Suffolk County Council

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980, SECTION 116

NOTICE OF PROPOSED STOPPING-UP AND DIVERSION, SHIMPLING

Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the Justices sitting at the Sudbury Magistrates’ Court, Suffolk, on Friday, 30th June 2000, at 11 a.m., for an Order that: (a) part of the C686 running inside the boundary fence of Twin Pines,” The Street, Shimpling, be stopped on the grounds that public rights are unnecessary; (b) part of the C686 running between Twin Pines” and Oak View” be stopped-up subject to the reservation of a public footpath on the grounds that the route is unnecessary for public use save as a footpath; and (c) part of Footpath 10 Shimpling running through the property of Twin Pines” be diverted to a route running between Twin Pines” and Oak View” (connecting with the reserved footpath above at the northern end and with a proposed footpath link to the C686 at the southern end) in order to provide the public with a more commodious route. All these routes are described in the Schedule to this notice. A plan showing the extent of the highway proposed to be stopped-up and the diversion route may be inspected, free of charge, at the offices of Suffolk County Council, St. Helen Court, County Hall, Ipswich, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Thursday and between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Friday; also at Sudbury Library, Market Hill, Sudbury, between 9.30 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Monday and from Wednesday to Saturday, and between 9.30 a.m. and 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday. K. W. Stevens, County Secretary and Solicitor County Hall, Ipswich IP4 2JS Schedule Description of highway to be stopped-up That part of the C686 commencing in the front garden of the property known as Twin Pines” at Grid Reference TL 8712852893 and proceeding in a north north-westerly direction for 14 metres to Grid Reference TL 8712352907. Description of highway to be stopped-up with reservation of footpath That part of the C686 commencing at Grid Reference TL 8712752892 and proceeding in a north north-westerly direction between the boundary fences of the properties known as Twin Pines” and Oak View” for a distance of 15 metres to Grid Reference TL 8712252906. Width: 2 metres between Grid References TL 8712752892 and TL 8712352903 and 1.5 metres between Grid References TL 8712352903 and TL 8712252906. Description of footpath to be diverted That part of Footpath 10 Shimpling commencing at Grid Reference TL 8712952907 within the property of Twin Pines” and proceeding in a north-westerly direction for 14 metres to a point at Grid Reference TL 8712152918 at the rear boundary fence of Twin Pines”. Description of new route of diverted footpath That part of Footpath 10 Shimpling commencing at Grid Reference TL 8712252906 and proceeding in a north-westerly direction between the boundary fences of Twin Pines” and Oak View” for 7 metres, then in a northerly direction for 6 metres to meet the remaining length of Footpath 10 at Grid Reference TL 8711952917. Width: 1.5 metres between Grid References TL 8712252906 and TL 8711952913 and 5 metres between Grid References TL 8711952913 and TL 8711952917. 26th May 2000.