On 31 October 2024 an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs confirmed the above-named Order made under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act.
The effect of the order as confirmed is to divert the public bridleway commencing from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 425 metres to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, at the junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout, on to a new line running from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 518 metres to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, at the junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout as shown on the Order Map.
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To stop up the public footpath commencing from a Point C SE 35241 31020, at its junction with the existing Leeds Public Bridleway 259, and proceeding for a distance of 23 metres to a Point D, SE 35247 31002, at the junction with the proposed new public bridleway 199 metres north-east of Point B, as shown on the order map.
A copy of the confirmed order and the order map may be seen at Climate Energy and Green Spaces Reception, Farnley Hall, Hall Lane, Farnley, LS12 5HA (Reference 183932), from 8am to 4pm on Monday to Thursday and 8am to 3:30pm on Friday and also at Halton Library, 273 Selby Road, Halton, Leeds LS15 7JR during normal opening hours. Copies of the Order and Map may also be obtained by emailing prow@leeds.gov.uk or calling 0113 378 8625.
This order comes into force from the date on which Leeds City Council certify that the provisions of Article 2 to the order have been complied with but if any person aggrieved by the order desires to question its validity or that of any provision contained in it on the ground 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.
Notice of public path diversion order
This Order is made by Leeds City Council (‘the Authority’) under Section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 because it is satisfied that it is necessary to divert a bridleway and to stop up a footpath to which this Order relates in order to allow development to be carried out in accordance with planning permission granted under Part III of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 namely for the creation of a new vehicular access off Pontefract Lane and alterations to the road layout with associated landscaping and drainage, planning application reference 20/04608/FU.
By this order:
- The bridleway and the footpath over the land shown by bold black lines on the attached map and described in Part 1 of the Schedule to this Order (‘The Schedule’) shall be diverted and stopped up as provided below
- There shall be created to the reasonable satisfaction of Leeds City Council an alternative highway for use as a replacement for the said bridleway and footpath as provided in Part 2 of the Schedule and shown by bold black dashes on the attached map
- The diversion and stopping up of the bridleway and footpath shall have effect on the date which Leeds City Council certify that the terms of Article 2 have been complied with
- Where immediately before the date on which the bridleway and footpath are diverted and stopped up there is apparatus under, in over, along or across it belonging to statutory undertakers for the purpose of carrying on their undertaking, the undertakers shall continue to have the same rights in respect of the apparatus as they then had
Schedule part 1 - Description of Site of Existing Paths or Ways
Leeds public bridleway no. 259
Public bridleway commencing from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 425 metres in a south-westerly, then south-south-westerly, then south-westerly, then south-south-westerly direction on a crushed stone surface to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, at the junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout. The bridleway has a width of 3.0 metres.
And
Leeds non-definitive public footpath no. 261
Public footpath commencing from a Point C SE 35241 31020, at the junction with the existing Leeds Public Bridleway 259, 242 metres to the south-west of Point A, and proceeding for a distance of 23 metres in a south-south-easterly direction on a grass surface to a Point D, SE 35247 31002, at the junction with the proposed new public bridleway 199 metres north-east of Point B. The footpath has a width of 2.0 metres.
Schedule part 2 - Description of Site of Alternative Highway
Leeds public bridleway no. 259
Public bridleway commencing from a Point A, SE 35346 31216, at the junction with the easterly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259, to the south of Pontefract Lane, and proceeding for a distance of 190 metres in a south-westerly then south-south-easterly direction on a crushed stone surface to a Point E, SE 35342 31056, then continuing for a distance of 16 metres across a new road in a south-south-easterly direction, on a tarmac surface to a Point F, SE 35346 31036, then for 256 metres in a west-south-westerly, then southerly, then south-easterly then south-westerly direction on a crushed stone surface to a Point G, SE 35206 30895, then, for 12 metres, through an underpass in a south-westerly direction, on a concrete surface to a Point H, SE 35202 30892, then for 44 metres in a south-westerly direction on a crushed stone surface, to a Point B, SE 35163 30868, at the junction with the south-westerly continuation of Leeds Bridleway 259 to the south of the Lakeside Way roundabout.
From A to E and from F to G and from H to B, the bridleway has a width of 3.0 metres between verges of 0.5 metres. From E to F and from G to H it has a surfaced width of 3.0 metres.
The common seal of Leeds City Council was hereunto affixed this 2nd day of March 2023 in the presence of:
Gregg Shevill, General Property Team Leader, Legal Services
Seal no. 105668
Dated this 22 May 2025
Leeds City Council
Civic Hall
Calverley Street
Leeds
LS1 1UR
