Agenda item

To consider a joint report of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration and the Deputy Chief Executive

The Area Committee is requested to dedicate a bridleway over a section of land owned by the Council in the Ladybrook Valley and a section of land that is outside its ownership in the Ladybrook Valley, and consider the extinguishment of a section of Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley.

The Area Committee is recommended to:-

(i)            authorise the dedication of a bridleway over the section of the route between Points A – B – C – D - E and K – L - M – N, as shown on the plans at Appendices 5, 6, 7 and 8.

(ii)          authorise appropriate dedication agreements to be entered into between the Council and landowners of the land over which the sections of path marked A – B – C and D – E run.

(iii)         authorise the making of a bridleway creation order in respect of the sections of the route between points E – F – G – H – I and G - J, as shown on the plans at Appendix 6.

(iv)         authorise the making of a footpath extinguishment order under section 118 Highways Act 1980 to extinguish that section of footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley between Points X – Y, as shown on the plan at Appendix 2.

(v)          in the event that objections are received to the creation and / or extinguishment orders, delegate authority to send the orders to the Secretary of State for confirmation, or not proceed with the orders, to the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration.

Officer contact: Ernest Nama on 0161 4595 or email: ernest.nama@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Corporate Director for Place Management and Regeneration submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) regarding a request to dedicate a bridleway over a section of land owned by the Council in the Ladybrook Valley, and on land that was outside its ownership in the Ladybrook Valley, as shown on the plan attached to the report. The Committee was requested to consider entering into a dedication agreement with the owners of the private land.

If the Area Committee agreed to dedicate the bridleway, the Council would have maintenance responsibility to bridleway standard for the route. The Area Committee was also requested to consider the creation of a bridleway on land which is outside its ownership in the Ladybrook Valley. The paths would be maintainable at public expense.

In addition, the Area Committee was requested to consider the extinguishment of a section of Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley.

RESOLVED – (1) That the dedication of a bridleway over the section of the route between Points A – B – C – D - E and K – L - M – N, as shown on the plans at Appendices 5, 6, 7 and 8, be approved.

(2) That the appropriate dedication agreements be entered into between the Council and the landowners of the land over which the sections of path marked A-B-C and D-E run.

(3) That the making of a bridleway creation order in respect of the sections of the route between points E-F-G-H-I and G-J, as shown on the plans at Appendix 6, be approved.

(4) That the making of a footpath extinguishment order under Section 118 of the Highways Act 1980 to extinguish that section of Footpath 75 Cheadle and Gatley between X-Y, as shown on the plan at Appendix 2, be approved.

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