Essex - Public Path Diversion Order
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Essex County Council
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2025
Footpath 33 High Ongar in the District of Epping Forest and Footpath 11 Blackmore
in the Borough of Brentwood
On 09/10/2025 Essex County Council confirmed the above order made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. The effect of the order as confirmed, is to divert a part length of Footpath 33 in the Parish of High Ongar commencing from a point at grid reference 55925, 20185 postcode CM4 0JY at the field edge approximately 325 metres west of Blackmore Hook End and Wyatts Green Parish Boundary proceeding in a general westward direction across the field to a point at the same field edge where it then heads south-westward between the new housing development and through the industrial yard to its junction with Bridleway 16 High Ongar/access track to Nine Ashes Road, to an alternative route commencing from the aforementioned point west of Blackmore Hook End and Wyatts Green Parish Boundary proceeding in a south westward direction across the field to connect with Bridleway 16 High Ongar south eastward of its original connection point.
The order will also divert a part length of Footpath 11 Blackmore commencing from a point at grid reference 55990, 20167 at the field edge close to its junction with Bridleway 32 and west of Blackmore Road, proceeding generally westward across the field to its connection with Footpath 33 High Ongar on the western side of the ditch, to an alternative route commencing from the aforementioned point west of Blackmore Road proceeding in a general south-westward direction at the field edge to cross the culvert where it then continues northward to connect at the aforementioned point with Footpath 33 High Ongar. As shown on the order map.
A copy of the order as confirmed and the order map can be requested to be posted or viewed by emailing publicpathorders@essexhighways.org to arrange a suitable time to view the document quoting the order title. The document can be made available for inspection from 8:30am–4:30pm Mon–Fri at Essex County Council, County Hall, E block main reception, Market Road, Chelmsford CM1 1QH. A copy is also available on the Essex Highways website at: www.essexhighways.org/public-path-notices and has also been sent to High Ongar, Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green Parish, Epping Forest District and Brentwood Borough Councils.
The alternative routes come into force on 06/11/2025 and the old routes will be stopped up with effect from 13/11/2025, 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, as amended, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act 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, within 6 weeks from 23/10/2025, make an application to the High Court.
DATED: 23RD OCTOBER 2025
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