Decision Maker: Officer Delegated Decision
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Reason(s) for Decisions:
A footpath order was made
on 11 June 2019 to stop-up and divert parts of footpaths 8 and 9 in Wimborne Minster. This followed the grant of planning
permission for development of land adjacent to St. Julians
Road and Cowgrove Road and the River Stour.
Following publication of
the footpath order representations were received objecting to the stopping-up
and diversion. In response to the objections received, officers have agreed
under delegated powers to withdraw the 11 June 2019 order and make a new order
proposing an amended route.
The amended route takes
into account some of the reasons for the objections, particularly concerns that
(under the 11 June order) users would have been required to walk about 200
meters along Cowgrove Road in order to gain access to
the proposed alternative footpath. The new order is illustrated on the attached
map, and would not require users to make a diversion along Cowgrove
Road. The new order also includes an additional, relatively minor change, to
provide for a more direct route to the proposed riverside footpath from Old
Road.
Decision Maker (Name and Title):
Anna Lee, Service
Manager for Development Management and Enforcement
Alternative options considered and rejected:
No alternative options considered.
Decision:
1. Dorset Council withdraws
the order made on 11th June 2019 under section 257 of the Town and
Country Planning Act 1990 to stop-up and divert parts of footpaths 8 and 9, Wimborne Minster.
2. Dorset Council makes a
new order under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to
stop-up and divert parts of footpaths 8 and 9, Wimborne
Minster, as shown on the attached plan.
3. The Definitive Map and Statement is modified by
the order under section 53A (2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, and
the Definitive Statement modified as described in Part 3 of the Schedule to the
order.
3. In the event that
objections are received to the order that cannot be resolved, it is submitted
to the Planning Inspectorate for determination.
This decision has
been taken under delegated powers by a nominated officer identified in the
Development Management local scheme of nomination. The text of the nomination
is as follows: All matters relating to the management of the Commons Register
and the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way under the
provisions of the following Acts: National Parks & Access to the
Countryside Act 1949, Highways Act 1980, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Town
and Country Planning Act 1990 Commons Act 2006.
Publication date: 25/11/2019
Date of decision: 01/11/2019