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Definitive map orders: consistency guidelines

Information and references to resources and relevant case law to assist in the interpretation and weighing of evidence on definitive map orders.

Updates to this page

From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published:
1 April 2003
Last updated:
27 January 2022
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  1. Removal of reference to Wales

  2. Document updated in line with accessibility regulations

  3. An update on the status of the guidelines

  4. Email address updated to new format

  5. links updated the notices and decisions pages on GOV.uk

  6. Update about section 7 and section 4.22

  7. First published.

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This guidance relate to policy and legal guidance matters, this responsibility falls outside of the remit of the Inspectorate. It has therefore been decided that rights of way consistency guidelines produced by the Inspectorate will no longer be updated and will be archived on GOV.UK.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 - Definitive Map Orders: Consistency Guidelines

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These guidelines were last updated in April 2016 and do not necessarily reflect current guidance. Following a review of the future of the guidelines by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Planning Inspectorate it has been decided that a single source of policy guidance issued by Defra would be more appropriate, efficient and user friendly. Defra will incorporate essential policy elements of the Consistency Guidelines into Circular 1/09 when they revise it.

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