To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene & Flooding to consider whether Wiltshire Council should apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping-up highway rights over a section of highway adjacent to The Ship Inn, Burcombe Lane, Burcombe, 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.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Notice of proposed decision first published: 12/08/2024
Decision due: Not before 20 Sep 2024 by Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene, and Flooding
Lead member: Cllr Nick Holder, Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene, and Flooding Nick.Holder@wiltshire.gov.uk
Department: Highways & Transport
Contact: Kevin Gale, 01225 718023, Email: kevin.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk.
Consultation process
The local member, Councillor Nabil Najjar, has made no objection to the proposal.
On 4 March 2024, Burcombe Parish Council consented to the application being made. However, despite repeated requests, the parish council has not provided unequivocal confirmation of its consent. The legislation, namely Highways Act 1980, does not require consent from a town or parish council, but provides that an application may not be made if consent is expressly refused. Officers would propose to proceed accordingly.