Agenda item

The Panel considered a report from the Director for Corporate Services for an application to upgrade Public Footpath 18, Quarnford to a Restricted Byway.

The report was presented verbally to take Members through the historical evidence relevant to the application. 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:

• Copy of application and associated submitted letters and documents.
• Plan of claimed route.
• 1929 Handover Map for the parish of Quarnford.
• Landowner questionnaire dated December 2018
• Copies of statutory consultee responses
• Cope of Parish Survey Card for Public Footpath 18, Quarnford.
• Copy of applicant’s response and further evidence to draft report and copy of officer’s response.
• Copy of applicant’s further letter and comments regarding evidence, including further OS maps.

The Panel decided that the available evidence was not sufficient to conclude that Public Footpath 18, Quarnford, should be upgraded to a Restricted Byway and should not be upgraded to the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way as such.

Decided – That (a) the evidence submitted by the applicant and that discovered by the County Council was not sufficient to show that Public Footpath 18, Quarnford has the status of a Restricted Byway.  

(b) an Order should not be made to upgrade Public Footpath 18 as shown on the plan attached at Appendix B and marked A to B to a Restricted Byway to the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way for the District of Staffordshire Moorlands.