Guidance

2018 Rights of Way order information: Decisions and maps

Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders within 2018

Applies to England and Wales

All decisions and maps are published as a joint document.

Decisions published before 1st January 2018 are available on a separate page

Decisions published before May 2016 can be found on a separate page

Order notices for 2018 can be viewed on a separate page.

Order notices for 2017 can be viewed on a separate page.

Online order details January 2015 - April 2016

Recently published decisions:

17 December 2018 - ROW/3197782 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, ROW/3197985 Hampshire County Council, ROW/3200513 Norfolk County Council.

07 December 2018 - ROW/3196239 Kent County Council, FPS/J1155/7/115M Devon County Council, ROW/3209576 Dorset County Council.

22 November 2018 - ROW/3188641 Lincolnshire County Council, ROW/3192264 Wiltshire Council, ROW/3197809 Essex County Council, ROW/3207770 & ROW/3207769 Oxfordshire County Council.

Bath and North East Somerset Council

(Restricted Byway BA21/12, Beeks Mill, St Catherine) Definitive Map Modification Order 2017

Breckland District Council

(Bridleway 15) Public Path Diversion Order 2016


(Bridleway 15) Public Path Diversion Order 2016

Cambridge City Council

(Part of Public Footpath No. 117 Cambridge) Public Path Diversion Order 2016

Cambridgeshire County Council

(Public Footpath No 2, Alconbury Weston (part) Public Path Diversion Order 2015)


(Public Bridleway No 13 (part), Tydd St Giles) Public Path Diversion Order 2012

Cheshire East Borough Council

(Public Footpath No. 14 (Part), Parish of Bunbury) Public Path Diversion Order 2017 and Cheshire East Borough Council (Unrecorded Footpath, Land off Oak Gardens, Parish of Bunbury) Public Path Extinguishment Order 2017


(Footpath No.24 (part) Parish of Bollington) Public Path Diversion Order 2016

Cornwall Council

Footpath Sections of Right of Way No. 57 Chacewater (Parts): Former Hallenbeagle Mine Site (South West Part) Varying Order 2017 (“the Order”)


(Addition of a Footpath, Bridleways and a Restricted Byway together with the upgrade of a Footpath to Bridleway at Rosemellyn and Hallew in the Parishes of Roche and Treverbyn) Modification Order 2017


((Parts of Footpath Nos 1 & 18, Ladock) (Trewince, Grampound Road)) Public Path Diversion Order 2017


(Addition of Restricted Byway1 from Road U6036 to Bridleway 62 Camborne) (Penponds) Modification Order 2016


(Upgrade of part of Footpath 2 Tregony to Restricted Byway and Addition of Restricted Byways in the parishes of Tregony and Cuby) Modification Order 2016


(Footpath No.2 Falmouth (Part) and Footpath No.26, Budock (Part)) Bickland Industrial Park Extension Diversion Order 2014

Cumbria County Council

(Parish of Workington: District of Allerdale) Definitive Map Modification Order (No 1) 2018


(Parish of Broughton Moor: District of Allerdale) Definitive Map Modification Order (No 1) 2017


(Footpath No 431024 Parish of Whitehaven) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Parish of Whitehaven: District of Copeland) Definitive Map Modification Order (No 4) 2016


(Footpath no 554012 Parish of Mansriggs & Osmotherley) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016

Derbyshire County Council

(Upgrading to Bridleway of Public Footpath No 27 - Parish of Ockbrook and Public Footpath No 1 - Parish of Hopwell) Modification Order 2015


(Footpath from Public Footpath No 36 to Public Footpath No 37 – Parish of South Darley) Modification Order 2015


Costs application in relation to Order Ref: ROW/3172660 - (Public Footpath No 56 (Parts) – Alfreton (now in the Parish of Somercotes) Public Path Diversion Order 2016


(Bridleway and Byway open to all traffic along Back Lane – Darley Dale) Modification Order 2016


(Public Footpath No. 56 (parts) – Alfreton (now in the Parish of Somercotes) Public Path Diversion Order 2016


(Footpath from Public Footpath No. 7 to The Woodlands - Parish of Melbourne) Modification Order 2016


