Harbridge and Ibsley - Public Footpath Diversion

NOTICE OF MAKING AN ORDER

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

THE HAMPSHIRE (NEW FOREST DISTRICT NO.17)

(PARISH OF ELLINGHAM HARBRIDGE AND IBSLEY - PART OF FOOTPATH NO.31)

PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT

MODIFICATION ORDER 2026

The above-named Order, made on 27 May 2026 under Section 119 of the Highway Act 1980, will divert the above-named public footpath from its current alignment which commences at SU 1518 0958 in the north-easterly corner of a field and proceeds in a south-westerly direction across the field to SU 1507 0950 to the western boundary of the field.

The proposed alignment will commence at SU 1518 0958 at the north-eastern corner of the field and proceed in a westerly then southerly direction following the field boundary to rejoin the existing path at SU 1507 0950.

A copy of the Order and the Order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the offices of Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD and at the offices of New Forest District Council, Appletree Court, Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, SO43 7PA; or online at www.hants.gov.uk/publicnotices Copies of the Order and the map can be provided on request.

Any representations about or objections to the Order may be sent in writing to the Head of Countryside Access, Universal Services, Hampshire County Council, The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD or via e-mail to row.notices@hants.gov.uk quoting reference:- PPO 5280 no later than 24 July 2026. Please state the grounds on which they are made.

The personal data you provide in any representation will be treated in accordance with Data Protection Legislation and may be published in a decision report, be disclosed to other interested parties, including the landowner (or their representatives). It may also be made public if the matter is referred to the Planning Inspectorate. Your data will be retained for a maximum period of 3 years from the date that the application is resolved. The legal basis for our use of this information is the compliance with a legal obligation – Highway Act 1980.

If you have some legal rights in respect of the personal information we collect from you. Please see our website Data Protection page for further details (www.hants.gov.uk/dataprotection).

You can contact the County Council's Data Protection Officer at dataprotection@hants.gov.uk

If you have a concern about the way we are collecting or using your personal data, you should raise your concern with us in the first instance or directly to the Information Commissioner's Office at https://ico.org.uk/concerns/

If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, Hampshire County Council may 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 representation and objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order.

DATED this 26th day of June 2026

PATRICK BLOGG, Director of Universal Services,

The Castle, Winchester, SO23 8UD