Buckinghamshire, Parish of Stoke Mandeville - Temporary Footpath Closure, to allow for the proposed works.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL

THE COUNCIL INTENDS TO MAKE

The Buckinghamshire Council (Public Footpath No. 3, Parish of Stoke Mandeville) (Temporary Footpath Closure) Order 2026 under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, which will temporarily prohibit any person from proceeding, except for access, in that length of Public Footpath No. 3, from the junction of Public Footpath No. 2, north west for approximately 631M to the junction with the Hospital. The Alternative route is from hospital closure point: 396M west along SMA/3/1 to the junction with B4443, 625M southeast along B4443, 225M east along SMA/2/1, West to Lower Road to pick up existing footpath Lower Road. The closure is required to allow for works to proceed in connection with the approved South East Aylesbury Link Road. The Order will come into operation on 1 May 2026, as signed, with a maximum duration of 6 months or until the works have been completed, whichever is the soonest.

NOTICE OF MAKING A PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER, THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL (PUBLIC FOOTPATH NO.3 (PART) PARISH OF WOTTON

UNDERWOOD) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2026 made on 7 April 2026, under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, will divert the public footpath running from SP69352-15217 NNW for 246M to SP6923515431 as shown by a bold black line on the Order map, to a line running from SP69306-15195 NNW for 246M to SP69235-15431 as shown by bold black dashes on the Order map and having a width of 2M throughout. Full details of the Order are available at Reception, Buckinghamshire Council, Walton Street Offices, Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA and at Long Crendon Community Library during normal opening hours. Copies of the Order and map may be purchased from the Council at a cost of £5.00 by writing to the Definitive Map and Highway Searches Team at the address given below. Any representation about or objection to the Order may be sent or delivered in writing addressed to the Definitive Map and Highway Searches Team, Buckinghamshire Council, Walton Street Offices, Walton Street, Aylesbury, HP20 1UA by no later than 20 May 2026 or email row@buckinghamshire.gov.uk. Please state the grounds on which it is made. If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, the Council may itself confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation any representations and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order. Under the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985 this Council is obliged to make any representations received in response to this notice, open to public inspection.