(Footpath from Glossop Road (A626) to Public Bridleway No.109 at Bankwood Gate – Parish of Charlesworth) Modification Order 2010

Devon County Council

(Footpath Nos. 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, Combe Raleigh and No.5, Awliscombe) Definitive Map Modification Order 2016


(Footpaths Nos. 60 and 61, Luppitt) Definitive Map Modification Order 2017


(Footpath No.99 Ilfracombe) Public Path Extinguishment and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Restricted Byway No. 27, Berrynarbor) Definitive Map Modification Order 2016


(Footpaths No. 21, Combe Raleigh and No. 59, Luppitt) Definitive Map Modification Order 2016

(Bridleway No.15, Thelbridge and Bridleway No. 14, Washford Pyne) Definitive Map Modification Order 2012

Doncaster Borough Council

Bentley with Arksey Public Path No 25 Diversion Order 2016 (the Order)

Dorset County Council

(Parts of Footpaths 30, 31 and 33 Stour Provost) Public Path Diversion Order


(Part of Footpath10, Spetisbury) Public Path Diversion Order 2017

Durham County Council

Public Rights of Way (Public Bridleway No.211 Crook and Nos. 121 & 196 Witton le Wear Parish) Modification Order No.3 2017

East Riding of Yorkshire Council

(Bugthorpe Footpath No.1) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map & Statement Modification Order, 2017


(Preston Footpath Nos. 21, 22 and 23) Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Watton Footpath No. 11 and Bridleway No. 19) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016


(Woodmansey Footpath No 19) Public Path Extinguishment Order 2016


(Rudston No. 10, Boynton No. 5 and Grindale No. 1) Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016

East Staffordshire Borough Council

(Footpath No. 26, Land at Oakfields, Hanbury, in the Parish of Hanbury) Public Footpath Diversion Order 2017

Essex County Council

Definitive Map No.634 Footpath 70 Writtle Chelmsford City Order 2017


Public Path Diversion Order 2017 Footpath 22 Southminster and Footpath 8 Dengie in the District of Maldon


Modification No. 598 Bridleway 11 Chappel and 64 Great Tey and Restricted Byway 28 Chappel (Colchester District) Order 2015


Public Path Diversion Order 2016 Footpath 11 Great Waltham


No. 627 Footpath 57 Langham, Colchester District Order 2016


Public Path Diversion Order 2017 Footpath 25 Great Bardfield in the District of Braintree


Public Path Diversion Order 2017 Footpath 16 Stanway in the Borough of Colchester


No. 617 Footpath 59 Nazeing (Epping Forest District) Order 2016


Public Path Diversion Order 2017 Footpaths 5 and 18 Clavering

Exmoor National Park Authority

(Public bridleway WL 14/3 (part) in the Parish of Minehead Without) Public Path Diversion Order, 2016

Gateshead Borough Council

(Footpath Ryton 35, Crawcrook, Gateshead) (Diversion) Order 2016

Gloucestershire County Council

Public Footpath NTU 18 Parish of Tetbury Upton Diversion Order 2017


Public Bridleway ASM25 - Southam Parish 2017 Diversion Order 2017


Public Footpath MCR 35 Parish of Cranham Diversion Order 2016

Great Yarmouth Borough Council

(Footpath No.7, Great Yarmouth) Public Path Diversion Order 2017

Hampshire County Council

(East Hampshire District No. 12) (Parish of Headley – Part of Bridleway No. 13) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Winchester City No.44)(Kings Worthy) Definitive Map Modification Order 2017


(Basingstoke and Deane Borough No.4)(Parish of Overton – Part of Bridleway No.26) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017

(Basingstoke and Deane Borough No. 49)(Parish of St Mary Bourne) Definitive Map Modification Order 2016


(Test Valley Borough No. 7) (Parish of East Tytherley - Part of Footpath No. 12) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017

Harborough District Council

Footpath D19 (Part) Pulford Drive Thurnby Public Path Diversion Order No2 2016

Hertfordshire County Council

(Aldenham 83 and 9) Modification Order 2009


(Little Gaddesden 2, 3 and 27) Modification Order 2014


(Barley 15 & 18) Modification Order 2017


(Aldenham 83 and 9) Modification Order 2009


(Ayot St Peter 25) Diversion Order 2016


(Barley 15 & 18) Modification Order 2017

Humberside County Council

Multiple order descriptions

Kent County Council

(Public Footpath ER80 and ER81 (part) Shepherdswell With Coldred) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Restricted Byway MR248 (Part) Platt) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


