Agenda item

The Panel considered a report from the Director for Corporate Services of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Section 53 for an application for a Public Bridleway from Birdsley Farm to Portway Lane, Wigginton.

The report was presented verbally to take Members through the various legal documentary and historical evidence relevant to the application. The Director also made reference to case law which dealt with the weight to be given to the evidence and gave guidance on the legal tests which they should apply. In applying these tests, Members were made aware that they should examine the evidence in its totality. During their consideration of the application, Members had regard to the Appendices attached to the report including; (i) Form 1; (ii) Plan; (iii) Inclosure Award (1771) and 2 x Ordnance Survey Plans (1834 & 1884); (iv) Landowner Response; (v) Statutory Consultees Response.

Decided – The Panel considered a report of the Director for Corporate Services for a Public Bridleway from Birdsley Farm to Portway Lane, Wigginton.

The Panel agreed unanimously that the evidence submitted by the Applicant in the Application at Appendix “A” is sufficient to show that a right of way with the status of a Public Bridleway is reasonably alleged to subsist between points A to B on the plan attached at Appendix “B” of this report.

That an Order be made to add the alleged route as a Public Bridleway to the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way for the District of Lichfield.