Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:

1.        That Cabinet agree to remove the SCC Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Policy for byways open to all traffic (BOATs) on Public Rights of Way.

2.        That Cabinet agree the new policy which sets out how the Council will manage BOATs in the future including the use of TROs.

Reasons for Decisions:

Surrey County Councils current Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Policy for Byways Open to All Traffic (“BOATs”) on Public Rights of Way is under review. The current policy does not make reference to all the grounds on which a TRO can be made. Therefore, the current policy is being removed and a new policy has been drafted for agreement by Cabinet.

(The decisions on this item can be called- in by the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning & Culture Select Committee)

The report was introduced by the Cabinet Member for Environment who explained that the report asked for Cabinet to remove Surrey County Councils Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Policy for Byways Open to All Traffic (BOATs) on

Public Rights of Way and approve a new BOATs policy which sets out how the Council will manage BOATs in the future including the use of TROs. The Cabinet Member added that the council did not encourage the use of BOATs by Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (MPVs), but it recognises that it has a statutory duty under S.130 Highways Act to assert and protect the rights of all public users of rights of way including MPVs. The policy had been shared with the Select Committee and partners.

RESOLVED:

1.        That Cabinet agree to remove the SCC Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Policy for byways open to all traffic (BOATs) on Public Rights of Way.

2.        That Cabinet agree the new policy which sets out how the Council will manage BOATs in the future including the use of TROs.

Reasons for Decisions:

Surrey County Councils current Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) Policy for Byways Open to All Traffic (“BOATs”) on Public Rights of Way is under review. The current policy does not make reference to all the grounds on which a TRO can be made. Therefore, the current policy is being removed and a new policy has been drafted for agreement by Cabinet.

(The decisions on this item can be called- in by the Children, Families, Lifelong Learning & Culture Select Committee)