Grounds of Oak Cottage and 1 Lower Hopstone - Public Path Order And Definitive Map And Statement Modification
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION & COMING INTO OPERATION
OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER AND DEFINITIVE MAP
AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
THE SHROPSHIRE COUNCIL (FP 59 (PART) PARISH OF CLAVERLEY) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2024.
On 31st October 2025, The Shropshire Council (the “Council”) confirmed the above- named Order made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 and section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The effect of the Order as confirmed is to divert 170 metres of FP 59 which runs through the grounds of Oak Cottage and 1 Lower Hopstone.
A copy of the Order as confirmed, and the Order map may be seen on the Council’s website at
or obtained free of charge via
outdoor.recreation@shropshire.gov.uk
Shropshire Council certify that the Order became operative on 7th July 2025 but if a 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, as amended, or any regulation made under 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 6 weeks from 31st October 2025 make an application to the High Court.
Dated 31st October 2025
Pete Banford
Culture and Communities Manager
Shropshire Council, The Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ.
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