Paragraph 5 Public rights of way and access land managementI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

No public rights of way may be temporarily diverted or stopped up and access to any access land must not be temporarily prevented until a management plan for the relevant section of public rights of way or access land has been submitted to and approved by the relevant planning authority.

(2)

The plan must include details of—

(a)

measures to minimise the length of any sections of public rights of way and the area of any access land to be temporarily closed; and

(b)

advance publicity and signage in respect of any sections of public rights of way to be temporarily closed or diverted and access land to be temporarily closed.

(3)

The plan must be implemented as approved unless otherwise agreed with the relevant planning authority.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 11.3.2024, see art. 1