Oxfordshire - Public Rights of Way Modification Order to Record Byway Widths

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER

SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

The Oxfordshire County Council Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way for Oxfordshire

Letcombe Bassett Byway Open to All Traffic No. 6, Letcombe Regis Byway Open to All Traffic No. 3 (part) & West Challow Byway Open to All Traffic Nos. 10 & 13

Modification Order 2026

The above Order made on 10 June 2026, if confirmed as made, will modify the Definitive Statement for the area by:-

Adding to it the width of Letcombe Bassett Byway Open to All Traffic No. 6 as 18.3 metres (60 feet) as shown on the Inclosure Award.

Adding to it the width of West Challow Byway Open to All Traffic No. 10 as 12.2 metres (40 feet) between SU 3749 8699 and SU 3760 8707 as shown in the Inclosure Award; and as that which is shown excluded from hereditaments on the 1910 Finance Act map and as shaded grey on the Order Plan between SU 3760 8707 and SU 3800 8734.

Adding to it the width of West Challow Byway Open to All Traffic No. 13 as 12.2 metres (40 feet) as shown on the Inclosure Award.

Adding to it the width of Letcombe Regis Byway Open to All Traffic No. 3 as 12.2 metres (40 feet) between SU 3749 8699 and SU 3786 8658 as shown on the Inclosure Award.

A copy of the Order, the Order maps and an explanatory statement may be seen free of charge during opening hours at Wantage Library, **** **** Stirling Road, Wantage, OX12 7BB. Tel: 01865 815197, or online at https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/03810-letcombebassett (accessible via the QR code). A copy can also be obtained on request from countrysideaccesslegal@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Any representation or objection relating to the order must be sent in writing to Countryside Access Legal, Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford OX1 1ND, or countrysideaccesslegal@oxfordshire.gov.uk not later than 31 July 2026 and applicants are requested to state the grounds on which it is made.

If no representations or objections are duly made to the order, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Oxfordshire County Council, instead of submitting the order to the Secretary of State may itself confirm the order. If the order is submitted to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs any representations or objections which have been duly made and not withdrawn will be sent with it.

Dated 18 June 2026

Director of Environment and Highways

Oxfordshire County Council

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