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(Footpath From Clitheroe Street To Guy Street, Padiham, Burnley - Definitive Map Modification Order
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NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF A MODIFICATION ORDER
SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
THE DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT OF PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY FOR THE COUNTY OF LANCASHIRE
THE LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (FOOTPATH FROM CLITHEROE STREET TO
GUY STREET, PADIHAM, BURNLEY) DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION ORDER 2017
On the 15 June 2026 the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed 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 adding the footpath starting at the junction with Clitheroe Street at SD 7947 3408 ascending a flight of 5 stone steps and running in an approximately northerly direction along a stone flagged path across a car park to ascend a further flight of 5 stone steps at SD 7947 3409 and then continuing along a flagged pathway to terminate at a junction with the tarmac footway of Guy Street at SD 7947 3409.
A copy of the Order and the Order Map may be seen free of charge at the offices of Burnley 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
ansar.sadiq@lancashire.gov.uk.
The Order took effect on the 15 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 11th day of September 2026
HELOISE MCANDREW, Director of Law and Governance, PO Box 100, County Hall, PRESTON, PR1 0LD
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