Kent, Multiple Public Rights of Way Notices
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PROW - IN THE CITY OF CANTERBURY
NOTICE OF EXTENSION OF AN ORDER TEMPORARILY CLOSING PUBLIC FOOTPATH CW88 IN THE PARISH OF CHESTFIELD
IN THE CITY OF CANTERBURY
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(PUBLIC FOOTPATH CW88)(PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) TEMPORARY ORDER 2022
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 Section 14(1), As Amended By The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991
The Secretary of State for Transport has directed that the Order made by Kent County Council on the 18 April 2022, and subsequently extended until 18 October 2024, the effect of which was to prohibit all traffic from Public Footpath CW88 has been extended for a further 12 months, until the 18 October 2025 or until the completion of the works, whichever is the earlier
The path is closed between Public Bridleway CW40 and Public Footpath CW89 An alternative route is available and will be signed for the duration of the closure.
For detailed enquiries please contact Louise Adams
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
PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF DARTFORD
IN THE BOROUGH OF DARTFORD
NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL(RESTRICTED BYWAY DR122 (PART), WILMINGTON)PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2024
The above-named Order made on 2 October 2024 under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 will divert the entire width of that length of restricted byway, which commences on the driveway to Hook Green Farm at NGR TQ 5196 7198 (point A) and heads in a south direction for 191 metres to its junction with restricted byway DR121 at NGR TQ 5193 7179 (point B) and will add a new length of restricted byway with a width of 4 metres, which commences at NGR TQ 5196 7199 (point C) and heads in a south-southwest direction for 90 metres to NGR TQ 5193 7190 (point D) before heading west for 22 metres to NGR TQ 5190 7190 (point E).
The restricted byway then heads in a south west direction for 59 metres to NGR TQ 5186 7186 (point F) before heading in a south-southeast direction for 107 metres to its junction with the unaffected section of restricted byway DR122 at NGR TQ 5190 7176 (point G).
All directions general, all distances approximate.
A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Dartford Borough Council, Civic Centre, Home Gardens, Dartford, DA1 1DR 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 Emma Peters (tel: 03000 41 61 22 or email emma.peters2@kent.gov.uk).
Any representation about or objection to the Order must be sent or delivered in writing to Emma Peters at the Kent County Council (address as below; email as above) no later than 8 November 2024. 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, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Kent County Council may confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment for confirmation any representations and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order.
PROW & Access Service, Kent County Council, Invicta House, Maidstone, Kent, ME14 1XX
PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE
IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL(PUBLIC FOOTPATH KH8 (PART), BOXLEY & DETLING)PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2024
On the 27th September 2024 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 KH8 which commences at an unaffected section of public footpath KH8 at NGR TQ 7990 6037 (Point A) and runs in an east-north-eastern direction for 129 metres to its junction with Scragged Oak Road at NGR TQ 8002 6042 (Point B). As shown by the bold continuous line between Points A and B on the Order plan and will add a new length of public footpath numbered KH8 with a width of 2.5 metres, which commences at the aforementioned Point A and runs in a south-south-eastern to southeastern direction for 13 metres to NGR TQ 7990 6036 (Point C) and then in an eastern direction for 116 metres to its connection with Scragged Oak Road at NGR 8002 6036 (Point D). As shown by the bold broken line between Points A – C - D on the Order plan.
All directions general, all distances approximate.
A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Maidstone Borough Council at Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ 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 William Barfoot (tel: 03000 41 86 74 or email William.Barfoot@kent.gov.uk).
The Order comes into force on the 25th October 2024 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 (the Act), as amended, and/or the powers of section 53A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) or on the ground that any requirement of either Act or of any regulation made under them 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, and as applied by s53A(7) WCA, within 6 weeks from the 11th October 2024 make an application to the High Court.
IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL(PUBLIC FOOTPATH KH147 (PART), HOLLINGBOURNE)PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2024
The above-named Order made on 19 September under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 will divert the entire width of that length of public footpath numbered KH147, which commences on Pilgrims Way at NGR TQ 8281 5697 (point A) and runs north-east for 382 metres to its connection with public footpath KH191 at NGR TQ 8309 5723 (point B), as shown between the points A-B on the Order plan, and it will add a new length of public footpath numbered KH147, with a width of 2.0 metres, which commences at the aforementioned point A and runs east for 35 metres to NGR TQ 8285 5696 (point C), then north-east for 364 metres to NGR TQ 8313 5719 (point D), and then north-west for 61 metres to the aforementioned point B, as shown between the points A-C-D-B on the Order plan.
All directions general, all distances approximate.
A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ 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 Maria McLauchlan (tel: 03000 41 34 20 or email maria.mclauchlan@kent.gov.uk).
Any representation about or objection to the Order must be sent or delivered in writing to Maria McLauchlan at the Kent County Council (address as below; email as above) no later than 8 November 2024. 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, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Kent County Council may confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment for confirmation any representations and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order.
IN THE BOROUGH OF MAIDSTONE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980 WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
THE KENT COUNTY COUNCIL(PUBLIC FOOTPATH KH147A (PART), HOLLINGBOURNE)PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2024
The above-named Order made on 19 September under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 will divert the entire width of that length of public footpath numbered KH147A, which commences on an unaffected length of public footpath KH147A at NGR TQ 8277 5710 (point A) and runs north north-west, north, north north-west, north-west and north north-west for 687 metres to its connection with Byway Open to All Traffic KH167 at NGR TQ 8252 5772 (point B), between the points A-B on the Order plan, and it will add a new length of public footpath numbered KH147A, with a width of 2.0 metres, which commences at the aforementioned point A and runs north north-west for 474 metres to its connection with public footpath KH190 at NGR TQ 8263 5755, then north-west for 123 metres to its connection with Byway Open to All Traffic KH167 at NGR TQ 8254 5763 (point C), between the points A-C on the Order plan.
All directions general, all distances approximate.
A copy of the Order and Map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at the offices of Maidstone Borough Council, Maidstone House, King Street, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6JQ 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 Maria McLauchlan (tel: 03000 41 34 20 or email maria.mclauchlan@kent.gov.uk).
Any representation about or objection to the Order must be sent or delivered in writing to Maria McLauchlan at the Kent County Council (address as below; email as above) no later than 8 November 2024. 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, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Kent County Council may confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Environment for confirmation any representations and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order.
PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF TONBRIDGE & MALLING
NOTICE OF THE INTENTION TO MAKE AN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE PUBLIC FOOTPATH MR100 IN THE PARISH OF DITTON
IN THE BOROUGH OF TONBRIDGE & MALLING
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(PUBLIC FOOTPATH MR100)(PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) TEMPORARY ORDER 2024
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 14(1), As Amended By The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991
Kent County Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to temporarily close Public Footpath MR100 between Brampton Field and TQ707576 from 4 November 2024 The path will be closed for a maximum of six months.
The path is to be closed because construction work is planned on or near it.
An alternative route is via a constructed tarmac path to the north west of the path, and will be signed for the duration of the closure.
For detailed enquiries please contact Sam Honey – sam.honey@kent.gov.ukContact 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
PROW - IN THE BOROUGH OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS
NOTICE OF THE INTENTION TO MAKE AN ORDER TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE PUBLIC FOOTPATHS WT327 & WT328 IN THE PARISH OF HORSMONDEN
IN THE BOROUGH OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
(PUBLIC FOOTPATHS WT327 & WT328)(PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC) TEMPORARY ORDER 2024
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 14(1), As Amended By The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991
Kent County Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to temporarily close Public Footpath WT327 from Maidstone Road for a distance of 500m and Public Footpath WT328 from NGR TQ706 444 and NGR TQ705 439 from the 5 November 2024
The paths will be closed for a maximum of six months.
The path are to be closed because of works on or near the public rights of way.
The alternative routes are: for WT327 is along the existing hedge line west of the footpath and for WT328 around the northern field boundary. They will be signed for the duration of the closure.
For detailed enquiries please contact Jonathan Bibby 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: 11th October 2024
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