Decision

That the Authority should support confirmation
of the Order to record a restricted byway along Lane Foot Road to
Lane Foot Cottage and to record a Bridleway between Land Foot
Cottage and Heyshaw, within its re-submission of the case to the
Secretary of State.

Reasons for the decision

It is considered that ‘on the balance of
probabilities’, public vehicular rights do exist along Lane
Foot Road, and that rights greater than just the existing
pedestrian rights, but not extending to be public vehicular rights,
exist between Lane Foot and Heyshaw.

Alternative options considered

The possibility of not supporting the
confirmation of the Order, or even opposing the confirmation of the
Order, were alternative stances considered and rejected.