Oxfordshire - Public Footpath Creation & Bridleway Diversion Orders

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF PUBLIC PATH AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDERS

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980, WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

1. The Oxfordshire County Council, Burford Footpaths No. 25 & No. 26, Public Path Creation and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2024
2. The Oxfordshire County Council, Burford Bridleway No. 24 (part), Public Path Diversion Order 2024
3. The Oxfordshire County Council, Burford Bridleway No. 24 (part) & Westwell Bridleway No. 4, Public Path Diversion Order 2024

On 5 June 2026, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the above orders, made on 9 September 2024, under sections 26, 119 and 119 of the Highways Act 1980 respectively and section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

The effect of the Creation Order as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by creating, as shown on the Order map:-

Burford Footpath No. 25 running from the Oxford Road (A40) at OS Grid Ref SP 23715 12080 south-south-westwards for 4m to Burford Bridleway No. 24 at SP 23713 12076;

Burford Footpath No. 26 running from Burford Bridleway No. 24 at OS Grid Ref SP 2345 1088 south-eastwards for 44m to Signet Hill at SP 2350 1086.

The effect of the Burford Bridleway No.24 (part) Diversion Order as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by diverting, as shown on the Order map:-

Burford Bridleway No. 24 running from the A40 (Oxford Road) at OS Grid Ref SP 23715 12080 south-south-westwards for 4m to SP 23713 12076 to a new line running from the B4425 at OS Grid Ref SP 23260 12106 north-eastwards for 147m to SP 2339 1215 and east-south-eastwards for 328m to SP 23713 12076.

The effect of the Burford Bridleway No.24 (part) & Westwell Bridleway No. 4 Diversion Order as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by diverting, as shown on the Order map:-

Burford Bridleway No. 24 running from OS Grid Ref SP 2320 1097 south-westwards for 293m to the Westwell Parish boundary at SP 2307 1070 and Westwell Bridleway No. 4 running from the Westwell Parish boundary at OS Grid Ref SP 2307 1070 south-westwards for 242m to Signet Hill at SP 2302 1047 to a new line running from OS Grid Ref SP 2320 1097 eastwards for 272m to SP 23462 10887 and south-westwards 421m to the Westwell Parish boundary at Signet Hill at SP 2321 1062.

Copies of the Order and Order maps may be seen free of charge during opening hours at Burford Library, 86a High Street, Burford. OX18 4QF, tel: 01993 823377, or online at https://letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/burford-westwell-03754

A copy can also be obtained on request from countrysideaccesslegal@oxfordshire.gov.uk

The Orders came into force on the date of confirmation but if any person aggrieved by an 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 (the Act), as amended, and/or the powers of section 53A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) or on the ground that any requirement of either Act or of any regulation made under them 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 and as applied by s53A(7) WCA, within six weeks from 25 June 2026 make an application to the High Court.

Dated: 25 June 2026

Director for Environment and Highways

Oxfordshire County Council

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