Sedgemoor District Council

Notice Of Public Path Order Town And Country Planning Act 1990, Section 257 And Paragraph 1 Of Schedule 14

The Sedgemoor District Council
(Footpath Ax32/21 (In Part) In The Parish Burnham-On-Sea And Highbridge) Public Path Diversion Order 2022

The above order was made on the 6th July 2022 under section 257 of the Town & Country Planning Act, 1990. The effect of the order will be to divert part of part of footpath ref. AX 32/21 in the parish of Burnham on Sea and Highbridge from point A (Nat Grid Map Ref. 332436 147569) at Lakeside, Highbridge, TA9 3AH in a generally westerly direction to point B (Nat Grid Map Ref. 332258 147571), at the railway crossing, a distance of approximately 180 metres and create an alternative footpath instead to a line running from point A (Nat Grid Map Ref. 332436, 147569) on footpath AX 32/21 at Lakeside, Highbridge, TA9 3AH in a northerly direction to point C (Nat Grid Map Ref. 332438, 147600), a distance of approximately 32 metres. Then from point C in a easterly direction to point D (Nat Grid Map Ref. 332446, 147600), a distance of approximately 8 metres. Then from point D in a northerly direction to point E (Nat Grid Ref. 332447, 147607), a distance of approximately 6.6 metres. Then from point E in a westerly direction and then a northerly direction to point F (Nat Grid Ref. 332415, 147616), a distance of approximately 40 metres. Then from point F in a westerly direction to point G (Nat Grid Ref. 332410, 147617), a distance of approximately 5 metres. Then from point G in a west northerly direction for a distance of approximately 60 metres to point H (GR 332411, 147676). Then from point H in a west south westerly direction for a distance of approximately 35 metres to point J (GR 332379, 147669). Then from point J, curving but generally northerly direction to follow the alignment of the existing roadside footpath to join the A38 Bristol Road public highway at point K (Nat Grid Ref 332391, 147827), a distance of approximately 205 metres. The width of the new footpath will be 2m. The diversion is required to enable the residential development of the site under planning application ref.
11/18/00087.
A copy of the order and the order map may be seen free of charge at Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, from 8.45 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. Copies may also be seen by contacting the Clerk of Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge Town Council.

Any representation about or objection to the order may be sent or delivered in writing addressed to, Assistant Director, Finance & Property, Sedgemoor District Council, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, TA6 3AR not later than the 23rd August 2022. Please state the grounds on which it is made.
If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Sedgemoor District Council may itself confirm the order as an unopposed order. If the order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment for confirmation any representations or objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the order. Finance & Property, Bridgwater House, King Square, Bridgwater, Somerset TA6 3AR Dated 26/07/22

ALISON MONTEITH, Interim Assistant Director