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 (i.e. extinguishing) highway rights over a section of highway adjacent to the property known as 1, The Ham, Kington St. Michael, 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. Photographs are shown at Appendix 2.
Decision type: Non-key
Decision status: Recommendations Approved (subject to call-in)
Divisions affected: Kington;
Notice of proposed decision first published: 17/03/2025
Decision due: 25 Mar 2025 by Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene, and Flooding
Lead member: Cabinet Member for Highways, Street Scene, and Flooding
Department: Highways & Transport
Contact: Kevin Gale, Senior Legal Executive Email: kevin.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk 'phone: 01225 718023 Email: kevin.gale@wiltshire.gov.uk Tel: 01225 718023.
Consultation process
The local member, Councillor Howard Greenman, has made no objection to the proposal.
On 16 January 2025, Kington St. Michael Parish Council consented to the application being made. The consent is appended at Appendix 3.