Issue - meetings

To consider the report.

This report is accompanied by a number of appendices, all of which can be viewed via the following link: Appendices - PROW report 22-2-24

Ward(s) affected: Holme Valley North

Contact: Phil Champion, Definitive Map Officer

Applications for Definitive Map Modification Orders (DMMOs) to:

(1)  To upgrade the recorded status of footpaths Meltham 70 and Meltham 38 (part) from footpath to bridleway.

(2)  To vary the particulars for part of footpath Meltham 70 to record as limitations a squeeze stile 45cm wide next to a locked gate.

Contact: Phil Champion, Definitive Map Officer

(1) Definitive Map Modification Order approved

(2) Refused

The Committee considered applications for Definitive Map Modification Orders (DMMOs) to:

(1)  Upgrade the recorded status of footpaths Meltham 70 and Meltham 38 (part) from footpath to bridleway.

(2)  Vary the particulars for part of footpath Meltham 70 to record as limitations a squeeze stile 45cm wide next to a locked gate.

Under the provisions of Council Procedure Rule 37, the Committee heard representations from Andy Dunlop (on behalf of the owners of Wood Nook), Mark Corrigan (on behalf of the British Horse Society) and Andy Leader (on behalf of Peak and Northern Footpaths Society).  

Application (1)

Resolved –

(1) That officers be authorised to make a Definitive Map Modification Order,  under s53(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, to upgrade the recorded status of Meltham 70 (A-B on the plan included within the Planning Update) and part of Meltham 38 (B to C on the plan included within the Planning Update) from footpath to bridleway and to add to the Definitive Map a public bridleway between the currently recorded termination point of Meltham 38 and Wood Nook Lane (C and D on the plan included within the Planning Update).

(2) That, should the Order to upgrade to / add a bridleway be made and opposed, and the matter referred to the Secretary of State, the Council actively support the confirmation of the Order at any public inquiry or hearing.

A recorded vote was taken in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42 (5) as follows:

For: Councillors Armer, Crook, Hall, Pattison, A Pinnock and Sokhal (6 votes)

Against: (no votes)

Application 2:

Resolved -

That the application for an Order to vary the particulars recorded in the Definitive Map and the Statement in respect of part of footpath Meltham 70, to record as limitations a squeeze stile 45cm wide next to a locked gate, be refused.

A recorded vote was taken in accordance with Council Procedure Rule 42 (5) as follows:

For: Councillors Armer, Crook, Hall, Pattison, A Pinnock and Sokhal (6 votes)

Against: (no votes)