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 ‘Tower View’, 8B High Street, Steeple Ashton, 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. A photograph is shown within the Highway Engineer’s Report at Appendix 2.

Decision

I consent to the application.

This decision was published on 24 June 2026 and will come into effect on 2 July 2026.

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.