Decision details

Highways Act 1980 - Section 119
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - Section 53A
Proposed Diversion of Part of Barnacre-with-Bonds Footpath 48, Wyre Borough

Decision Maker: Regulatory Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Decisions:

A report was presented on an application for the proposed diversion of part of Barnacre-with-Bonds Footpath 48, Wyre Borough.  The length of the existing path to be diverted was shown as A-B on the Committee plan attached to the agenda papers, and the proposed alternative route shown as A-C-D-B.

 

No objections to the proposal had been received.

 

It was reported that the proposed diversion was felt to be expedient in the interests of the owners of the land as Waterhead Cottage was currently being converted from a redundant United Utilities water treatment building into a private residential dwelling.  The Committee noted that the footpath currently ran through the garden of the property and the diversion would increase the privacy and security of the residents, whilst providing a route that was safe and convenient for the public to use.

 

Resolved:

 

(i) That subject to satisfactory responses to the consultations, an Order be

made under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 to divert part of Barnacre-with-Bonds Footpath 48, from the route shown by a bold continuous line and marked A-B to the route shown by a bold broken line and marked A-C-D-B on the attached plan.

 

(ii) That in the event of no objections being received, the Order be confirmed and in the event of objections being received and not withdrawn, the Order be sent to the Secretary of State and the Authority take a neutral stance with respect to its confirmation.

 

(iii) That provision be included in the Order such that it is also made under Section 53A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to amend the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way in consequence of the coming into operation of the diversion.

Contact: Ros Paulson Email: ros.paulson@lancashire.gov.uk.

Date of decision: 19/09/2018

Decided at meeting: 19/09/2018 - Regulatory Committee

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