Milnthorpe - Temporary Footpath Closure due to Housing Development
What is happening?
WESTMORLAND AND FURNESS COUNCIL
(FOOTPATH NO. 556006 IN THE PARISH OF MILNTHORPE)
(TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF PEDESTRIANS) ORDER 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that to enable Oakmere Homes to carry out the installation of infrastructure and associated earthworks pursuant to a housing development (“the Works”), Westmorland and Furness Council intends to make an Order the effect of which is to prohibit pedestrians from proceeding along footpath 556006 in the Parish of Milnthorpe between grid references: 349940, 481846 and 349999, 480886.
There is no suitable alternative route available for pedestrians.
The Order will come into operation on 29 September 2025 as and when the appropriate traffic signs are displayed and may continue in force for a period of up to six months or until the completion of the works, whichever is sooner.
Any queries to the Countryside Access Team, Westmorland and Furness Council Highways Unit, Bouthwood Road, Sowerby Woods Industrial Estate, Barrow-in-Furness, LA14 4RD or Highways hotline 0300 373 3306 or via the Westmorland and Furness Council website.
Chief Legal Officer, Westmorland and Furness Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria, LA9 4DQ
How long will it take?
Planned start
29-Sept-2025
Estimated end
29-Mar-2026
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