Modification Orders

These orders relate to Section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

This Order is made by Brighton & Hove City Council under Section 53(2)(b) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ("the Act"). It appears to that authority that the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way in Brighton & Hove require modification in consequence of an event specified in section 53 (3) (a) (iii) of the Act. Namely, the coming into operation of any enactment or instrument, or any other event, whereby a new right of way has been created over land in the area to which the map relates, being a right of way such that the land over which the right subsists is a public path or a restricted byway.

Brighton & Hove City Council is the only local authority whose area includes land to which this Order relates.

Brighton & Hove City Council hereby order that:

1. For the purposes of this Order the relevant date is 1 June 2022
2. The Brighton (Downland) Definitive Map and Statement shall be modified as described in the Schedule and shown on the plan forming part of this Order ("the Order Plan")
3. This Order shall take effect on the date it is made and may be cited as "The Brighton & Hove (Stanmer Bridleway BW B103) Legal Event Modification Order 2022"

Modification of Definitive Statement Variation of particulars of path or way.

The Statement for Stanmer B103 shall be amended as follows:

• path number BW B103
• status - bridleway
• pap reference TQ32497 09953 to TQ33872 10259

Bridleway B103 commences at OS grid reference TQ 32497 09953 shown as point A on the Order Plan.

It runs in a south easterly direction for 1841m, then in a north easterly direction for 207m, then in a south easterly direction for 177m, then in a north easterly direction for 221m, then in a north westerly direction for 177m, then in a north easterly direction for 264m, then in a north westerly  direction for 1080m terminating at OS grid reference TQ 33872 10259 shown as point B on the Order Plan.

The bridleway has a width of 2.5 to 3 metres.

Executed as a deed by affixing the Common Seal of Brighton & Hove City Council, on the day of 2022 in the presence of an authorised officer.

Definitive Map

Download a sealed copy of the Woodland Drive Modification Order.

This Order is made by Brighton & Hove City Council ("the Council") under section 53(2)(a) and (b) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ("the Act") because it appears to the Council that the Hove Definitive Map and Statement requires modification in consequence of the occurrence of events specified in section 53(3)(a) (iii) and specified in the Schedule to this Order. Namely, the coming into operation of any enactment or instrument, or any other event, whereby a new right of way has been created over land in the area to which the map relates, being a right of way such that the land over which the right subsists is a public path. 

The Council is the only local authority whose area includes land to which this Order relates. 

The Council hereby orders that: 

1. For the purposes of this Order the relevant date is 6th September 2024 

2. The Hove Definitive Map and Statement shall be modified as described the Schedule and shown on the plan attached to this Order. 

3. This Order shall take effect on the date it is made and may be cited as "The Brighton & Hove (Woodland Drive Hove FP H25) Legal Event Modification Order 2024". 

Schedule

Pathway

FP H25

Map

[TQ28702 07102 Woodland Drive running easterly for 54m to TQ28648 07100 at Three Cornered Copse]

Details of Legal Event

The Council accepted this footpath as a public right of way by way of maintaining it as such, dating back to at least 1998. The Council has added a handrail and way marker and has tarmacked the path. The public have confirmed they have used the route openly and freely without permission as of right for at least 20 years. 

Made under the common seal of Brighton & Hove City Council this 9th day of September 2024, the common seal of Brighton & Hove City Council was affixed to this Order in the presence of an authorised officer.