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Sod Hall Lane - Restricted Bywat
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A MODIFICATION ORDER
SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
The Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way for the County of Lancashire
THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
RESTRICTED BYWAY ALONG SOD HALL LANE, SOUTH RIBBLE
DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2022
On the 22nd June 2026 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed with modification the above Order.
The effect of the Order as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way for the area, by recording a Restricted byway known as part of Sod Hall Lane, from the end of the adopted length of Jane Lane (U5419) Leyland adjacent to Whitegate Farm running along a tarmac road in approximately a west south westerly direction to the entrance to Gate House Farm and junction with the route currently recorded as footpath 7-1-FP50. The Order also upgrades to Restricted byway the part of Sod Hall Lane currently recorded as footpath 7-1-FP50 and running from the end of the tarmac road to be recorded as a restricted byway (as described above), at the entrance to Gate House Farm in a north north westerly direction past a junction with footpath 7-1-FP1a and continuing along the tarmac roadway to cross the railway at Sod Hall Crossing. Immediately north of the railway crossing it is joined by footpath 7-1-FP37 and continues as a compacted stone and earth track past the junction with footpath 7-1-FP48 and past the entrance to Heath House to the junction with footpath 7-7-FP45 from where it continues east north east along that part of Sod Hall Lane currently recorded as part of footpath 7-7-FP45 for 40 metres to a sharp bend from where it continues in a northerly direction (currently recorded as footpath 7-7-FP51) through to a junction with Long Moss Lane, Longton.
A copy of the Order and the Order Map may be seen free of charge at the offices of South Ribble Borough Council, and at my offices from 9am to 5pm on weekdays. Copies of the order and map may be bought there at the price of £1.00.
Alternatively, digital copies of the Order and Order Map may be requested by emailing
francesca.jackson1@lancashire.gov.uk.
The Order took effect on the 22nd June 2026, but if a person aggrieved by the Order desires to question the validity on the grounds that it is not within the powers of Section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, or that any of the requirements of Schedule 15 to the Act have not been complied with in relation to the Order, he may, under Paragraph 11 of Schedule 15 to the Act, within 42 days from the date of publication of this Notice, make an application for the purpose to the High Court.
Dated this 10th day of July 2026
HELOISE MCANDREW, Director of Law and Governance, PO Box 100, County Hall, PRESTON, PR1 0LD
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