Purpose

To consider a request by the public to add a
footpath to the Definitive Map at Brookhouse.

Decision

ROTHERHAM METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL

 

RECORD OF OFFICER EXECUTIVE DECISION

 

Date of Decision:

25 April 2024

Title:

Application for a Definitive Map Modification Order - Claim for
Public Footpath at Brookhouse, Parish
of Laughton-en-le-Morthen.

Decision Maker:
(Including Job
Title)

Sam Barstow, Assistant Director, Community
Safety & Street Scene

Specific Delegation:
(If any)

As per the Regeneration and Environment sub
scheme of delegation, the Assistant Director is authorised to
discharge the relevant aspects of the:
 
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Brief Description of
Decision:

The Council has considered all the evidence
available in relation to a claim to add a path at Brookhouse to the Definitive Map made by a member
of the public. Following due process officers have recommended that
based on the evidence found the council should make a Definitive
Map Modification Order to add the route to the Definitive Map.

Reasons for the Decision:

To ensure the Council complies with its
statutory duties relating to the Definitive Map.
 

Details of alternative options
considered and rejected:

If, considering the weight of evidence it has
found the council rejected the request to make a Definitive Map
Modification Order, the applicant has a right of appeal to the
Secretary of State who would question why the authority has not
followed due process and legal precedent in making its decision.
The Secretary of State has the power to instruct the council to
make an order.

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

None.

Dispensations Granted:
(If any)

N/A
 

Reports or parts of reports
considered

Due legal process has been followed.

 
I certify that this
is a true record of the executive decision to make a Definitive Map Modification Order to add the route to the
Definitive Map
 
Signed by the
Decision Maker  
Dated: 25th April,
2024
 
Name: Sam
Barstow                             
Job Title: Assistant Director,
Community Safety & Street Scene