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PROPOSED STOPPING UP OF HIGHWAY LAND AT BARONS OF HINDHEAD AND COOPERS COURT, LONDON ROAD, HINDHEAD
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Meeting: 09/06/2020 - Cabinet Member for Transport, Infrastructure and Growth Decisions (Item 4.)
The owners of Barons of Hindhead and Coopers Court, Hindhead have requested the County Council to apply to the Magistrates Court for an order to be made removing (stopping up) the highway rights over a piece of land. Their reason for wishing this to be done is to resolve an historic encroachment and to regularise the title of their properties.
The Cabinet Member is asked to decide whether an application for a stopping up order should be made to the Magistrates’ Court.
Additional documents:
- Annex 1 - Plan - Land subject of proposed application - London Road, Hindhead, item 4.
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- Annex 2 - Title plans of adjoining properties, item 4.
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Decision:
It was agreed that an application be made to the Magistrates’ Court for an order stopping up the land identified on the plan at Annex 1 of the report 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.