Annotated map reproduced courtesy of Googlemaps.	This public vehicular highway runs from Puddephats Lane (public road) to Green Lane (public road). At the time of the BHS 2021 Access Survey (2 Nov 21), no gates were across the path and it was signposted at each end.			Carriage drivers on route, Puddephats Lane end Photo: Brian Worrell, 20 May 2018
View south-westwards, leaving Green Lane Photo: Brian Worrell, 2 Nov 2021	Turning north-westwards Photo: Brian Worrell, 2 Nov 2021	Continuing north-westwards Photo: Brian Worrell, 2 Nov 2021	Continuing south-westwards Photo: Brian Worrell, 2 Nov 2021	Approaching Puddephats Lane Photo: Brian Worrell, 2 Nov 2021

Legal History 20 Jun 1953: The route was not recorded on the original definitive map and statement. 31 Dec 1977: Flamstead 53 was shown as a bridleway on the special review draft map and statement. Objections were received by the council and so it was removed, to be resolved later. The Hertfordshire County Council (Flamstead 53) Modification Order 1996 would have added this route to the definitive map and statement as a byway open to all trafic. It was not confirmed (25 Jun 1997) on the 'grounds' that the route was a county road. (PINS reference FPS/M1900/7/12.) 10 Apr 2017: Landowner makes a s.31 Highways Act 1980 deposit denying any highways not on the definitive map, including this one. Landowner invited to remake the deposit admitting the route, but no response was received. 13 Jul 2018: Application made to record route as byway open to all traffic. HCC reference DAC/159.

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