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Council Borough of Luton Resolution: Biscot Road - Diversion of Footpath

5th September 1911

From: 1911 To: 1912

Borough of Luton 5th September 1911 At a General Meeting of the Council of the Borough of Luton held this day at the Town Hall, Luton, the following resolution was duly carried:- “Biscot Road – Diversion of Footpath. That, subject to the substituted footway being paved, kerb and channelled to the satisfaction of the Borough Engineer and to the applicant obtaining the consent of the Luton Rural Authority to the diversion of the pathway outside the Borough boundary, the Council as Surveyors of Highways for the Parish of Luton, assent to the diversion of the footpath indicated upon the plan now produced to the Council, such diversion to commence at a point marked B and to terminate at a point marked C as shewn by the colour red on the said plan, and to the stopping up, as useless and unnecessary, of that portion of the existing pathway shewn between points A and B and coloured blue on the said plan, and it is ordered that the Borough Engineer do apply to the Justices of the Peace for the said Borough to appoint two Justices to view the proposed new road or footpath, and for an order for stopping up, turning and diverting the existing public footpath as suggested, and for the making of the proposed new highway or footpath in lieu thereof and proceed therein pursuant to the provisions of the Highway Act, 1836 and that the Common Seal of the Council be affixed to and documents in the matter requiring the same, the whole of the costs and expenses relative to the matter being borne and paid by Mr. Crawley” I hereby certify the above to be a true extract from the Minutes of the Council Bruce Penny Town Clerk This is the exhibit marked “B” referred to in the deposition of John William Tomlinson. Dated the 17th day of January 1912 William Austin – Clerk to the Justices

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Tomlinson, John William,
Penny, Bruce,
Austin, William

LUTON, Luton Town Hall, Luton Biscot Road