Decision details

1.1.The County Council recently confirmed an extinguishment order to resolve a long standing anomaly on Alton Footpaths 29a and 29b. However, during the order making process an objection was received by one of the abutting landowners, who relies upon the existence of Footpath 29a for entry to her property as she has no prescriptive right set out in their title deeds.
1.2Following further discussions with the affected landowner, officers secured the withdrawal of their objection, on the basis that a subsequent Variation Order was made to ‘reinstate’ a section of Footpath 29a (see Appendix 1).
1.3The decision has therefore been taken to make a Variation Order under Section 326(5) Highways Act 1980 to enable the required alteration to take place.