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 61 Murhill 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 4
November 2025 and will come into effect on 12
November 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.