Parishes of Tansley & Matlock Town - Confirmation of Modification Order

DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF MODIFICATION ORDER DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT FOR THE COUNTY OF DERBYSHIRE THE DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (ADDITION OF A RESTRICTED BYWAY FROM LUMSDALE ROAD TO PUBLIC FOOTPATH No 31 ANDPGRADING TO RESTRICTED BYWAY OF PUBLIC FOOTPATH 31 (PART) AND 102 (MATLOCK) AND PUBLIC FOOTPATH No. 14 (TANSLEY) – PARISHES OF TANSLEY AND MATLOCK TOWN) MODIFICATION ORDER 2022

On 23 June 2025 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed with modifications the above named Order.
The effect of the Order, as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the County of Derbyshire by adding to them a restricted Byway in Matlock Town from Lumsdale Road to Public Footpath No 31 and upgrading to restricted Byway part of Public Footpath No 31 in Matlock Town, Public Footpath No 102 in Matlock Town and Public Footpath No 14 in Tansley.
A copy of the confirmed Order and the map are available to view on the Council website at:

www.derbyshire.gov.uk/rightsofwaynotices

. Documents can also be seen free of charge at County Hall, Matlock during normal office hours where copies may be bought at the price of £1.00 or at Matlock Library, Steep Turnpike, Matlock, DE4 3DP during normal opening times.
The order comes into force on 23 June 2025, 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 Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, or any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with in relation to the Order, he or she may, under Schedule 15 paragraph 12 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, within 6 weeks from the date of publication of this notice make an application to the High Court.
Dated 14 August 2025
Helen Barrington
Director of Legal Services
County Hall
Matlock
Derbyshire DE4 3AG