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Rights of way advice note 15: breaks in user caused by foot and mouth disease

Breaks in user caused by foot and mouth Disease: restrictions on access to claimed rights of way under foot and mouth disease control measures.

From:
Planning Inspectorate
Published
1 April 2010
Last updated
15 August 2023 — See all updates

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This advice note relates to policy and legal guidance matters, this responsibility falls outside of the remit of the Inspectorate. It has therefore been decided that rights of way advice notes produced by the Inspectorate will no longer be updated and will be archived on GOV.UK.

Applies to England and Wales

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Rights of Way Section Advice Note 15- Breaks in User Caused by Foot and Mouth Disease

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Inspectors may hear evidence that restrictions on access to claimed rights of way under foot and mouth disease control measures will constitute an “interruption” in user for the purposes of section 31(1) of the Highways Act 1980. This Advice Note explains the Planning Inspectorate and DEFRA’s views on the subject, although it must be emphasised that, as far as we know, the matter has not been tested in court.

Updates to this page

Published 1 April 2010
Last updated 15 August 2023 + show all updates

  1. Advice note updated: Issues raised in the determination of the West Berkshire District Council (Pangbourne & Purley-on-Thames, Saltney Mead Public Footpath) Definitive Map Modification Order 2019 and the West Berkshire District Council (Purley-on-Thames, Springs Farm Public Footpath) Definitive Map Modification Order 2019.

  2. First published.

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