Public Footpaths, St Merryn - Public Path Diversion Order

Community Wellbeing 

Highways Act 1980 
Notice of Confirmation of a Public Path Order 
The Cornwall Council (Public Footpaths In St Merryn) (Trehemborne Farm) Public Path Diversion Order 2026 

On 1st October 2026, Cornwall 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 length of Public Footpath Number 16 in the Parish of St Merryn commencing at its junction with Classified Road (CO57) 230 metres south-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OSGR) SW 87015/73168 then continuing in an east-north-easterly direction for 162 metres to where it terminates at its junction with Classified Road (B3276) 92 metres south-south-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87160/73239 to a revised line commencing at length of Public Footpath in the Parish of St Merryn commencing at its junction with Classified Road (CO57), 231 meters south-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87011/73169 then continuing in a north-north-easterly direction for 177 metres terminating at its junction with a length of Public Footpath in the Parish of St Merryn to be created by this Order 73 meters west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87107/73317. 

Together with a length of Public Footpath Number 12 in the Parish of St Merryn commencing at its junction with a length of Footpath 12 St Merryn to be retained 67 metres north-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87119/73359 then continuing in a south-south-easterly direction for 42 metres to a point where it terminates short of its junction with Classified Road (B3276) 42 metres west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87137/73322 together with the entirety of an unrecorded Public Footpath in the Parish of St Merryn commencing at its junction with a length of Footpath 12 St Merryn to be diverted by this Order 42 metres west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87137/73322 then continuing in east-south-easterly then south-south-easterly direction for 76 metres to where it terminates at its junction with Classified Road (B3276) 58 metres south of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87186/73272 to a revised line commencing at a length of Public Footpath in the Parish of St Merryn commencing at its junction with a length of Footpath 12 St Merryn to be retained 67 metres north-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87119/73359 then continuing in a southerly direction for 45 metres to its junction with a length of Public Footpath in the Parish of St Merryn to be created by this Order at OSGR SW 87107/73317 then continuing in an east-south-easterly then south-south-easterly then south-south-westerly direction for 126 metres terminating at its junction with Classified Road (B3276) 92 metres south-south-west of 'Trehemborne Farm' at OSGR SW 87160/73239. 

A copy of the operative order and order map may be downloaded from Cornwall Council's website at https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/environment/countryside/public-path-orders/confirmed-public-path-orders/ and have also been placed and may be seen free of charge at Newquay Library and Information Service, Marcus Hill, Newquay, TR7 1BD open at 9am to 5pm Monday to Saturday. Alternatively copies of the order and order map may be obtained free of charge from proworders@cornwall.gov.uk.  

The order came into force on the date on which the order was confirmed, but if any 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 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 the date of this Notice, make application to the High Court. 14 October 2026 

Clare Simpson
Strategic Director: Community Wellbeing 

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