Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services providing an update on the main activities of the Rights of Way function since its last annual report to Panel, and some of the current key issues affecting the Rights of Way function, attached.

The Panel received and noted the report of the Head of Legal and Democratic Services providing an update on the main activities of the Rights of Way function since its last annual report to the Panel, and some of the current key issues affecting the Rights of Way function.  (Copy of the report circulated with the agenda and appended to the signed minutes).

The Panel noted the following updates from the presenting officer to the report:

• that the year referred to in third line of paragraph 3 of the report (Reasons for Report Recommendations) should be 2013 not 2012;

• the following updates to Appendix 1 were also noted:

  (i)  that with regard to the public notification for the public path diversion order at Lidl’s Distribution Centre at Redbridge referred to in paragraph 4.2; the objections from local residents had been withdrawn and that the diversion order would therefore be confirmed on 26^th February 2014 and public press notice would appear on Friday, 28^th February 2014;

  (ii)  that with regard to the pre-application referred to in paragraph 4.3 relating to the diversion of the footpath between Central and Millbrook Stations;Network Rail had started a stakeholder consultation which was currently at the early stage of gathering data on local consultees;

  (iii)  that with reference to the changes the Law Society is proposing to the forms used as the basis for Land Charges Searches referred to in paragraph 6.5, there were to be additional questions regarding applications to register land as common, town or village green and that a new register was to be set up under amendments to the Commons Registration Act 2006.

RESOLVED that the report and the updates to the report be noted