(Bridleways AW378 and AW379, Kingsnorth) Definitive Map Modification order 2016


(Public Footpath ZF43 (Parts) Faversham Public Path Creation Order 2016

Kirklees Council

(Public Footpath Batley 71 – Hey Beck Lane, Woodkirk) Public Path Modification Order 2017

Leicestershire County Council

(Deletion of Footpath C50A, School Lane, Houghton on the Hill) Definitive Map Modification Order 2017

Lincolnshire County Council

Public Path Extinguishment Order 2017, Lincolnshire County Council Parts of Public Footpath Number 4 Market Deeping and Deeping St James.


(Amendment of Lindsey County Council (Urban District of Mablethorpe and Sutton) Definitive Map and Statement – Evidential Events) (No 1) Modification Order 1986


Amendment of Lindsey County Council (Rural District of Horncastle) Definitive Map and Statement (Addition of Coningsby Public Footpath Number 1124) Definitive Map Modification Order 2016


(Amendment of Lindsey County Council (Rural District of Spilsby) Definitive Map and Statement – Evidential Events) (No 1) Modification Order 1989


(Amendment of Lindsey County Council (Rural District of Louth) Definitive Map and Statement – Evidential Events) (No 1) Modification Order 1989

North Somerset District Council

(Footpath LA19/50 and part of Footpath LA19/48, over land between Kingston Lane and Market Place, Winford) Public Path Diversion Order No. 2 2017


(Part of Footpath AX 29/14, over land west of A371 Banwell Road, Winscombe and Sandford), Public Path Diversion Order No.1 2017

Nottinghamshire County Council

(Misson Footpath No. 13) Modification Order 2012


(East Markham Byway Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, & 32) Modification Order 2005


(East Markham Byway Nos. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, & 32) Modification Order 2005

Norfolk County Council

(Trunch Restricted Byway No. 9) Modification Order 2017


(East Winch) Modification Order 2016


(Dereham) Modification Order, 2017

(Norwich) Modification Order 2016


(Dereham) Modification Order, 2017


(Martham Footpath No. 1(part)) Modification Order 2016

North Lincolnshire Council

(Byway Open to All Traffic 1, South Ferriby and Horkstow) Order 2016(1)

Northumberland County Council

Parish of Felton (Public Footpath No 5) Diversion Order 2017


Definitive Map Modification Order (No 21) 2016


Definitive Map Modification Order (No 10) 2016


Definitive Map Modification Order (No 6) 2012


Definitive Map Modification Order (No 18) 2016


Definitive Map Modification Order (No 22) 2016

Oxfordshire County Council

Idbury Footpath No 4 Public Path Extinguishment and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2012

Peterborough City Council

Public Footpath Peterborough no.71 (Guildhall Walk) Modification Order (No.1) 2017

Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

Various routes, shown in descriptions

Rutland County Council District Council

(Wardley) Footpath B79 Modification Order (No.1) 2016

Sheffield City Council

(Definitive Map and Statement) Modification Order (No 59) 2016

South Gloucestershire Council

Charfield 8 (Public Footpath OCH 8) Level Crossing

Shropshire Council

(Footpath 44R Deletion and Addition, Parishes of Neen Savage and Cleobury Mortimer and Footpath Addition, Parish of Cleobury Mortimer) Modification Order 2013


(Bridleway Additions, Parish of Richard’s Castle) Modification Order 2015

Staffordshire County Council

(Public Footpath No. 5 Hednesford Parish) Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016


Public Path Diversion Order 2007 Public Footpath No 29 (part) Biddulph Parish

Suffolk County Council

(Thingoe Rural District Definitive Map and Statement)(Parish of Hepworth) Modification Order 2017


(Gipping Rural District Definitive Map and Statement)(Parish of Needham Market) Modification Order 2017


(Thingoe Rural District Definitive Map and Statement) (Parishes of Chevington, Horringer and Ickworth) Modification Order 2017


(Thingoe Rural District Definitive Map and Statement) (Parish of Great Barton) Modification Order 2016

