NOTICE OF PUBLIC PATH ORDER
Central Bedfordshire Council
Notice of Confirmation of Public Path Order
Town and Country Planning Act 1990
CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE COUNCIL (HARLINGTON: PART OF FOOTPATH NO. 2) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION ORDER 2025
On the 18 July 2025 Central Bedfordshire Council confirmed the above Order made under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
The effect of the Order as confirmed is to divert the following length of part of Public Footpath No. 2, Harlington between points A-B to points A-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-B, as shown on the Order map.
The length of part of Footpath No. 2, Harlington to be stopped up extends from its junction with Toddington Road at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OS GR) TL 0332 3056 (Order map – point A) in a north-westerly direction for approximately 501 metres to its junction with an unaffected part of Footpath No. 2, Harlington at OS GR TL 0297 3092 (Order map – point B).
The footpath is stopped up across its full width.
The length of Bridleway No. 36, Harlington to be created extends from its junction with Toddington Road at Ordnance Survey Grid Reference (OS GR) TL 0332 3056 (Order map – point A) in a generally north-easterly direction for approximately 53 metres to OS GR TL 0335 3059 (Order map – point C) then continues in a generally south-easterly direction for approximately 77 metres to OS GR TL 0342 3056 (Order map – point D) then continues in a generally northerly direction for approximately 149 metres following the railway line to OS GR TL 0341 3070 (Order map – point E) then continues in a generally north-westerly direction for approximately 92 metres to OS GR TL 0334 3076 (Order map – point F) then continues in a westerly direction for approximately 14 metres across a spine road to OS GR TL 0332 3076 (Order map – point G) then continues in a west-north-westerly direction for approximately 187 metres to OS GR TL 0316 3084 (Order map – point H) then continues in a west-north-westerly direction for approximately 8 metres across a spine road to OS GR TL 0315 3085 (Order map – point I) then continues in a west-north-westerly direction for approximately 192 metres to terminate at its junction with an unaffected part of Footpath No. 2, Harlington at OS GR TL 0297 3092 (Order map – point B).
The new length of bridleway has a width of 4 metres.
A copy of the Order and the Order map have been placed and may be seen free of charge at the offices of Central Bedfordshire Council Highways, Priory House, Monks Walk, Chicksands, Shefford. Any inspection will be by appointment only, please contact definitivemap@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or 0300 300 6530 to arrange an appointment. A copy of the Order and the Order map are available to view and download for free at https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/82/countryside/424/definitive_map/2. Paper copies of the Order and map may be bought at a charge of £4.00.
This Order comes into force on the date on which Central Bedfordshire Council certify that the public footpath described in Part 2 of the Schedule of the Order has been set out to their satisfaction, but if a person aggrieved by the Order desires to question its validity, or that of any provision contained in it, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of the Act, or on the grounds that any requirement of that Act or any regulation made under it has not been complied with in relation to the confirmation of the order, he or she may apply to the High Court for any of these purposes under section 287 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 within 6 weeks from the date on which notice is first published as required by paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to that Act.