Holmes Plantation Footpaths, Kettlethorpe - Definitive Map Modification Order

WAKEFIELD COUNCIL
NOTICE OF MODIFICATION ORDER
SECTION 53 OF THE WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981
WEST YORKSHIRE METROPOLITAN
COUNTY COUNCIL DEFINITIVE MAP
AND STATEMENT FOR THE WAKEFIELD
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
DEFINITIVE MAP MODIFICATION
ORDER NO 3, 2026
HOLMES PLANTATION FOOTPATHS,
KETTLETHORPE

The above Order made on 9th November 2026, if confirmed as made, will modify the definitive map and statement for the area by:-

adding a public footpath 1.2 metres wide shown by a thick dashed line on the plan annexed hereto commencing at its junction with Heeley Road at Point A on the Plan with (Grid Reference SE 3225 1591) proceeding in an easterly direction for 76 metres to its junction with the public footpath at Point G on the plan with (Grid Reference SE 3241 1594) with a crushed stone surface to be known as public footpath Wakefield 105 A public footpath 2 metres wide shown by a thick dashed line on the plan annexed hereto commencing at its junction with Heeley Road at Point B on the plan (Grid Reference SE 3228 1586) proceeding in a north easterly direction for 227 metres to its junction with Wharncliffe Road at Point E on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3243 1603) with a grasscrete/plastic grid surface with a branch running westwards to Point E1 on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3240 1604) with a width of 1 metre for 25 metres to be known as Public Footpath Wakefield 106

A public footpath 2 metres wide shown by a thick dashed line on the plan annexed hereto commencing at its junction with Heeley Road at Point C on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3232 1583) proceeding in a north easterly direction for 87 metres with a stone surface then for 50 metres with an earth surface to its junction with Wharncliffe Road at Point D (Grid Reference SE 3241 1594) then proceeding 1 metre wide in a north easterly direction for 16 metres with a flagged surface then 2 metres wide in a generally north easterly direction for 34 metres then 1.2 metre wide in a generally northerly direction for 49 metres with a stone surface to its junction with Wharncliffe Road at Point E on the plan (Grid Reference SE 3243 1603) to be known as Public Footpath Wakefield 107

A public footpath 1.5 metres wide shown by a thick dashed line on the plan annexed hereto commencing at its junction with Handsworth Road at Point F on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3230 1596) proceeding in southerly then generally easterly direction for 77 metres to its junction with Public Footpath Wakefield 106 at Point G1 on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3237 1594) with an earth surface then proceeding in a generally easterly direction for 45 metres to its junction with Wharncliffe Road at Point D on the Plan (Grid Reference SE 3241 1594) with a stone surface to be known as Public Footpath Wakefield 108.

A copy of the Order and the Order map may be requested via email at prowteam@wakefield.gov.uk. Any representations or objections relating to the Order must be sent in writing to Chief Legal Officer, Wakefield One, Burton Street, Wakefield, WF1 2EB not later than 24th December 2026, and applicants are requested to state the grounds on which they are made.

If no such representations or objections are duly made, or if any so made are withdrawn, The Council of the City of Wakefield may itself confirm the order as an unopposed order. If the order is sent to the Secretary of State for The Environment for confirmation any representations or objections which have not been withdrawn will be sent with the order.

Dated: 12th November 2026

Gillian Marshall, Chief Legal Officer,
Wakefield One, Burton Street, Wakefield,
WF1 2QW