Complaints

Generally speaking, the responsibility for keeping public paths open for public use is shared by the County Council, as highway authority, and landowners. The County Council is responsible for the surface maintenance of the paths and for dealing with unlawful obstructions. Landowners are responsible for keeping the paths free from obstruction. The County Council also ensures that all routes are legally protected on the definitive map. The Rights of Way Guide gives you some basic information about public rights of way that you may wish to read before using the public path network. It is not intended to answer every question, but merely to act as a brief overview and guide.

If you do experience any problems whilst using a public right of way, please take time to report the fault to us so that we can resolve the problem by completing the
Public Path Obstruction Report. Your form will be acknowledged within five working days and we will advise you when the problem has been resolved.