Oxfordshire County Council

Notice Of Confirmation Of Orders Public Path And Definitive Map And Statement Modification Orders
Highways Act 1980, Wildlife And Countryside Act 1981

1. The Oxfordshire County Council, Great Tew Footpath No. 6 (part), Public Path Extinguishment and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2019

2. The Oxfordshire County Council, Great Tew Footpath No. 23, Public Path Creation and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2019

On 7th September 2022, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the above orders, made on 20th September 2019, under sections 118 and 26 of the Highways Act 1980 respectively. The effect of the Orders as confirmed is to:-
extinguish the cul-de-sac 513m length of Great Tew FP 6 from its junction with Great Tew FP 7 at OS Grid Ref SP 3952 2737 south-eastwards and then south-south-eastwards to SP 3983 2698 south of Tracey Farm Cottage, as shown on the Order map. add a 3m wide footpath running south-eastwards along the field edge from Great Tew FP 7 at SP 3952 2738, to north of Tracey Farm Cottage at SP 3985 2704 and continuing generally eastward and north-north-eastward to the road between Great Tew and Soho Farmhouse at SP 4025 2716, as shown on the Order map.
Copies of the Orders, Order maps and an explanatory statement may be:
1. Viewed online at

2. Obtained free of charge from the Countryside Records team at

3. Viewed free of charge during opening hours at:

? Oxfordshire County Library, Westgate, Oxford, OX1 1DJ. Tel: 01865 815509

? Hook Norton Library, High Street, Hook Norton, OX15 5NH. Tel: 01608 737793

Hook Norton Footpath No. 22 (part), Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2022.
On 5th August 2022, the Oxfordshire County Council confirmed the above Order under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 and section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The effect of the Order as confirmed is to modify the Definitive Map and Statement for the area by diverting: -
the entire width of Hook Norton FP No. 22 running from OS Grid Ref SP 3708 3333 south-eastwards for 477m to SP 3750 3312 to a new line running from OS Grid Ref SP 3708 3333 south-eastwards for 39m to SP 3712 3332, south-south-eastwards for 89m to SP 3717 3325, and south-eastwards for 360m to SP 3750 3312 at its junction with FP24, as shown on the Order map. A copy of the Order and the Order map may be:-
1. Viewed online at

2. Obtained free of charge from the Countryside Records team at

3. Viewed free of charge during opening hours at:-

? Oxfordshire County Library, Westgate, Oxford, OX1 1DJ. Tel: 01865 815509

? Hook Norton Library, High Street, Hook Norton, OX15 5NH. Tel: 01608 737793

The Orders came into force on the date of confirmation but if any person aggrieved by any of the above Orders 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 (the Act), as amended, and/or the powers of section 53A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (WCA) or on the ground that any requirement of either Act or of any regulation made under them 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 and as applied by s53A(7) WCA, within six weeks from 13th October 2022 make an application to the High Court.
Dated: 13 October 2022
Director for Environment and Place
Oxfordshire County Council
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