OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER HIGHWAYS ACT 1980, WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981 The Oxfordshire County Council, Blewbury Footpath No. 3 (part), Public Path Diversion and Definitive Map and Statement Modification Order 2019

On 18th March 2020, the Oxfordshire County Council confirmed the above Order, made on 20th September 2019, 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 352m of Blewbury Footpath No. 3 running from OS Grid Reference SU 5463 8629 east-north-eastwards to SU 5472 8632 and then north-north-eastwards to its termination at the Hagbourne/Aston Upthorpe Road at SU 5480 8656 to a new line running for 388m from OS Grid Reference SU 5463 8629 north-north-eastwards to SU 5471 8658 immediately south of the Hagbourne/Aston Upthorpe road then south-south-eastwards to the same termination point at the Hagbourne/Aston Upthorpe Road at SU 5480 8656 as shown on the Order map. A copy of the Order is available online at

. uk/cms/public-site/consultation. Alternatively, a copy has been placed and may be seen free of charge during opening hours at:

? Didcot Library, 197 Broadway, Didcot OX11 8RU; tel:



01235 813103,

? Vale of White Horse District Council, Abingdon Local Services Point, Abbey House, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 3JE.



Copies of the Order and Order map may be purchased from

Oxfordshire County Council, Countryside Records, County Hall, New Road, Oxford OX1 1ND at the price of £3.50 per copy.

The Order came into force on the date of confirmation but if any person aggrieved by the Order 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 26th March 2020 make an application to the High Court.

Dated 26th March 2020

Director of Community Operations, Oxfordshire County Council