PART 3STREETS

Claimed public right of way12

1

Subject to the provisions of this article, the undertaker may for the purposes of the authorised development stop up, to an extent that does not exceed the limits of the land shown hatched in green on the claimed rights of way plan, any street situated in whole or in part on the land shown hatched in green on the claimed rights of way plan whether or not that street was in existence or recognised on the definitive map on the date this Order is made.

2

Where a street is stopped up under paragraph (1)—

a

subject to paragraph (3), all public rights of way over or along a street so stopped up are extinguished;

b

subject to paragraph (4), private rights over or along a street so stopped up are extinguished or cease to have effect; and

c

the undertaker may appropriate and use for the purposes of the authorised development so much of the street as is bounded on both sides by land owned by the undertaker.

3

The extinguishment of public rights of way referred to in paragraph (2)(a) will come into effect seven working days after the undertaker serves a notice on the surveying authority giving details of the extent of the stopping up and including a plan showing the extent by which a street referred to in paragraph (1) has been stopped up.

4

The power conferred by paragraph (1) must not be exercised by the undertaker earlier than the date on which the undertaker has acquired an interest in the land comprised in the extent of the street to be stopped up and the provisions of article 23 (private rights) apply to the extinguishment or cessation of any such private rights.

5

A notice referred to in paragraph (3) is deemed to be a legal event for the purposes of section 53(3)(a)(i)38 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

6

This article is subject to article 32 (apparatus and rights of statutory undertakers in stopped up streets).

7

Any person who suffers loss by the suspension of any private right of way under this article is entitled to compensation to be determined, in case of dispute, under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.

8

In this article—

  • “definitive map” has the meaning given to it by section 53(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;

  • “surveying authority” has the meaning given to it by section 66(1)39 (interpretation of Part III) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981; and

    section 159 of the 2008 Act applies to this article.