Schedule 4 PERMANENT STOPPING UP OF HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS AND PROVISION OF NEW HIGHWAYS AND PRIVATE MEANS OF ACCESS

England, Wales and Scotland

In relating this Schedule to the rights of way and access plans, the provisions described in this Schedule are shown on the rights of way and access plans in the following manner—

(a)

Existing highways are to be stopped up, as described in column (2) of Parts 1 and 2 of this Schedule, are shown by blue diagonal hatching (as shown in the key on the rights of way and access plans) over the extent of the area to be stopped up, which is described in column (3) of Parts 1 and 2 of this Schedule and given a reference label in a square box (a capital A followed by a number).

(b)

New highways which are to be substituted for a highway to be stopped up (or which are otherwise to be provided), as are included in column (4) of Part 2 of this Schedule, are shown by—

(i)

red honeycomb-hatching (for motorways and trunk roads),

(ii)

green cross hatching (for other classified roads and highways),

(iii)

pale green hatching (for cycle tracks),

(iv)

and green dashes (for public rights of way),

(as shown in the key on the rights of way and access plans) and are given a reference label in a square (D for new highway to be substituted or provided and CF for public rights of way and cycle tracks in each case followed by a number) and will be a road unless the word ‘footpath’, ‘bridleway’, ‘footway’ or ‘cycle track’ appears beneath its reference letter in column (4) of Part 2 of this Schedule.

(c)

Private means of access to be stopped up, as described in column (2) of Parts 3 and 4 of this Schedule, are shown by solid lime green shading (as shown in the key on the rights of way and access plans) over the extent of stopping up described in column (3) of Parts 3 and 4 of this Schedule, and are given a reference label in a square (a capital B followed by a number).

(d)

New private means of access to be substituted for a private means of access to be stopped up (or which are otherwise to be provided), as are included in column (4) of Part 3 of this Schedule, are shown by red diagonal hatching (as shown in the key on the rights of way and access plans) and are given a reference label in a square (a capital C followed by a number).