Report of the Head of Environmental Protection and the Regeneration and Major Projects Manager.

This Report seeks approval for claiming title to the strip of land adjacent to Abbey Road (as shown highlighted in red on the plan attached as Appendix 1) by way of a claim for adverse possession.

The strip of land consists of a grass verge between the towpath and the river adjacent to Abbey Road

City Executive Board is recommended to

(1)   Approve the acquisition of the strip of land adjacent to Abbey Road by adverse possession to allow the Council to regularize mooring on this land and if successful;

(2)   Agree limited visitor mooring to the southern section of the acquired land.

The Head of Environmental Development and the Regeneration and Major Projects Manager submitted a report (previously circulated, now appended).  The Board also had before it a Scrutiny report (previously circulated, now appended) on the subject.

Resolved to:-

(1)   Approve the acquisition by adverse possession of the strip of land adjacent to Abbey Road as shown on the plan that forms Appendix 1 to the report to allow the Council to regularize mooring on the land;

(2)   Subject to (1) above, to agree limited visitor mooring to the southern section of the acquired land;

(3)   Note the offer of assistance from local residents in the matter of managing and maintaining the riverside land, the subject of the report.