Goal Farm - Confirmation of Public Footpath Diversion & Extinguishment Orders

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH ORDERS
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY
FOOTPATH 9 HELLIFIELD (05.25/9) DIVERSION ORDER 2026
FOOTPATH 10 HELLIFIELD (05.25/10) EXTINGUISHMENT ORDER 2026

Footpath 9 Hellifield (05.25/9) Diversion Order 2026

On 23 June 2026 the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority confirmed the above order made under Section 119 of the Highways Act 1980. The effect of the order as confirmed will divert the section of public footpath at Goal Farm, Hellifield, that runs from grid reference SD 8707 5737 (point A on the order map) along a track for 94 metres to SD 8706 5746 (point B), then east and then north across a builders’ yard for 65 metres to SD 8710 5750 (point C), then north west west for 23 metres to SD 8708 5751 (point D) (total length 182 metres), so as to run, instead, from SD 8707 5737 (point A), in a north easterly direction for 15 metres to a timber step stile at SD 8708 5738, then proceeding through a landscaped area outside the boundary of the builders’ yard for 143 metres to SD 8715 5750 (point E), then west for 78 metres to SD 8708 5751 (point D) (total length 236 metres), as shown on the order map.

Footpath 10 Hellifield (05.25/10) Extinguishment Order 2026

On 23 June 2026 the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority confirmed the above order made under Section 118 of the Highways Act 1980. The effect of the order as confirmed will extinguish a section of public footpath 05.25/10 at Goal Farm, Hellifield, that runs from SD 8715 5750 (point E on the order map) in a generally westerly direction across the builders’ yard for 59 metres to SD 8710 5750 (point F) on public footpath 05.25/9 (total length 59 metres).

All distances are approximate. A copy of each order, and order map can be viewed at the National Park Office, Yoredale, Bainbridge during normal office hours until 3 September 2026, or on our website using the following link www.yorkshiredales.org.uk/path-orders. Alternatively, please email info@yorkshiredales.org.uk or telephone 01969 652386 to arrange for copies to be sent to you free of charge.

The order comes into force on the date of confirmation of this order, 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 July 2026, make an application to the High Court.

Dated 23 July 2026
Clare Bevan (Solicitor), Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, Bainbridge