Yoxford - Modification to Add a Section of Footpath

NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT FOR THE PARISH OF YOXFORD IN THE FORMER RURAL DISTRICT OF BLYTH SUFFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL

(PARISH OF YOXFORD) MODIFICATION ORDER 2026

The above order made on 02/09/2026 if confirmed as made, will modify the definitive map and statement for the area by adding a section of footpath to existing Yoxford Footpath 10, from Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OSGR) 64000,26956 to OSGR 64000,27047 as shown on the order map.

A copy of the order and the order map and an explanatory statement may be obtained by email or post free of charge by contacting Lisa Hammarstrom on Tel: (01473) 260177 or email: lisa.hammarstrom@suffolk.gov.uk They can also be viewed at https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/roads-and-transport/public-rights-of-way-in-suffolk/making-changes-to-the-definitive-map-and-statement or inspected at Peasenhall Post Office, The Street, Peasenhall, Saxmundham IP17 2HJ. Opening times: Monday 9am - 1pm, Tuesday - Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday 9am - 12pm. Closed on Sundays.

Any representation or objection relating to the order must be sent in writing to the Definitive Map Manager, Rights of Way and Access, Suffolk Highways, Phoenix House, 3 Goddard Road, Ipswich IP1 5NP. Objections should be received not later than 16/11/2026, and applicants are requested to state the grounds on which they are made.

Please bear in mind that such correspondence cannot be treated as confidential and may be inspected by any interested party. The Rights of Way and Access Privacy Notice can be viewed at: https://www.suffolk.gov.uk/about/privacy-notice/rights-of-way-and-access-privacy-notice/

If no representations or objections are duly made to the order, or to any part of it, or if any so made are withdrawn, Suffolk County Council, instead of submitting the order to the Secretary of State (or part of it if the authority has by notice to the Secretary of State so elected under paragraph 5 of Schedule 15 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981) may itself confirm the order (or that part of the order). If the order is submitted to the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in whole or in part, any representations or objections which have been duly made and not withdrawn will be sent with it.

Date: 05/10/2026

Mickaela Green, Head of Legal, Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX