Issue - meetings

To consider the proposal to create a public footpath and two link footpaths in the parish of Poynton with Worth

The Committee received a report which detailed a proposal to create a public footpath and two link footpaths under Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 in a Deed of Dedication.

A Definitive Map Modification application had been received in October 2002 to add a footpath and two short link footpaths in Poynton with Worth to the Definitive Map and Statement.  The application was based on long usage of the routes by local residents.

The land over which the proposed footpaths ran was owned by Cheshire East Borough Council.  Due to the lengthy and costly timescales involved when dealing with Definitive Map Modification applications, it was considered that the most efficient and cost effective way to proceed with this was by means of a Deed of Dedication under the Local Government Act 2000 Section 2.

Under Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000, a local authority had the power to do anything to improve the economic, social or environmental wellbeing for their area.  In accordance with this power, the Council may enter into a Deed of Dedication to create a public right of way.

The proposed footpath was approximately 340 metres in length and ran through a small wooded area, linking Anglesey Drive and Towers Road (Poynton with Worth Footpath No.65) and ran parallel to London Road North (as shown on Plan No. LGA/002).  Two short footpath links joining with London Road North and London Road North Service Road were also proposed.

Services in Cheshire East Council including Highways and Transport, Legal Services, Asset Management, Streetscape and Bereavement Services had been consulted and had responded that they had no objection to the proposal.

RESOLVED:

That a public footpath and two link footpaths be created under Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 in a Deed of Dedication, in the parish of Poynton with Worth, as illustrated between points A to B on Plan No.LGA/002, and that public notice be given to this dedication.