Trimdon, Public Footpath Diversion

NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER

PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990, SECTION 257

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981, SECTION 53A(2)

THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF DURHAM

(PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO. 6 TRIMDON PARISH)

PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2025

The above order was made on 8 September 2025. The effect of the order will be to Divert Public Footpath No. 6 Trimdon Parish from a point on Salters Lane, south of Broadway Avenue, Trimdon proceeding in a generally south-westerly direction for some 140 metres across a field to a line proceeding from a more southerly point on Salters Lane in a generally west–north-westerly direction along the southern edge of the new housing development to the same point as shown on the order map.

A copy of the order and the order map may be seen free of charge at Trimdon library during normal opening hours and via the Council website.

Any representation about or objection to the Order may be sent or delivered in writing addressed to Sharon Renwick, Legal and Democratic Services, PO Box 717, Durham, DH1 9RB or via e-mail to Highways.Orders@durham.gov.uk quoting reference 11839441 no later than 10 October 2025. Please state the grounds on which it is made.

If no such representations or objections to the Order are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, The County Council of Durham may itself confirm the Order as an unopposed order. If the order is sent to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation any representations or objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the order.

Dated: 12 September 2025

HELEN BRADLEY

Director of Legal & Democratic Services

County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL