Rights of Way: Registration
(asked on 12th October 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to bring forward the necessary legislation to repeal the 2031 cut-off date for registering historical rights of way in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 22nd October 2026
This Government remains committed to repealing the 2031 cut-off date for recording historic public rights of way, Repeal will require primary legislation, and we are considering the most appropriate legislative vehicle through which to deliver this commitment as part of our wider programme of access and rights of way reforms.