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Public Footpath Diversion - Stopping Up Order 2026
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LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC FOOTPATH ORDER FOOTPATH U34
PUBLIC FOOTPATH DIVERSION and STOPPING UP ORDER 2026
TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 SECTION 257 AND PARAGRAPH 1 OF SCHEDULE 14
The above Order was made on 11th November 2026. The effect of the Order will be to divert and stop up a section of Footpath U34.
– The diverted route is shown in blue on the Plan. From the northernmost point of the realignment (at 51.582944, -0.479470), the new route of U34 extends eastwards for 75m (and 51.58268, -0.47854) before meandering south. The diverted route meanders south and east for 446m (to 51.579559, -0.476315) to join a path adjacent to Dews Lane in an eastwards direction for 30m before crossing south at Dews Lane (at 51.579639, -0.47594). The route continues eastwards for 388m, rejoining the realigned Harvil Road (at 51.579772, -0.4708996). The total length of the diverted route is 940 metres.
– The section of the route to be stopped up is shown in pink on the Plan. The section to be permanently stopped up extends from the eastern point (at 51.578017, -0.471045), where the footpath previously connected to the now realigned Harvil Road. The extinguished route extends approximately 340m westwards (to 51.577699, -0.475947). From there, it turns north and continues for approximately 600m to 51.582944, -0.479470, where it meets the unaltered section of the footpath. The total length of the extinguished route is approximately 945 metres.
The section of the route to be stopped up is shown in pink on the Plan attached to the Order. A copy of the Order and plan may be inspected free of charge from 9.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday at the London Borough of Hillingdon offices, at Main Reception, Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW and on the Council’s website under planning application reference 80041/APP/2026/1041
https://planning.hillingdon.gov.uk/OcellaWeb/planningSearch.
Any representations about or objections to the Order may be sent or delivered in writing addressed to the Head of Development Management and Building Control, London Borough of Hillingdon, Civic Centre, High Street, Uxbridge UB8 1UW or by email to planning@hillingdon.gov.uk not later than 9th of December 2026 Please quote “Footpath U34 Public Footpath Diversion and Stopping Up Order 2026”. Please state the grounds on which any representations are made. If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if so made are withdrawn, London Borough of Hillingdon may itself confirm the Order as an unopposed Order. If the Order is sent to the Secretary of State for the Housing, Communities and Local Government for confirmation any representations or objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the Order.
JULIA JOHNSON
Director of Planning Regeneration and Environment
On behalf of the LONDON BOROUGH OF HILLINGDON
Dated: 11th November 2026
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