Sunderland City

(Chapelgarth) Public Path Extinguishment Order 2016


(Footpath No. 10 Ryhope) Definitive Map Modification Order 2017

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

(Elizabeth Street/Turner Lane, Ashton under Lyne) Modification Order 2016

Telford and Wrekin Borough

Footpath 1 Parish of Chetwynd Aston & Woodcote Diversion Order 2 of 2015

Vale of White Horse District Council

Public footpath, Shrivenham No 6 (Galleyherns Farm) Public Path Diversion Order 2017

Wakefield City of

Public Path Diversion Order and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order No 7, 2016 Public Footpath Normanton 31


Public Path Diversion Order and Definitive Map & Statement Modification Order No 7, 2015, Public Footpath Ossett No 2


Public Path Diversion Order and Definitive Map & Statement Modification Order No 7, 2015, Public Footpath Ossett No 2.

Warrington Borough Council

Rixton with Glazebrook Modification Order 2016

West Riding of Yorkshire County Council

Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley (Hoyland Nether) Modification Order (No. 16) 2017

West Sussex County Council

(Petworth – No. 1 (Parish of Loxwood: Addition of a Footpath)) Definitive Map Modification Order 2014


(Warnham) Public Path (No. 1577) Diversion Order, 2013


Public Path (No.1642) Part Special Diversion Order 2016 & Public Path (No.1650) Part Special Extinguishment Order 2016


(Fittleworth) Public Path (No.702) Extinguishment Order 2016 and (Fittleworth) Public Path (No.2866) Extinguishment Order 2016

Wiltshire Council

Whiteparish Path No. 41 Rights of Way Modification Order 2017


(Parish of Bratton) Path no. 42 and the (Parish of Edington) Path no. 36 Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2017


Path No. 15 Rights of Way Modification Order 2016


City of Salisbury (Stratford sub Castle) Salisbury footpath no. 6 Diversion Order and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016


Great Hinton Path No 34 Rights of Way Modification Order 2016


Durnford Paths Nos. 8, 25 and 26 Rights of Way Modification Order 2016


(Parish of Holt) Path No. 73 Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016


City of Salisbury (Stratford sub Castle) Salisbury footpath no. 6 Diversion Order and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2016

Parish of Box Paths 107A, 107B and 107C Rights of Way Modification Order 2016

Winchester City

(Winchester District No. 57)(City of Winchester) Definitive Map Modification Order 2015

Wokingham Borough Council

Parish of Earley Footpath Earley 15 (part) Public Path Diversion Order 2014

Published 5 January 2018
Last updated 24 April 2019 + show all updates
  1. ROW/3188550 & ROW/3188551 Decision dated 17 September 2018 - QUASHED IN THE HIGH COURT

  2. ROW 3182291/92 added

  3. ROW/3197782, ROW/3197985 & ROW/3200513 Decisions.

  4. ROW/3188641 Lincolnshire County Council, ROW/3192264 Wiltshire Council, ROW/3197809 Essex County Council, ROW/3207770 & ROW/3207769 Oxfordshire County Council, ROW/3196239 Kent County Council, FPS/J1155/7/115M Devon County Council, ROW/3209576 Dorset County Council

  5. ROW/3186915 West Sussex, ROW/3187611 & ROW/3187612 Cheshire East, ROW/3174602 Suffolk County Council, ROW/3185487 Peterborough City Council, ROW/3196958 Cornwall Council, ROW/3189777 Hampshire County Council, ROW/3191558 Wiltshire Council, RoW/3174305 Wakefield City of.

  6. ROW/3186868 Bath and North East Somerset, ROW/3191253 Suffolk County Council, ROW/3187187 Northumberland County Council, ROW/3187354 Doncaster Borough Council, ROW/3191893 Cornwall Council, ROW/3196245 Essex County Council, ROW/3193169 Gloucestershire County Council, ROW/3184369 & ROW/3184370 West Sussex County Council, FPS/M1900/7/67R2 Hertfordshire County Council, ROW/3185313 & ROW/3190553 Northumberland County Council.

