Issue - meetings

To consider a report on the progress of the current Cheshire County Council Rights of Way Improvement Plan (2006-2011) and to provide an introduction to the next Cheshire East Rights Of Way Improvement Plan 11-2026).

The Committee considered a report on the progress of the current Cheshire County Council Rights of Way Improvement Plan (2006-2011) and which provided an introduction to the next Cheshire East Rights of Way Improvement Plan (2011-2026).

It was noted that Section 60 of Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 required local authorities to prepare and publish a rights of way improvement plan (ROWIP) and to access and review the plan at intervals of not less then 10 years.  The aim of the ROWIP was to assess:

• the extent to which local public rights of way meet the present and likely future needs of the public
• the opportunities provided by local rights of way for exercise and other forms of open-air recreation and the enjoyment of the authority’s area
• the accessibility of local rights of way to blind and partially sighted persons and others with mobility problems.

It was a statutory requirement that the ROWIP be fully integrated with the Local Transport Plan being developed for the period 2011-2026.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)       the report be noted.

(2)       a report on the progress of the Rights of Way Improvement Plan and the Local Transport Plan be brought to the next meeting of the Committee.