Issue - meetings

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration and the Head of Legal and Democratic Governance.

The Area Committee is requested to consider whether to create a bridleway on land owned privately as shown marked A – B, B – C, D – E, E – F, F – G, G – H, H – I and G – Y – J at Appendices 1 and 2.  The paths would be maintainable at public expense.

The Area Committee is also requested to consider the extinguishment of a section of Public Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley, as shown by a continuous bold black line marked X – Y on the plan at Appendix 2.

That the Area Committee is recommended to resolve to:-

(1) Not proceed with the Metropolitan Borough Council of Stockport (Ladybrook Valley) Public Path Creation and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2018 dated 15 February 2018.

(2) Authorise the making of a bridleway creation Order in respect of the sections of the route between A –B – C, D – E – F – G – H – I and G – Y – J, as shown on the plans at Appendices 1 and 2.

(3) Authorise the making of a footpath extinguishment Order under section 118 Highways Act 1980 to extinguish that section of Public Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley between points X – Y, as shown on the plan at Appendix 2.

(4) In the event that objections are received to the creation and / or extinguishment Orders, delegate the decision to send the Orders to the Secretary of State for confirmation, or not to proceed with the Orders, to the Corporate Director of Place.

Officer contact: Graham O`Connor on 0161 474 4595 or email: graham.oconnor@stockport.gov.uk or Jackie Connelly on 0161 474 3134 or email jackie.connelly@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration submitted a joint report of the Corporate Director and the Head of Legal and Democratic Governance (copies of which had been circulated) detailing a proposal to create a bridleway on land owned privately as shown marked A–B, B–C, D–E, E–F, F–G, G–H, H–I and G–Y–J at Appendices 1 and 2.   

The Area Committee was also requested to consider the extinguishment of a section of Public Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley, as shown by a continuous bold black line marked X–Y on the plan at Appendix 2.

RESOLVED - (1) That approval be given to not proceed with the Metropolitan Borough Council of Stockport (Ladybrook Valley) Public Path Creation and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2018 dated 15 February 2018.

(2) That authorisation be given to the making of a bridleway creation Order in respect of the sections of the route between A–B–C, D–E–F–G–H–I and G–Y–J, as shown on the plans at Appendices 1 and 2.

(3) That authorisation be given the making of a footpath extinguishment Order under section 118 Highways Act 1980 to extinguish that section of Public Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley between points X–Y, as shown on the plan at Appendix 2.

(4) That in the event that objections are received to the creation and/ or extinguishment Orders, the decision to send the Orders to the Secretary of State for confirmation, or not to proceed with the Orders, be delegated to the Corporate Director for Place Management & Regeneration.