Checkendon & Rotherfield Peppard - Notice of Modification Order for Checkendon Bridleways Nos. 41 & 42 and Rotherfield Peppard Bridleway No. 40. Ref: 03619

Planning Inspectorate reference ROW/3337901

The Checkendon Bridleway Nos. 41 and 42 and Rotherfield Peppard Bridleway No. 40 Modification Order 2023 received one objection and Oxfordshire County Council sent the Order along with its submission of supporting documents to the Planning Inspectorate on 29 January 2024.

In December 2024, the Planning Inspectorate elected to adopt the Written Representations procedure to consider the Order.

Background

Public footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic are recorded on Definitive Maps and Statements. These maps and statements provide conclusive legal evidence of the existence of public rights. Oxfordshire County Council is responsible for the Definitive Map and Statement for Oxfordshire and has a duty to amend them when evidence suggests that they are inaccurate or incomplete. Such amendments are made by Modification Orders made under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. These Orders do not come into effect until confirmed. If there are no objections to the order, or if any made are withdrawn, the council may confirm the Order, and the Definitive Map and Statement will then be modified.

Checkendon Bridleway Nos. 41 and 42 and Rotherfield Peppard Bridleway No. 40 Modification Order 2023

Oxfordshire County Council made a Modification Order in October 2023 to add 3 linked bridleways in Checkendon Rotherfield Peppard Parishes, as shown A – G, G – J and G – J on the Order plan. The evidence on which the decision is based is set out in the council's Statement of Case, shown within the right bar.

If you have any questions or wish to see copies of the documentation relating to this Order, please contact the case officer - Chris Atkins - at chris.atkins@oxfordshire.gov.uk or 01865 815835.