We negotiate with the council and make applications for orders to divert public rights of way under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 where the line of a path needs to be diverted for development. We provide representation on behalf of the applicant throughout the legal process and have a long track record of successfully securing the diversion of paths to facilitate development.

We undertake liaison with the council and other parties on behalf of landowner’s wishing to divert public rights of way. We make applications for public path diversion orders under the Highways Act 1980 and represent landowners throughout the legal process. We have significant expertise in negotiating the diversion of public paths away from farm buildings, dwellings and gardens.

We provide detailed advice on the legal rights of the public to the use of rights of way and how a landowner is affected. We assist and correspond with councils and other parties on behalf of landowners where there is a cause for concern.

We undertake detailed investigations into the legal existence of public rights of way, collect historical and other evidence and assess it in order to determine a path’s true legal status, and correspond accordingly with the council on behalf of landowners. We represent landowners where paths are disputed or subject to applications for modification orders under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

We arrange for deposits to be made with the highway authority under Section 31(6) of the Highways Act 1980 to ensure that public rights of way cannot be secured on the basis of use