Decision details

The owner of Farleigh Golf Course has requested the County Council to apply to the Magistrates Court for an order to be made removing (stopping up) the highway rights over two pieces of land at the entrance to the golf course. Their reason for wishing this to be done is to facilitate landscaping and the positioning of improved signage for the golf course.

The Cabinet Member is asked to decide whether an application for a stopping up order should be made.

The Cabinet Member agreed that an application be made to the Magistrates’ Court for an order stopping up the land identified on the plan attached as annex 1 as highway, in accordance with the provisions of Section 116 and 117 of the Highways Act 1980 and subject to the conditions of the County Council’s approved policy on stopping up applications.