Changes to Definitive Mapfor area in Odell, Sharnbrook

Notice of proposal to modify definitive map order

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

Notice is hereby given pursuant to paragraph 8(2) of Schedule 15 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 that the Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to determine the Bedford Borough Council (Definitive Map and Statement for The Former North Bedfordshire Borough) (Odell: Byway Open to All Traffic No.42) Modification Order 2022, proposes to modify the Order by providing for

• Delete all references to ‘byway open to all traffic’ and insert ‘restricted byway’

• Insert within Part II of the Order Schedule ‘Limitation: Field gate at OSGR SP9677/5918 ’

• Delete the text relating to the confirmation of the Order by the Council

• Show the route on the Order Map by way of the notation for a restricted byway and remove the references to byway open to all traffic from the map.

A copy of the Order as submitted and a copy of the Order showing the proposed modification together with the Inspector’s Order decision dated 01 July 2025 have been deposited at Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AP and may be inspected free of charge during normal working hours by appointment Mon- Fri between 10 am-4pm.

Any representation or objection with respect to the proposed modification may be sent to Ian Aston by email: rightsofway2@planninginspectorate.gov.uk quoting reference number ROW/3339981M on all correspondence between 07 August 2025 and 04 September 2025 and should state the grounds on which it is made. Alternatively, this may be sent in writing to Rights of Way Section, Room 3/A, Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6PN. It should be noted that any such representation or objection may be made available for viewing by interested parties at the council offices on request.

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Dated this  07 day of August and 2025.