Kent, Multiple Public Rights of Way Notices

Public Rights of Way and Village Greens

PROW - IN THE DISTRICT OF DOVER

 

IN THE DISTRICT OF DOVER

NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF KENT

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(PUBLIC FOOTPATH ER308 AT ST MARGARETS AT CLIFFE)
DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2025

The above Order was made on 22 October 2025 under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. If confirmed, it will modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by adding to the statement a footpath numbered ER308, with a width of 2.5 metres, which commences at its junction with public footpath ER28 at NGR TR 3632 5585 (Point A) and travels in a south southwesterly direction for 150 metres to its connection with public footpath ER276 (Droveway Gardens) at NGR TR 3624 4472 (Point B). As shown on the Order Plan between the points A-B.

All distances are approximate, all directions are general.

A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Dover District Council, Honeywood Close, White Cliffs Business Park, Dover, CT16 3PJ or at the Kent County Council, History and Library Centre, James Whatman Way, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1LQ, from 10am-5pm. The documents can also be viewed online at www.kent.gov.uk/prownotices or a copy can be obtained by contacting Michael Tonkin (tel: 03000 41 03 25 or email michael.tonkin@kent.gov.uk).

Any representation about or objection to the Order must be sent or delivered in writing to Michael Tonkin at the Kent County Council (address as below; email as above) no later than 12 December 2025. Please state the grounds on which they are made.

Please note that objections/representations cannot be treated as confidential and may come into the public domain. Copies of any objections or representations received may be disclosed to interested parties, including the Planning Inspectorate where the case is referred to it for determination.

If no such representations or objections are duly made to the Order (or to any part of it), or if any so made are withdrawn, the Kent County Council, instead of submitting the Order to the Secretary of State (or part of it if the Authority has by Notice to the Secretary of State so elected under paragraph 5 of schedule 15 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) may itself confirm the Order (or that part of the Order). If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment (in whole or in part), any representations or objections which have been duly made and not been withdrawn will be sent with it.

PROW & Access Service, Kent County Council, Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XX

 

PROW - IN THE DISTRICT OF FOLKESTONE & HYTHE

IN THE DISTRICT OF FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE

NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF KENT

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(BRIDLEWAY HE377 AND PUBLIC FOOTPATH HE245 (PART) AT NEWINGTON)
DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2025

The above Order was made on 9th July 2025 under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. If confirmed, it will modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by:

i.   Adding, at Bridleway status with a width of 3 metres, a route commencing at a junction with Beachborough Road at NGR TR 1698 3922 and proceeding in an easterly though southerly through easterly direction, through Coombe Farm, for 393 metres to a junction with Public Footpath HE245 at NGR TR 1729 3905;

ii.  Upgrading, to Bridleway status with a width of 3 metres, that length of Public Footpath HE245 which commences at the aforementioned point at NGR TR 1729 3905 and runs in a easterly through south-easterly direction for 457 metres to a point on the southern side of Coombe Wood at NGR TR 1763 3879;

iii. Deleting that section of Public Footpath HE245 which commences at the aforementioned point at NGR TR 1763 3879 and runs in a south-easterly through south-westerly direction for 267 metres (broadly around the field edge) to a point on the northern side of Asholt Wood at NGR TR 1772 3859;

iv. Adding, at Bridleway status with a width of 3 metres, a route commencing at the previously described point on the southern side of Coombe Wood at NGR TR 1763 3879 and running in a south-south-easterly direction (across the field) for 223 metres to the previously described point on the northern side of Asholt Wood at NGR TR 1772 3859;

v.  Upgrading, to Bridleway status with a width of 3 metres, that length of Public Footpath HE245 which commences at the aforementioned point on the northern side of Asholt Wood at NGR TR 1772 3859 and runs in a south-easterly direction for 836 metres to a point at NGR TR 1813 3788; and

vi. Adding, at Bridleway status with a width of 3 metres, a route commencing at the previously described point at NGR TR 1813 3788 and running in an east-south-easterly direction for 268 metres to a junction with Newington Road and Public Footpath HE250 at NGR TR 1840 3782

The effect of the Order is also to record field gates as limitations at NGR TR 1763 3879, NGR TR 1772 3859, NGR TR 1785 3848, NGR TR 1813 3788 and NGR TR 1840 3782.

