Bridleway 55 Willenhall - Bridleway Diversion
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER UNDER THE TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 - SECTION 257 AND
PARAGRAPH 7 SCHEDULE 14
WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
THE WALSALL METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL DIVERSION OF BRIDLEWAY 55
WILLENHALL (PART) BETWEEN WEDNESFIELD ROAD AND TEMPLE BAR, WILLENHALL (KNOWN LOCALLY AS CALVES CROFT) ORDER 2024
On 15th November 2025, Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Confirmed the above Order.
The effect of the Order as Confirmed is to:
(i) DIVERT That Part of Bridleway 55 Willenhall over the land shown outlined and hatched in red on the attached Order Plan from point A at Temple Bar (grid reference SO 9625 9893), for a length of 142m and width varying between 1.7m and 4.2m, in a generally north- westerly direction, to point B (grid reference SO 9620 9906), at the north-west corner of RK Transport Limited.
(ii) PROVIDE A NEW ALTERNATIVE BRIDLEWAY As shown outlined and hatched in blue, from point B (grid reference SO 9620 9906), at the north-west corner of RK Transport, for a distance of 53m and a width of 3m in a generally easterly direction to point C (grid reference SO 9629 9909) at Temple Bar.
(iii) RETAIN that part of Bridleway 55 Willenhall, as shown outlined and cross hatched in blue from point B on the Order Map (grid reference SO 9620 9906), at the north-west corner of RK Transport, for a distance of 187m and width varying between 2.9m and 7.3m, to point D at the junction with Wednesfield Road (grid reference SO 9612 9922), shall be retained and unaffected by the Order.
A copy of the Confirmed Order and the Order Map contained in it may be inspected free of charge at Lichfield Street Hub (Walsall Central Library and Archives), Lichfield Street, Walsall, WS1 1TR, Mondays to Saturdays 8.30am – 5.00pm. Copies of the Order and map may be taken free of charge or obtained from
Publicrightsofway@walsall.gov.uk.
The Order will come into force on the date on which Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council Certify that the terms of Article 2 of the Order have been complied with.
If any person aggrieved by the Order desires to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it on the ground that any requirement of the act has not been complied with in relation to the confirmation of the Order, he or she may apply to the High Court for any of these purposes under S287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, within 6 weeks from the date on which notice is first published as required by paragraph [7] of Schedule 14 of the Act.
Signed
Head of Legal and Democratic Services
This 20th day of November 2025
Ref: PROW/Wil55/S257TCPA/2024
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