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Footpaths Committee Meeting

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FOOTPATHS COMMITTEE AGENDA

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of Eccleshall Parish Council Footpaths Committee will be held on Wednesday 5th November 2025, Eccleshall Community Centre, at 7pm.

 

 

1.      Apologies

 

2.      To approve the minutes of the meeting held on August 13th 2025

 

3.      Review of current maintenance schedule, work completed to date and any new issues to consider:

  • The current condition of Footpath 17 and any consideration of works to improve access

 

4.      Footpath Walks:

 

5.      Update on Keep Eccleshall Tidy Team (KETT)

 

6.      Correspondence.

  • None was received at the date the agenda was issued

 

7.      Items for next meeting.

 

8.      Date of next meeting – February 4th 2026, at 7pm, Eccleshall Community Centre.

 

S. J. Worden………

Clerk to the Council – 23/10/2025

Minutes

ECCLESHALL PARISH COUNCIL – FOOTPATHS COMMITTEE MINUTES

November 5th, 2025

 

A meeting of the Footpaths Committee was held on Wednesday, November 5th, at 7pm at Eccleshall Community Centre.

Present were:-

Councillor R. Taylor (Chair)               Councillor S. Mifflin

Councillor D. Hill                                  Councillor S. Perren

Councillor D. Hall

 

Mrs S. J. Worden (Clerk)

Mr. N. Davenport

Mr. G. Cole

 

One member of the public

 

1).    Apologies:-

Apologies were received from Cllr. Wilkins

2).   To approve the minutes of the meeting held on August 13th, 2025.

The minutes, which had been previously circulated, were agreed and signed.

3).    Review of current maintenance schedule, work completed to date and any new issues to consider.

The updated maintenance schedule was circulated for information prior to the meeting.

  • New items:
    • FP17 has a number of trees in the vicinity that have been blown over in recent weeks and are partially blocking the path to the rear of the open space by Sancerre Grange. Walkers are probably avoiding this by taking the path along Sancerre Grange and rejoining FP17 further up. The issue has been reported to the County Rights of Way team but no response received, and Mr. Cole has undertaken some work to enable limited access. This initial stretch of  path is regularly overgrown and requires a number of visits over the growing season to keep it accessible. It was queried whether the maintenance expenditure is required for this stretch, if an alternative route is available and used by residents. For reference, the Clerk will obtain a quote for tree clearance works, and also contact the Rights of Way team to highlight the issue and obtain their opinion.

4).   Walk Updates:

  • Due to their ongoing popularity, it was agreed at the previous meeting to review the single walk leaflets, which were last checked in 2018. The routes will need to be walked to check if there are any changes required to the leaflet instructions. This will be undertaken over several months, weather conditions permitting. The clerk circulated a table of leaflet numbers and members volunteered to check the routes as below:
Walk Number Location Review by
1 Copmere Ramble and Beyond to the Offleys N. Davenport
2 Ecc-Brockton-Copmere-Pershall Cllr. Mifflin
3 Ecc-Elford-Wootton-Ecc Cllr. Hall
4 Croxton-Highlanes-Chatcull-Croxton N. Davenport
5 Broughton-Fairoak-Hookgate-Broughton Cllr. Mifflin
6 Croxton-Fairoak-Bishops Wood-Croxton N. Davenport
7 Ecc-Ellenhall-Walton-Chebsey Cllr. Hill
8 Ecc-Pershall-Copmere Cllr. Perren
9 Ecc-Waltonhurst-Ellenhall-Ecc Cllr. Hill
10 Ecc to Croxton and return via Sugnall N. Davenport
11 Ecc-Elford-Horsley-Cash Lane-Wincote-Ecc G. Cole
12 Ecc-Shaws Lane-Johnson Hall-The Dells-Wincote-Cash Lane-Elford Heath Cllr. Hall

 

5).   Update on Keep Eccleshall Tidy Team (KETT)

  • There were no updates to report.

6).    Correspondence:

  • There was no correspondence for consideration

7).   Items for next meeting

Any items can be forwarded to the Clerk.

 8).  Date of next meeting:-

Wednesday 4th February 2026, at 7pm, Eccleshall Community Centre, prior to the Planning committee meeting.

There being no further business, the Chairman declared the meeting closed at 7.20pm.