Footpaths
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Maltbridge Island Management Co and others v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Council making right of way modification order – Applicant objecting – Inspector confirming order subject to modification – Council confirming order – Application for council’s decision to be quashed -…
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment, ex parte Stevens
Track classified as road used as public path – Surveying authority reclassifying as bridleway – Inspector confirming – Whether inspector had correctly disregarded recent vehicular use as being use in…
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OKeefe and another v Secretary of State for the Environment and another
Footpath – Local council applying to add public footpath over applicants’ land to definitive map and statement – County council making order – Applicants objecting – Order submitted to Secretary…
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R v Bath and North East Somerset District Council, ex parte The Master Co-Brethen and Sisters
Public Path Extinguishment Order made in respect of footpath over applicant’s land – Applicant seeking to give effect to the order – Respondents resolving to abandon order – Whether respondents’…
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Buckland and others v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions
Inspector confirming modification order reclassifying footpath as a byway open to all traffic – Applicant challenging inspector’s decision – Whether inspector’s decision flawed – Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 section…
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R v Norfolk County Council, ex parte Thorpe
Council refusing scheme for footpath – Planning and transport committee concluding footpath neither “necessary or desirable” – Whether council entitled to take into account own financial resources when concluding whether…
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R v Durham County Council, ex parte Page and another
Application for footpath diversion order – Members of subcommittee voting against application – Whether subcommittee failing to take into account applicants’ interests – Whether subcommittee failing to comply with rules…
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R v Secretary of State for Wales, ex parte Emery
Footpath – Application to modify map – County council and Secretary of State for Wales refusing – Conflicting evidence of user – High Court quashing Secretary of State’s decision -…
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Hall v Secretary of State for the Environment
Developer with planning permission constructing dwelling and garage over footpath – Council making order diverting footpath under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 – Inspector confirming…
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment,ex parte Billson
Common – Footpaths – Landowner erecting barriers – Applicant seeking to modify definitive map – County council accepting modification – Landowner objecting – Public inquiry – Respondent refusing to confirm…
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R v Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, ex parte Dorset County
Council order modifying map by adding footpath – Landowners objecting – Inspector not confirming order – Council seeking to quash inspector’s decision – Whether inspector erred in finding right to…