Old Claygate Lane in previous years

2021

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• 7 Old Claygate Lane KT10 0ER — 2021/0018 — PROPOSAL: Single-storey side infill extension. — COUNCIL RESPONSE: LDC No comment (PARISH COUNCIL PLANNING MEETING 25-FEB-21)

The area

AP84 Clerk to contact EBC and SCC Countryside Officers and ask what advice they can give about Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 & recording Claygate’s footpaths, bridleways, and alleys. IN PROGRESS. EBC Countryside Officer responded saying that there was a significant consultation at the time to define Common Land, countryside access sites and Public Rights of Way, which were all checked and mapped. The main anomaly is Old Claygate Lane from the top of the hill south to Claygate which is an old highway and therefore not a Public Right of Way shown on the definitive map. This is also true for one or two alleys not down as Public Footpaths or shown as part of the adopted Highway Network. He stated any concerns should be passed on to SCC. Clerk responded to the EBC Countryside officer that it appeared nearly all internal cut-throughs were missing. Clerk awaiting response. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 11-FEB-21)

2020

AP55 Committee members to send Clerk any volunteers who can help assist in moving the Old Claygate Lane footpath bridge back to its original location. Clerk to pass on to Dave Page EBC who will organise the volunteers to relocate the bridge back to its original position. Post relocation by volunteers Clerk to instruct a local supplier to rebuild the base. DONE. Dave Page reinstated bridge with assistance and then a local supplier employed by CPC rebuilt base surrounds. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 29-OCT-20)

AP57 Clerk to contact SALC and request clarity on where liability falls if a member of the public was to hurt themselves on something put in in place by CPC on unregistered land such as the bridge on the footpath off Old Claygate Lane. In addition, should that item then be insured? DONE. SALC responded saying that they can’t provide legal advice but their view is that the Council owns the bridge and therefore has a duty of care to anyone using that bridge. Should somebody be injured they would have to prove that the council has been negligent e.g. the council had failed to maintain or remove a hazard resulting in a foreseeable injury. The Council only has to do what is reasonable. The Council should be insured against risks. The Clerk has added the footbridge to the asset register and this has been sent to the insurers. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 29-OCT-20)

66/13	To receive the results of the CPC Asset audit and decide any action arising.
	... Footbridge on the Old Claygate Lane Footpath has been washed out of position. Volunteers gathering for 26th September to move the bridge back into its place. Clerk is arranging for Gerald Abraham to then fix back in place. A budget of up to £1,000 was confirmed at the HT&E Committee 3rd September. (PARISH COUNCIL MEETING 17-SEP-20)

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To discuss Environmental Issues.

i) To consider the reinstatement of the foot bridge on Old Claygate Lane Footpath. A suspected Thames Water drain collapse water has washed away the footbridge on Old Claygate Lane footpath. This land is unregistered. The bridge was originally put in place by CPC back in 2013. Cllr Sugden has met with Gerald Abraham who originally assisted in installing the bridge back in 2013 to gather a quote for full reinstatement (£370 ex VAT to relocate bridge plus £850 ex VAT to rebuild base.) and Dave Page, Countryside Estates Officer at EBC to discuss options. It was unanimously agreed that £1000 be allocated from the Highways budget to rebuild the base of the bridge. Efforts would be made to identify volunteers to assist Dave Page in relocating the bridge free of charge. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 3-SEP-20) AP55 Committee members to send Clerk any volunteers who can help assist in moving the bridge back to its original location. Clerk to pass on to Dave Page who will organise the volunteers to relocate the bridge back to its original position. Post relocation by volunteers Clerk to instruct Gerald Abraham to rebuild the base. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 3-SEP-20) AP56 Clerk to contact Thames Water and Surbiton Golf Club to query their liability in covering the cost of the bridge reinstatement in light that the bridge got washed away at the same time as significant flooding occurred across the Surbiton Golf Course all the way down to Telegraph Lane Allotments. AP57 Clerk to contact SALC and request clarity on where liability falls if a member of the public was to hurt themselves on something put in in place by CPC on unregistered land. In addition, should that item then be insured. (PARISH COUNCIL HT&E MEETING 3-SEP-20)