Purpose

To ask the Cabinet Member for Highways, Street
Scene & Flooding to consider whether Wiltshire Council should
apply to the magistrates’ court for an order stopping-up
(i.e. extinguishing) highway rights over a section of highway
adjacent to the property known as 35 Castle View, Tisbury on the
ground that the section concerned is unnecessary for public use or
any other highway-related reason.
 
The section of highway is shown cross-hatched
on the plan at Appendix 1. Photographs are shown at Appendix 2.

Content

I consent to the proposed
application. 
 
This decision was published on 14 October
2025, and will come into effect on 22 October 2025.

Reasons for the decision

On consideration of the matter, officers are of the view
that the section of highway concerned is unnecessary for public or
any other highway-related reason.
 

Alternative options considered

The Cabinet Member may resolve to:
 
(i) Give consent to the
application
 
(ii) Refuse to give consent to the application, in which
case reasons should be given for doing so.