Notice of public local inquiry, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Notice is hereby given that an Inspector will be appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to determine the following order.
The Surrey County Council public footpath 576 Cranleigh and public footpath 565 Alfold definitive map modification order 2024.
The Inspector will attend at Cranleigh Village Hall, High Street, Cranleigh, Surrey GU6 8AG on 17 March 2026 at 10.00am to hold a public local inquiry into the order.
The effect of the order, if confirmed without modifications, will be to modify the definitive map and statement for the area by adding public footpaths 576 Cranleigh and 565 Alfold, as shown by a bold solid line on drawing number 3/1/5/H53 as attached, commencing as footpath number 576 Cranleigh at point A (Grid reference 504055 138710) on public footpath 393 Cranleigh and proceeding along the field edge in a south-westerly direction for approximately 55 metres to point B where it joins the canal tow path and turns to run along the top of the tow path in a generally south-easterly direction for approximately 510 metres to point C where it crosses the parish boundary and continues in a south-westerly direction as public footpath 565 Alfold for 90 metres to meet public bridleway 280a Alfold at point D.
The total distance A-B-C-D is 655 metres with a width of 2 metres.
Any person wishing to view the statements of case and other documents relating to this order may do so by appointment at Surrey County Council, Whitebeam Lodge, Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, Surrey GU4 7BQ.
Contact Catherine Valiant catherine.valiant@surreycc.gov.uk , or telephone 07976 394660.
Planning Inspectorate reference: ROW/3356406.
Contact point at the Planning Inspectorate: Joanne Reid, Rights of Way Section, Room 3/A, Eagle Wing, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6PN.
Telephone: 0303 4445136 or Email: rightsofway2@planninginspectorate.gov.uk
Files available to download
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Footpath No 576 (Cranleigh) and Footpath 565 (Alfold) Definitive Map Modification Order 2024 (PDF)
A copy of the plan to show the effect of a Map Modification Order to add a public footpath in Cranleigh and Alfold.