Decision details
Application for a definitive map and statement modification order to add a footpath from Higher Holt Farm to Fuzzy Grounds, Melbury Osmond
Decision Maker: Officer Delegated Decision
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decision:
That:
(a) The Order be submitted to the Secretary of State for determination; and
(b) The Council takes a neutral stance in the proceedings.
To view a copy of the Report, please see the Definitive Map Modification Order Register: https://mapping.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/rightsofway/definitivemap/register/Details/T513
(Decision taken is detailed within the Scheme of Delegation in the Council’s Constitution.)
Reasons for the decision:
(a) As there have been objection to the Order, Dorset Council cannot confirm it itself but must submit it to the Secretary of State for an Inspector to be appointed to consider whether it should be confirmed.
(b) The Council has been directed to make the Modification Order by the Secretary of State. On 31 July 2019 the Council resolved not to make a modification order on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that public rights subsist or can be reasonably alleged to subsist along the claimed route. In view of this decision a neutral stance is appropriate.
Alternative options considered:
N/A
Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:
No conflicts of interest.
Publication date: 10/05/2021
Date of decision: 04/05/2021