Agenda item

Councillor C.Clement-Williams reaffirmed her interest at this point and withdrew from the meeting from the duration of the item.

Members received information that the ward affected was in Godregraig and not as stated in the circulated report.

Decisions:

1.   That a public path Creation Order be made pursuant  to Section 26 of the Highways Act 1980 in respect of the route shown A1-B1-C1-D1-D2-E1 and also F1-G as detailed in Plan number 3 to the circulated report;

2.   That an Extinguishment Order be made pursuant to Section 118 of the Highways Act 1980 in respect of the route shown A-B-C-D-E as detailed in Plan number 2 to the circulated report.

3.   That if no objections are received to the two orders above then they be confirmed along with the modification order made earlier under the provisions of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as shown as a bold line on plan number 1 to the circulated report.

Reasons for Decisions:

1. There was a need to provide a public path from Hodgsons Road to the river Tawe given this Council had agreed that a public path had existed from that road to the river prior to the housing development.

2. That given the housing development has obstructed the line of the original path, an alternative was needed.  As the previous attempt to divert the path failed, the option to place one of the exit points at G1 as detailed in plan number 3 was the only alternative viable solution.

3. That due to the adoption of the estate roads within the housing development another diversion order cannot be made, but making an extinguishment and creation order at the same time would still achieve the same result.  This would remove the line of the path that passes through the housing estate and provide an alternative by making a creation order.

Implementation of Decisions:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

Consultation has taken place with a standard list of organisations such as the Ramblers Association, their local representatives, the Byways and Bridleways Trust, the Community Council, the Local Member along with Taylor Wimpey and Barratts homes as well as all those whose houses affected by the line of the existing path and those who live close to the proposed new route where it exits and enter the housing estate.