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Ellingham Harbridge and Ibsley - Public Footpath Diversion Order
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMED ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
THE HAMPSHIRE
(NEW FOREST DISTRICT NO.17)
(PARISH OF ELLINGHAM HARBRIDGE AND IBSLEY - PART OF FOOTPATH NO.31)
PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2026
On the 30 July 2026 Hampshire 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 the public footpath from its current alignment which commences at SU 1518 0958 in the north-easterly corner of a field and proceeds in a south-westerly direction across the field to SU 1507 0950 to the western boundary of the field. The proposed alignment will commence at SU 1518 0958 at the north-eastern corner of the field and proceed in a westerly then southerly direction following the field boundary to rejoin the existing path at SU 1507 0950.
A copy of the Order and the Order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the offices of Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD, and at the offices of New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7PA at all reasonable hours; and online at www.hants.gov.uk/publicnotices Copies of the Order and the map can be provided on request.
The Order comes into force when Hampshire County Council has certified that the work necessary to bring the new path into a fit condition for use by the public has been carried out, but if any person aggrieved by the Order wants to question its validity, or any provision contained in it, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, or on the grounds that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or 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 six weeks from 21 August 2026 make an application to the High Court.
DATED this 21st day of August 2026
PATRICK BLOGG, Director of Universal Services, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD
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