NOTICE OF PUBLIC LOCAL INQUIRY Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Notice is hereby given that an Inspector will be appointedby the Secretary of State for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs to determine
Staffordshire County Council
(Public footpath from Lapley Lane Stretton to Bickford
Grange Farm Penkridge) Modification Order 2023. and will attend at:
County Buildings, Martin Street, Stafford ST16 2LE
On 25th November 2025 at 10.00am
To hold a public local inquiry into the Order
The effect of the Order, if confirmed without modifications, will be the addition of a length of public footpath, commencing in Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Aston parish, on the north side of Lapley Lane, opposite its junction with The Avenue (road) at Grid Reference 388765,311290 (point A on the map) and running in a generally northerly direction for approximately 200 metres, then in a generally northerly direction for approximately 1435 metres, crossing the parish boundary into Penkridge Parish to Grid Reference 389007,312681 (point B on the map). Then in a generally west-north westerly direction for approximately 340 metres, crossing the parish boundary into Stretton, Lapley and Wheaton Aston Parish and then back into Penkridge Parish, then in a generally northerly direction for approximately 650 metres to its terminus at the junction of public footpaths nos 0.1048 and 0.1046, Penkridge Parish approximately 280 meters east of Bickford Grange Farm at Grid Reference 388821,313516 (point C on the map).
Any person wishing to view the statements of case and other documents relating to this Order may do so by appointment at 1 Staffordshire Place, Stafford, ST16 2LP. Contact Clare Gledhill – email: clare.gledhill@staffordshire.gov.uk - tel: 01785 854935 Planning Inspectorate Reference: ROW/3340489

Contact point at the Planning Inspectorate: Paul Scrivener,

Rights of Way Section, Room 3/A, Eagle Wing, Temple
Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple
Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN.
Tel: 0303 444 5000 Email:
paul.scrivener@planninginspectorate.gov.uk