Article 14 Stopping up of footpaths on HPC development siteI1

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the undertaker may, in connection with the carrying out of the authorised project—

No footpath specified in columns (1) and (2) of Part 1 or columns (1) and (2) of Part 2 of Schedule 5 shall be wholly or partly stopped up under this article unless the diversion route specified on the rights of way plans between points DR1/1 and DR1/2, and between points DR1/4, DR1/5, DR1/6, DR1/7, DR1/8, DR1/9 and DR1/10, DR1/11 and DR1/12, and between points DR1/5 and DR1/13 is first provided by the undertaker, to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority.

The diversion route provided under paragraph (2), or such alternative diversion route connecting the points listed in paragraph (2) as may from time to time be agreed by the highway authority, shall be subsequently maintained by the undertaker until the completion and opening of the footpaths on the HPC development site specified in columns (1), (2) and (3) of Schedule 7 (status of footpaths created or improved) in accordance with any relevant footpath implementation plan.