Purpose

To ask the Cabinet Member for
Highways, Streetscene & Flooding to consider whether Wiltshire
Council should proceed with a proposal from the Council’s
Countryside Access Officer for the Council to apply to the
magistrates’ court for an order diverting part of Malmesbury
Without Bridleway 86 on the ground that the proposed new route will
be nearer or more commodious to the public.
 
The section of bridleway
concerned is shown cross-hatched on the plan at Appendix 1.

Content

Following consultation with officers
I give notice that I intend to make the decision set out in the
attached report to divert the bridleway as proposed. If you would
like to make any representations to me on this issue please do so by 23 May 2024.
 

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.