All distances are approximate, all directions are general.

A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Folkestone and Hythe District Council, Civic Centre, Castle Hill Avenue, Folkestone, Kent CT20 2QY. The documents can also be viewed online at: www.kent.gov.uk/prownotices.

Any representation about or objection to the Order must be sent or delivered in writing to Ms. Melanie McNeir at the Kent County Council, preferably by email to melanie.mcneir@kent.gov.uk or by post to the address below, no later than Friday 12th December 2025.  Please state the grounds on which they are made.

Please note that objections/representations cannot be treated as confidential and may come into the public domain. Copies of any objections or representations received may be disclosed to interested parties, including the Planning Inspectorate where the case is referred to it for determination.

If no such representations or objections are duly made to the Order (or to any part of it), or if any so made are withdrawn, the Kent County Council, instead of submitting the Order to the Secretary of State (or part of it if the Authority has by Notice to the Secretary of State so elected under paragraph 5 of schedule 15 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) may itself confirm the Order (or that part of the Order). If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment (in whole or in part), any representations or objections which have been duly made and not been withdrawn will be sent with it.

PROW and Access Service, Kent County Council, County Hall, Maidstone Kent ME14 1XQ

 

PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE

IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(PUBLIC FOOTPATH KM311 (PART) STAPLEHURST)
PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT
MODIFICATION ORDER 2024

On 22 October 2025 The Kent County Council confirmed the above Order under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. 

The effect of that Order as confirmed is to divert the entire width of that length of public footpath numbered KM311, which commences at NGR TQ 7788 4330 (point A) and runs in a east northeast direction for 138 metres to NGR TQ 7802 4332 (point B), commencing again at NGR TQ 7803 4332 (point C) and running in a north east direction for 7 metres to NGR TQ 7803 4333 (point D) before heading in a east direction for 97 metres to its termination at the junction with Public Footpath KM312 at NGR TQ 7813 4332 (point E). As shown between points A-B and C-D-E on the Order plan, and to provide a new length of public footpath numbered KM311, with a width of 2 metres, which commences 19 metres east southeast of the aforementioned point A at NGR TQ 7790 4329 (point F) before heading in a east direction for 46 metres to NGR TQ 7794 4328 (point G) then southeast for 14 metres to NGR TQ 7795 4327 (point H). The footpath then heads in a east northeast for 32 metres, then north east for 31 metres and north northeast for 23 metres following the curve of the track on the edge of the woodland to the aforementioned point B. Commencing again at the aforementioned point C the path heads in a north east direction for 7 metres before heading in a east direction for 94 metres to its termination at the junction with Public Footpath KM312 at the aforementioned point E. As shown between points F-G-H-B and C-E on the Order plan.

All directions general, all distances approximate.

A copy of the Order as confirmed and the Order Map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the Offices of Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent. ME14 1LQ. The documents can also be viewed online at www.kent.gov.uk/prownotices

The Order comes into force on 19 November 2025, but if a person aggrieved by the Order wants to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act which has not been complied with in relation to the Order, he or she may under Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as applied by Paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act, within 6 weeks from the 31 October 2025, make an application to the High Court.

 

PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF TONBRIDGE & MALLING

Notice of the making of an Order to temporarily close Public Footpaths MU65 and MT41 in the Parish of Hildenborough

In The Borough of Tonbridge & Malling

Kent County Council

(Public Footpath MU65 and MT41)
(Prohibition Of Traffic) Temporary Order 2025

Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 14(1), As Amended By The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991

Kent County Council has made an Order the effect of which is to temporarily close Public Footpath MU65 between its junction with Hilden Park Road and Public Footpath MT41 and Public Footpath MT41 to its junction with Public Footpath MT419 from 03 November 2025

The paths will be closed for a maximum of six months, although it is expected that they will reopen 24 December 2025

The paths are to be closed because of repair works to a culvert

For detailed enquiries please contact sam.honey@kent.gov.uk
Contact Centre no. 03000 41 71 71

Or for further details on temporary closures on the Rights of Way Network visit our interactive map: www.kent.gov.uk/prowfaults

 

 

 

Public Rights of Way and Access Service,
Kent County Council
Invicta House, County Hall
Maidstone, Kent ME14 1XX

Dated: 31st October 2025