1993 No. 10
The Town and Country Planning (Public Path Orders) Regulations 1993
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for the Environment, as respects England, and the Secretary of State for Wales, as respects Wales, in exercise of their powers under sections 259(4) and 333(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 6 of Schedule 14 to, the Town and Country Planning Act 19901, and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Public Path Orders) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 31st January 1993.
2
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,—
“the Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990;
“authority” means the authority responsible for making the order;
“public path order” means an order made under section 257 (footpaths and bridleways affected by development: orders by other authorities) or 258 (extinguishment of public rights of way over land held for planning purposes) of the Act and includes an order revoking or varying any such order2.
“Schedule 14” means Schedule 14 to the Act.
Form of public path order and map and priority of schedule to order2
1
A public path order shall be in the relevant form set out in Schedule 1 to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect, with such modifications as may be required, and shall at the end be sealed and dated.
2
A public path order shall contain a map which shall be on a scale of not less than 1:2500 or, if such a map is not available, on the largest scale readily available.
Notice of public path orders3
1
Any notice required to be given under Schedule 14 by an authority shall be in the relevant form set out in Schedule 2 to these Regulations or in a form substantially to the like effect.
2
The persons on whom notice is required to be served under paragraphs 1(2)(b) and 7(1)(b) of Schedule 14 shall in respect of the areas specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations include the persons specified in column 2 of Schedule 3 to these Regulations.
Procedure for public path orders4
1
A public path order shall be made in duplicate, and where the order is submitted to the Secretary of State for confirmation the order and duplicate shall be sent to him accompanied by:
a
two copies of the order and a copy of any notice published as required by paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 14,
b
a statement by the authority of the grounds on which the authority consider that the order should be confirmed, and
c
any representations or objections which have been duly made with respect to the order and not withdrawn, together with the observations thereon of the authority.
2
Where a public path order provides for extinguishing a right of way over land under, in, over, along or across which there is any apparatus belonging to or used by statutory undertakers for the purpose of their undertaking, the consent of the undertakers to such order shall also be sent to the Secretary of State when the order is submitted to him for confirmation.
3
After a decision not to confirm a public path order, the authority shall, as soon as the requirements of paragraph 7(4) of Schedule 14 have been complied with, so certify in writing to the Secretary of State.
4
After a public path order has been confirmed by the Secretary of State, the authority shall, as soon as the requirements of paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 14 have been complied with, so certify in writing to the Secretary of State and send him a copy of the notice of confirmation of the order served under paragraph 7 or given under paragraph 8 of Schedule 14.
5
After a public path order has been confirmed the authority shall send a copy of it as confirmed to the Ordnance Survey.
Revocation5
The Town and Country Planning (Public Path Orders) Regulations 19833 are hereby revoked.
SCHEDULE 1FORMS OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990, SECTION 257
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990, SECTION 258(1)
SCHEDULE 2FORMS OF NOTICE
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990, SECTION [257] [258(1)] AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF SCHEDULE 14
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990, SECTION [257] [258] AND PARAGRAPH [7] [8] OF SCHEDULE 14
SCHEDULE 3PERSONS TO BE SERVED WITH NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDERS
1. Area | 2. Name of Persons |
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England and Wales | Auto-Cycle Union British Horse Society Byways and Bridleways Trust Open Spaces Society Ramblers Association Cyclists Touring Club |
The counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire and West Yorkshire | Peak and Northern Footpaths Society |
Within the county of Bedfordshire: the borough of Luton, and within the district of Mid Bedfordshire the parishes of Harlington and Shillington, and within the district of South Bedfordshire the parishes of Barton le Clay, Caddington and Slip End, Dunstable, Eaton Bray, Houghton Regis, Hyde, Kensworth, Streatley, Studham, Sundon, Toddington, Totternhoe and Whipsnade; Within the county of Buckinghamshire: the districts of Chiltern, Wycombe and South Bucks; and within the district of Aylesbury Vale, the parishes of Aston Clinton, Buckland, Drayton Beauchamp, Edlesborough, Halton, Ivinghoe, Marsworth, Pitstone, Wendover and Weston Turville; Within the county of Hertfordshire: the districts of Dacorum and Three Rivers; and within the district of North Hertfordshire, the parishes of Hexton, Hitchin, Ickleford, St. Ippollitts, Kings Walden, Langley, Lilley, Offley, Pirton, Preston and St Pauls Walden; Within the county of Oxfordshire: the district of South Oxfordshire | Chiltern Society |
Wales | Welsh Trail Riders' Association |
(This note is not part of the Regulations)