CLA53 – Preventing the creation of new public rights of way: rebutting deemed dedication

This handbook deals with a little-known, yet long-standing provision of law: the ability to prevent the creation of new public rights of way by lodging – with highway authorities – maps, statements and statutory declarations establishing the existence and status of public rights of way across land.

The lodging of such material serves to prevent the creation of new public rights of way through the process of "deemed dedication".

This provision can be of great assistance to all landowners and is also an important element if permissive access is to be granted.

To order this handbook:

telephone the CLA Publications Department on 020 7235 0511 – please have your membership and credit card numbers to hand;

or

write to the CLA Publications Department, 16 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PQ enclosing cheque/postal orders made payable to CLA.

Price for members: £22 - Price for non-members: £29