Guidance

Schedule 14 decisions in 2023

Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2023

Applies to England and Wales

Decisions published before 1st January 2019

Decisions published before 1st January 2023

25 January 2023: FPS/G3300/14A/23 Somerset County, ROW/3301269 Norfolk County Council, ROW/3305893 North Lincolnshire Council, ROW/3307748 Cumbria County Council, ROW/3305421 Kent County Council, ROW/3305751 Hampshire County Council, ROW/3308465 West Sussex County Council, ROW/3304690 and ROW/3304692, ROW/3304687, ROW/3310324, ROW/3310458 and ROW/3310459, FPS/G1440/14D/28 (ROW/3299136) East Sussex County Council, ROW/3300945 Nottinghamshire County Council.

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Application to add a footpath from Pudsey Road to Shore new Road, Cornholme, Todmorden & via Footpath 60 (Council ref. 3.15.1/15T)


Multiple applications in one decision

Cheshire West and Chester Council

4 applications in one decision

Cumbria County Council

Application to upgrade an existing public footpath to a Byway Open to All Traffic (BOAT) in Parish of Greystoke

East Sussex County Council

Application to add a footpath from Gore Park Road to St Marys Road, Eastbourne (Council ref. RWO 265) (ROW/3310458) and Application to add a footpath from Farlaine Road to the A2270, and from the A2270 to a junction at TQ59333 01099, Eastbourne (Council ref. RWO 269) (ROW/3310459)

Application to add a footpath from Eastbourne 10/1 to Wish Hill and spur to Badgers Brow (OMA Ref: RWO 271)

Application to add a footpath from Lower Road to St Marys Road, Eastbourne (Council ref. RWO266) (ROW/3304690) and Application to add a footpath between Long Acre Close and Willingdon Road, Eastbourne (Council ref. RWO 268) (ROW/3304692)

Application to add a footpath from Point A on the A2029 (Offham Rd) to Point B on Footpath Lewes 35, Lewes (Council ref. RWO252)

Application to add a bridleway from Park Wood, Grove Hill to Featherbed Lane, Hellingly (Council ref. RWO219)

Hampshire County Council

Application to add a footpath from Whitchurch Railway Station Subway along a dismantled railway to the junction of Harroway and the A34 (HCC Ref: 1146)

Application to add a footpath from the B3335 at Hockley Cottage GR SU 48152 25717 to White Lane GR SU 48388 25806 (HCC Ref: 1179)

Kent County Council

A route running through Bossenden Wood from the London Road to footpath ZR528 and bridleway ZR529 at Dunkirk, Kent should be added to the definitive map and statement for the area as a public footpath

Norfolk County Council

The definitive map and statement of public rights of way should be modified by adding a footpath between Heydon Road and The Street as shown on the plan appended to this decision.

Application to add to the particulars of the footpath running from opposite School Road, at the grid reference TG 0360 3400, to the Letheringsett-Glandford Road opposite Bayfield Park, at the grid reference TG 0475 4017, in the parish of Field Dalling (OMA ref. 70049/HP149/31)


Application to add to the particulars of the footpath running from the road near Barnett’s Farm to the south of Old Farm, in the parish of East Ruston (OMA ref. 70954/HP134/2)


Application to add a restricted byway from Lighthouse Lane to Cart Gap, in the parish of Happisburgh (OMA ref. 70894/HP198/1)


Application to upgrade a footpath to restricted byway at Hungry Hill, in the parish of Northrepps (OMA ref. 70786/HP325/5)


Application to add a restricted byway from Dereham Road, Whinburgh to Garvestone Restricted Byway No.1 (OMA ref. 63311/HP510/1)


Application to add a byway open to all traffic from Northrepps Rectory to Frogshall, in the parish of Northrepps (OMA ref. 61673/HP325/4)

North Lincolnshire Council

Application to add footpaths from OSGR 992-214 to 975-211, & access paths to Sluice Road from Humber Bank to access path to Pebbly Beach – Humber Bank and Connecting Routes, South Ferriby

North Yorkshire County Council

Footpaths 20.43/32/1 and 20.57/41/2 should be upgraded to bridleway


7 applications in one decision

Nottinghamshire County Council

Application to add a footpath from Farnsfield Road (point A) to points B, C & D (see application map), parish of Bilsthorpe. (OMA ref. 1291)

Oxfordshire County Council

Footpath No. 263/3 should be upgraded to Restricted Byway as shown on the plan appended to this decision

Shropshire Council

A route from Snailbeach Lead Mine to Crows Nest Dingle should be added to the definitive map and statement for the area as a public footpath

Somerset County Council

the Definitive Map and Statement of Public Rights of Way should be modified so that footpaths between St Mary’s Church, the Mandeville Arms and Rectory Lane in the parish of Hardington Mandeville are added

Staffordshire County Council

3 applications in one decision

St Helens Borough Council

Footpath 201 leading from Blundells Lane, Rainhill, to Hall Lane should be upgraded on the definitive map and statement for the area to bridleway status

West Sussex County Council

Application to add a bridleway known as Sheepwash Lane from Redlands Lane to the B2179 at Malthouses, West Wittering (WSCC Ref: 3/19)

Published 5 January 2023
Last updated 25 January 2023 + show all updates
  1. FPS/G3300/14A/23 Somerset County, ROW/3301269 Norfolk County Council, ROW/3305893 North Lincolnshire Council, ROW/3307748 Cumbria County Council, ROW/3305421 Kent County Council], ROW/3305751 Hampshire County Council, ROW/3308465 West Sussex County Council, ROW/3304690 and ROW/3304692, ROW/3304687, ROW/3310324, ROW/3310458 and ROW/3310459, FPS/G1440/14D/28 (ROW/3299136) East Sussex County Council, ROW/3300945 Nottinghamshire County Council.

  2. First published.