Leyburn - Definitive Map Modification adding Public Footpaths

Notice of confirmation of a Definitive Map Modification Order Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 District of Richmondshire (Outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park) Definitive Map & Statement Footpath Numbers 20.40/38 & 20.40/39 Woodburn Drive to Thornborough Hall, Leyburn Modification Order On 24/07/26 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs confirmed the above-named Order.

The effect of the confirmed Order is to modify the Definitive Map & Statement by adding a Public Footpath from the junction with Moor Road at the western end of Thornborough Hall, leading north eastwards towards & through Thornborough Woods before turning north up the steps & along the ginnel to Woodburn Drive then turning east along Woodburn Drive before heading south to the junction with the A6108 Richmond Road. A further spur from the junction with Moor Road to the east of Thornborough Hall running in a northerly direction to join the footpath to the north of Thornborough Hall is also to be added.

A copy of the confirmed Order & map may be seen free of charge during normal office hours at Leyburn Community Library, Thornborough Hall, Leyburn, DL8 5AB until 23/10/26, & copies may be purchased from Definitive Map Team, North Yorkshire Council, County Hall, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8AD (tel: 01609 532512) at a cost of £2 or downloaded free from our website www.northyorks.gov.uk/pathnotices.

The Order comes into effect on the date it was confirmed. If any person aggrieved by the confirmed Order wishes to question its validity on the ground that it is not within the power of Section 53 of the above-named Act, or that any requirement of Schedule 15 of the Act has not been complied with in relation to the Order, he or she may, within 42 days of the date of this Notice, make an application to the High Court under Schedule 15(12) to the Act.

Dated: 11/09/26, Barry Khan, Assistant Chief Executive, Legal & Democratic Services.