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A public right of way is a route or way over which the public has a legal right to pass and re-pass. All public rights of way are public highways.
Public paths are classified by the nature of the public rights over them and may be footpath, bridleway, RUPP (Road Used as a Public Path) or BOAT (Byway Open to All Traffic). The County Council (as Highway Authority) is responsible for maintaining public rights of way to a standard suitable for public use.
Although Public Rights of Way may exist in the form of a footpath, bridleway or RUPP, these would only be over the top surface. The sub soil would vest in different ownership, usually the adjoining land owner.
We do not hold information on land ownership, this can be a complex issue as very often there are several different private land owners. The way we find out who the landowners are is to carry out a Land Registery search, for which there is a fee. The only records we hold ourselves is that of County Council owned land, such as schools, libraries or land purchased for road improvement schemes.
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