Sefton Council have written to us with the following amendment to the Definitive Map Modification Order to divert part of Formby Footpath No.6. The Modification Order, Maps and Explanatory Statement are available to read in the downloads section of the page.
NOTICE OF CONFIRMATION OF AN ORDER
HIGHWAYS ACT 1980
SEFTON METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL
METROPOLITAN BOROUGH COUNCIL OF SEFTON – FORMBY FOOTPATH No. 6 (PART) PUBLIC PATH DIVERSION AND DEFINITIVE MAP AND STATEMENT MODIFICATION ORDER 2019
To: Formby Parish Council
Of: c/o Parish Clerk, Claire Jenkins, Formby Library, Duke Street, Formby, L37 4AN
On 18 December 2025 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council confirmed the above order made under section 119 of the Highways Act, 1980 and section 53A(2) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
The effect of the Order as confirmed is to divert a part of the public footpath known as Formby Footpath No. 6 over land situated at Formby, Merseyside running from point D, O.S Grid Reference SJ334996, 398652, in a South Westerly direction for 89 metres to point C, O.S Grid Reference SJ334996, 398699, the route continues as a 3 metre wide bitmac path generally in a North-North West direction for 31 metres to point E, O.S Grid Reference SJ334962, 398729, then continues in a Westerly direction for a distance of 79.8 metres to point F, O.S Grid Reference SJ334892, 398727 where it meets Boundary Road as shown as a bold broken line D-F on the order map (DC1092).
A copy of the Order and Order Map have been placed and may be seen for free of charge at the Highways Department Control 4th Floor, Magdalen House, 30 Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 3NJ from 9.00am to 4.00pm on Mondays to Fridays. Copies of the Order and Map may be purchased.
The Order came in force on 15 January 2026 but if a person aggrieved by the Order wants to question its validity, or that of any provision contained within it, on the ground that it is not within the powers of the Highways Act 1980, as amended, or on the ground that any requirements of the Act, as amended, or of any regulation made under the Act has not been complied with in relation to the order, he or she may, under paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the Act as applied by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Act, within 6 weeks from 2nd February 2026 make an application to the High Court.