Brooks Drive, Hale Road To Thorley Lane - Definitive Map Modification Order
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A MODIFICATION ORDER SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
TRAFFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL
THE BOROUGH OF TRAFFORD DEFINITIVE RIGHT OF WAY MAP AND STATEMENT
THE BOROUGH OF TRAFFORD (BROOKS DRIVE, HALE ROAD TO THORLEY LANE) DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2023
On the 28th August 2025 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the above Order made under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with modifications. The effect of the Order as confirmed is the modification of the map and statement for the area by adding to them a restricted byway as set out in the Schedule below.
A copy of the confirmed Order may be seen free of charge at Altrincham Library 2 Pott Street Altrincham WA14 1AH during normal opening hours.
Copies of the confirmed Order and Order map may be bought there for the price of £1.
The Order came into operation on the 28th August 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 1981 Act or of any regulation made under the 1981 Act has not been complied with in relation to the Order, he or she may under paragraph 12 of Schedule 15 to the 1981 Act, within 42 days from 18th September 2025 make application to the High Court.
Schedule
A restricted byway along Brooks Drive, Hale commencing at its junction with Hale Road at O.S. grid reference SJ 7987 8549 (point ‘A’ marked on the Order Map) continuing in a generally northeasterly direction for a distance of approximately 715 metres to its junction with definitive footpath no. 16, Hale at O.S. grid reference SJ 8016 8613 (point ‘B’ marked on the Order Map) and then continuing in a generally northeasterly direction for a distance of approximately 420 metres to O.S. gridreference SJ 8043 8644 (point ‘E’ marked on the Order Map) where the way terminates on the southerly kerb line of Thorley Lane near its junction with Roaring Gate Lane.
The width of the Restricted Byway is 9 metres with a local narrowing alongside a field gate at O.S. grid reference SJ 8028 8622 (point ‘C’ marked on the Order Map) to 2 metres and a local narrowing at point ‘D’ on the Order Map at O.S. grid reference SJ 8043 8643 to 2 metres to the west side and 1.4 metres to the east side of a gate. Point ‘D’ on the Order Map is 8 metres from Point ‘E’ on the Order Map in a southerly direction along the way to be added. The approximate length of the Restricted Byway is 1135 metres.
Dated 18th September 2025
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