Issue - decisions

(R&E) Claim to add public footpaths to the Definitive Map at Kimberworth.

19/07/2021 - (R&E) Claim to add public footpaths to the Definitive Map at Kimberworth.

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

19 July 2021

 

Decision Maker:

(Including Job Title)

 

Paul Woodcock, Strategic Director – Regeneration and Environment

Specific Delegation:

(If any)

 

Nonspecific

Brief Description of Decision:

 

 

1.    That the Strategic Director – Regeneration and Environment requests that Legal Services make a Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) to add the routes as detailed in the officer’s report to the Definitive Map as public footpaths.

 

2.    That the statutory consultation takes place for the required 6-week period.

 

3.    That in the event of no objections being received, or if such objections are received and are subsequently withdrawn, that the Order be confirmed.

 

4.    That in the event of any objections being received, and that are not subsequently withdrawn, that the Order be referred to the Secretary of State for determination.

 

5.    That officers work with media outlets, local interested parties and through site signage to ensure that members of the public are aware of the situation relating to public access to the site until the matter is formally resolved.

 

Reasons for the Decision:

 

 

To comply with the Council’s statutory duty to assess claims made under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 section 53(3).

Details of alternative options considered and rejected:

 

The Council appointed an experienced consultant to investigate the claim. The report advised that many, but not all, of the claimed routes ‘subsists or [are] reasonably alleged to subsist.’ Officers have carefully studied the report, its evidential based investigations and conclusions, and are happy that it represents a fair and comprehensive assessment of the claims.

The Council could, on reflection and further investigation, choose to ignore the report or open further investigations of their own. However, this option was not recommended as the investigative report had been undertaken by a consultant of considerable experience and expertise.

Conflicts of interest declared by any Executive Member consulted by the decision maker which relates to the decision:

None

Dispensations Granted:

(If any)

None

Reports or parts of reports considered

The report of the Strategic Director of Regeneration and Environment - Claim to add public footpaths to the Definitive Map at Kimberworth.

 

 

I certify that this is a true record of executive decision regarding a claim to add public footpaths to the Definitive Map at Kimberworth.

 

Signed by the Decision Maker  

 

Paul Woodcock

 

 

Dated:       19 July 2021

Name:        Paul Woodcock                 

Job Title:   Strategic Director – Regeneration and Environment