The Scottish Borders Council

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (SCOTLAND) ACT 1997

THE SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL (100 STEPS, WILTON PATH, HAWICK) (STOPPING UP) (FOOTPATH)) ORDER 2009

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that The Scottish Borders Council have made an Order under Section 208 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 and of all other enabling powers, and in accordance with planning permission granted under Part III of the said Act authorising the Stopping Up of:

That length of footpath at 100 Steps, Wilton Path, Hawick

From a point 28 metres or thereby south-east of the point where the stepped footpath (known as 100 Steps) meets the junction of Princes Street, Wilton Path and Langlands Road in an south-easterly direction for a distance of 16 metres or thereby.

A copy of the Order and the accompanying plan showing the length of footpath affected together with a Statement of the Reasons for making the Order have been deposited at the Road User Group Section of The Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St. Boswells. Those documents are available for inspection free of charge from 8.45 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. on Monday to Thursday and 8.45 a.m. to 3.45 p.m. on Friday. These documents are also available for inspection at the Council’s Contact Centre, High Street, Hawick during normal business hours. Further information about the proposals may be obtained from the Road User Manager on 01835 825079.

ANY PERSON may, within 35 days from Thursday, 24th December 2009 object to the making of the Order by notice in writing to the Head of Legal and Democratic Services, The Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St. Boswells, Melrose, TD6 0SA. Objections should state the name and address of the objector, the matters to which they relate and the grounds on which they are made. On the expiry of that period for objections the Order will be submitted to the Scottish Ministers for consideration of any objections and confirmation or will be confirmed by The Scottish Borders Council as an unopposed Order if there are no objections.

Ian Wilkie

Head of Legal and Democratic Services

Council Headquarters

NEWTOWN ST BOSWELLS

18 December 2009.