Issue - meetings

To consider the proposal to create a new public footpath on Cheshire East Council owned land in the parish of Knutsford

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

A Definitive Map Modification application had been received in August 2004 to add a footpath from King Edward Road to Princess Street in Knutsford.  The application was based on long usage of the route by local residents.

The land over which the proposed footpath 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 would be approximately 80 metres in length and run through the tarmac car park, linking King Edward Road and Princess Street, as shown on Plan No.LGA/005.

No objections had been received from consultation with Knutsford Town Council, Cheshire East Council Highway & Transport and Assets and local user groups.

The Committee unanimously

RESOLVED:

That a public footpath be created under Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000 in a Deed of Dedication, in the parish of Knutsford, as illustrated between points A to B on Plan No.LGA/005 and that public notice be given of this dedication.