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Leeds Public Bridleway No. 259 (Pontefract Lane, Lakeside Roundabout) - Diversion Order
What is happening?
LEEDS CITY COUNCIL
CERTIFICATE OF COMING INTO EFFECT
OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 –
SECTION 257 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF SCHEDULE 14
(LEEDS PUBLIC BRIDLEWAY NO. 259) DIVERSION ORDER 2023
On 31 October 2024 an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the above-named Order made under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act.
The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert the public bridleway commencing from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 425 metres to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, at the junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout, on to a new line running from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 518 metres to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, atthe junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout as shown on the Order Map.
and
To stop up the public footpath commencing from a Point C SE 35241 31020, at its junction with the existing Leeds Public Bridleway 259, and proceeding for a distance of 23 metres to a Point D, SE 35247 31002, at the junction with the proposed new public bridleway 199 metres north-east of Point B, as shown on the order map.
A copy of the Order and the Order map may be seen at Climate Energy and Green Spaces Reception, Farnley Hall, Hall Lane, Farnley, LS12 5HA (reference 183932) from 8.00am to 4.00pm on Monday to Thursday and 8.00am to 3.30pm on Friday. Copies of the Order and Order map may also be viewed online www.leeds.gov.uk/PROWorders or obtained by emailing prow@leeds.gov.uk or calling 0113 378 8625.
On 22 November 2025 Leeds City Council certified that the provisions of Article 2 to the Order had been complied with and therefore in accordance with Article 3 of the Order the footpath diversion took effect on that date.
Dated this 18 June 2026
Leeds City Council, Civic Hall, Calverley Street,
Leeds LS1 1UR
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