Market Street - Notice of Public Path Order

NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 SECTION 257
AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF SCHEDULE 14
CHORLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL
CHORLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL (FOOTPATH FP0919026) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2026

The above Order was made on 22 June 2026. The effect of the Order will be to divert one length of Public Footpath 26 Mawdesley running from point A in an easterly direction to point B a total distance of about 200 metres as shown by a bold black line marked A-B on the order map and create an alternative footpath on a line running from point A in an easterly direction to point B by
way of points C and D, a total distance of about 215 metres as shown by bold black dashes marked A-C-D-B on the order map.

The diversion will enable development to be carried out in accordance with planning permission reference 22/00941/FULMAJ granted under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 namely the erection of up to 55 dwellings with associated access, landscaping, parking, demolition and other works on land north of Gorsey Lane Mawdesley.

A copy of the Order and the Order map may be inspected free of charge in reception at the Town Hall, Chorley between the hours of 9.00am to 5.00pm Monday to Friday (inclusive). Copies of the Order and map may be bought there at a reasonable price.

Any representation about or objection to the Order may be sent or delivered in writing addressed to Legal Services, Chorley Borough Council, Town Hall, Market Street, Chorley, PR7 1DP not later than 30 July 2026. Please state the grounds on which it is made.

If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Chorley Borough Council may itself confirm the Order as an unopposed Order.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is sent to the Secretary of State for confirmation any representations and objections which have been duly made and not withdrawn will be sent with the Order.

Dated 30 June 2026
Head of Legal and Procurement
Town Hall
Market Street
Chorley
PR7 1DP