Planning Inspectorate reference ROW/3355381
The South Leigh and High Cogges Bridleway No. 30 Modification Order 2024 received one objection which was not withdrawn. On 11 November 2024 Oxfordshire County Council referred the Order and objection to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who will appoint an independent Inspector to consider the Order and hear the objection by written exchange of evidence.
If you have any questions or wish to see copies of the documentation relating to this Order, please contact the case officer - see contact details.
Background
Public footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open toContinue reading
Planning Inspectorate reference ROW/3355381
The South Leigh and High Cogges Bridleway No. 30 Modification Order 2024 received one objection which was not withdrawn. On 11 November 2024 Oxfordshire County Council referred the Order and objection to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who will appoint an independent Inspector to consider the Order and hear the objection by written exchange of evidence.
If you have any questions or wish to see copies of the documentation relating to this Order, please contact the case officer - see contact details.
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 If there are no objections to the order, or if any made are withdrawn, the council may confirm the Order, and the Definitive Map and Statement will then be modified.
South Leigh and High Cogges Bridleway No. 30 Modification Order 2024
Oxfordshire County Council has made a Modification Order to add upgrade South Leigh and High Cogges Footpath No. 30 to bridleway, from the road at High Cogges Farm, southwest for approximately 865 metres, to Tar Road south-southwest of Springhill Farm, shown A – B – C on the Order plan. The evidence on which the decision is based is set out in the council's Statement of Case, available on request from the case officer - see contact details.
Objections to the order
To be relevant, objections or representations should relate only to evidence indicating that the rights to be recorded by the order do or do not exist. The law dictates that the council can have no regard to whether these rights are wanted, needed, or have any other potential impacts. The council does not have a choice in that regard and has absolutely no discretion to take other matters into consideration. Ultimately an objection based on anything other than evidence indicating that such rights for the public do not exist, would be disregarded, see what an Inspector considers in reaching a decision.
If there are any objections which are not withdrawn, the council must refer the Order and objections to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who will appoint an independent Inspector to consider the Order and hear the objections, either at public inquiry(External link), a hearing(External link), or by written exchange of evidence. This involves the production of Statements of Case by both the council and objector.
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulations) and Data Protection Act
The County Council will consider all correspondence, objections and representations received in response to this order. They may be disseminated widely for these purposes and made available to the public. Privacy Notice Public Rights of Way, Commons and Town & Village Greens
