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Footpath 21 Great & Little Leighs - Public Path Diversion Order 2026
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Essex County Council
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2026
FOOTPATH 21 GREAT & LITTLE LEIGHS
On 2 October 2026 Essex County Council confirmed the above order made under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980.
The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert a part length of Footpath 21 Great and Little Leighs of unknown width shown by a bold continuous line on the order map commencing from point A at grid reference 57308,21774 located adjacent to a play area running in a south easterly direction along a surfaced path for a total distance of approximately 48 metres to point B at grid reference 57312,21771 where it connects to Radcliffe Way and continues unaffected, to an alternative route 2 metres in width commencing from the aforementioned point A running in a generally north easterly direction along a path within the play area for a distance of approximately 17 metres to point C at grid reference 57309,21775 continuing in a south easterly direction along a path within the play area for a total distance of approximately 45 metres to the aforementioned point B where it continues unaffected.
Copies of the order and order map can be requested to be posted or viewed by emailing publicpathorders@essexhighways.org to arrange a suitable time to inspect the documents quoting the Order title. Documents can be made available for inspection 8.30am-4.30pm
Mon-Fri at Essex County Council, County Hall, E block main reception, Market Road, Chelmsford if so required following the current social distancing restrictions. Copies of the order and order map are available on Essex Highways website at: www.essexhighways.org/public-path-notices and have also been sent to Chelmsford City Council and Great & Little Leighs Parish Councils.
The alternative route comes into force on 30 October 2026, and the old route shall be stopped up with effect from 6 November 2026, but if a person aggrieved by the 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, as amended, or on the ground that any requirement of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act 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, within 6 weeks from 22 October 2026 make an application to the High Court.
County Hall, Market Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1QH
DATED: 22ND OCTOBER 2026
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