andrew Willson for the Council to apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping-up highway rights over a section of highway adjacent to his property, 64 Wellington Way, Salisbury, on the ground that the section concerned is unnecessary for public use or any other highway-related reason.

The section of highway is shown cross-hatched on the plan at Appendix 1.

I approve the request to apply to the magistrates’ court for an Order stopping up part of the highway adjacent to 64 Wellington Way, Salisbury on the ground that it is unnecessary for public use or any other highway-related purpose. 

This decision was published on 19 February 2024 and will come into effect on 27 February 2024.

On consideration of the matter, officers are of the view that the section of highway concerned is unnecessary for public or any other highway-related reason.

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 3 August 2023, Salisbury City Council consented to the application being made.  A copy of the signed consent form is shown at Appendix 2.

The local member, Councillor Ricky Rogers supports the proposal.