  7. ROW/3174603 Suffolk, ROW/3193986 Northumberland, ROW/3182651M Northumberland, ROW/3186991 & ROW/3186993 West Sussex decisions added

  8. ROW/3174603 updated

  9. Checking link

  10. ROW/3167813 Norfolk, ROW/3175719 Sheffield, ROW/3191733 Hampshire, ROW/3198478 East Riding of Yorkshire, ROW/3188167 Cumbria County Council, ROW/3184750 Nottinghamshire County Council, ROW/3190787 Devon County Council, ROW/3194381 Vale of White Horse District Council, ROW/3199723 Cumbria County Council, ROW/3195200 Cambridgeshire County Council, FPS/Z1585/7/84M2 Essex County Council, ROW/3184365 Durham County Council, ROW/3188550 & ROW/3188551 Devon County Council, ROW/3190330 Cornwall Council, ROW/3174677 Lincolnshire County Council.

  11. ROW/3167600M1 Hampshire County Council, ROW/3182542 East Riding of Yorkshire Council, ROW/3187363 Cambridgeshire County Council, ROW/3191249 Wiltshire Council.

  12. FPS/Q1770/7/85M Winchester City, FPS/T0355/7/4 - 17 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, FPS/T0355/7/4 - 7/17 Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, ROW/3172059M1 Northumberland County Council, ROW/3180704M1 Norfolk, ROW/3184705 Hertfordshire County Council, ROW/3184898 East Staffordshire Borough Council, ROW/3185316 Dorset County Council, ROW/3187431 North Somerset District Council, ROW/3188272 Kirklees Council, ROW/3190343 Hampshire County Council,

  13. FPS/D0840/7/24M1 Cornwall & ROW/3176479 Norfolk.

  14. ROW/3175914M Nottinghamshire, ROW/3178615 Wakefields, ROW/3178762 Cumbria, ROW/3179816M Hertfordshire, ROW/3184380 Leicestershire, ROW/3185021 Essex, ROW/3189557 North Somerset.

  15. FPS/Y3940/7/20M1 Wiltshire, ROW/3174201 & 3174202 Wiltshire, ROW/3178520 Essex, ROW/3181095 West Riding of Yorkshire, ROW/3181702 Sunderland, ROW/3182652 Northumberland, ROW/3186524 Kent.

  16. FPS/M1900/7/67R2 Hertfordshire and ROW/3179790 Sunderland decisions added.

  17. ROW/3173659 (U1050) Derbyshire, ROW/3174351 Devon, ROW/3180704 Norfolk, ROW/3180973 Shropshire, ROW/3184388 Gloucestershire.

  18. ROW/3174213M Breckland, ROW/3181626 Cornwall, ROW/3182380 Essex, ROW/3185097 Cheshire East.

  19. FPS/P0119/4/15 South Gloucestershire, FPS/Z1585/7/86M Essex, ROW/3172809, 3172810, 3172811 & 3172812 Humberside, ROW/3181006 Essex, ROW/3182651 Northumberland, ROW/3182861 Gloucestershire.

  20. FPS/U1050/7/110, ROW/3168433, ROW/3170967, and ROW/3178768.

  21. ROW/3172209 & ROW/3172200 Decision, ROW/3172660 Costs Decision, ROW/3175914 Interim decision, ROW/3176226 Decision Staffordshire, ROW/3179537 Decision Staffordshire, ROW/3180961 Decision North Lincolnshire.

  22. ROW/3170111 Derbyshire, ROW/3172071M Shropshire, ROW/3172660 Derbyshire, ROW/3177165 Derbyshire, ROW/3178505 Wiltshire, ROW/3181700 Cornwall, ROW/3182219 Harborough

  23. ROW/3170048M Gateshead, ROW/3171684 Tameside & ROW/3172526 Norfolk Decision added

  24. Decisions added

  25. ROW/3175170 & ROW/3175171 Kent, ROW/3175839 Hertfordshire and ROW/3180352 & ROW/3180353 West Sussex

  26. Decisions added

  27. ROW/3172081 Wiltshire, ROW 3172864 East Riding of Yorkshire, ROW/3174213 & ROW/3174214 Breckland District Council.

  28. ROW/3169114 Derbyshire, ROW/3171233 Warrington, ROW/3172988 Essex

  29. ROW/3172046 Decision added

  30. First published.