Clothall 30

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PG: OBJECTS: PROMOTION: NORTH HERTS: Clothall 30 - Luffenhall Common path

Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This route runs from Clothall 12 Byway to Clothall 21 Restricted Byway. At the time of the BHS 2023 Access Survey (25 Feb 23), no gates were across the path and it was waymarked at each end.
Waymark, Eastern End Photo: Peter Natt, 25 Feb 23	Waymark, Eastern End Photo: Peter Natt, 25 Feb 23	Continuing eastwards Photo: Peter Natt, 25 Feb 23	Continuing eastwards Photo: Peter Natt, 25 Feb 23	Waymark, Western End Photo: Peter Natt, 25 Feb 23
British Horse Society access officer, Peter Natt, appplied for this path to be recorded in 1997. After waiting twenty years for the application to be processed, he applied to the Secretary of State for a direction that the county council move the application to the top of its queue, which duly happened. The County Council agreed with the application in 2020 and made an order to record the path in 2022 which was confirmed as an unopposed order. This is a good example of 'perfectly obvious paths' that would be extinguished by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 had an application not been made.

Legal History
13 Jan 1997: Application for byway. HCC reference NH/89.
10 Aug 2018: Secretary of State directed Hertfordshire County Council to determine the application by 10 Aug 2019. PINS reference FPS/M1900/14D/8.
28 Oct 2019: Hertfordshire County Council Investigation report issued.
6 Nov 2020: HCC decision (order for bridleway) published.
17 Feb 2022: The Hertfordshire County Council (Clothall 30) Modification Order 2022 (confirmed 27 Oct 2022) added this route to the definitive map and statement as a bridleway.
Definitive Statement (1 Jan 2022)
Path: [Clothall] 30. Status: Bridleway. Definitive Map sheet: 22
Commences at a junction with Clothall RB21 at TL 2919 2916 then W across Luffenhall Common for approx. 445m to a junction with Clothall BOAT12 and Weston BOAT 39, opposite Weston BR36 (Lolleywood Lane) at TL 2875 2910.
Width: 3.6m
Limitations: None.