HC Deb 06 June 1962 vol 661 cc75-6W
1. Mr. Skeffington

asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, how many county councils in England and Wales have not yet published definitive maps; and what action he is now taking to accelerate progress.

Mr. Rippon

pursuant to his answer to a supplementary question by Mr. Lip-ton [OFFICIAL REPORT, 5th June, 1962; Vol. 661, c. 176] supplied the following list:

Survey of Public Rights of Way (England and Wales) Position at 5.6.1962

(1) County Councils who have completed definitive maps for the whole of their areas

  • Anglesey.
  • Bucks.
  • Cambridgeshire.
  • Durham.
  • Essex.
  • Hampshire.
  • Herefordshire.
  • Huntingdonshire.
  • Isle of Wight
  • Lancashire.
  • Leicestershire. Lines. (Holland).
  • Lines. (Kesteven).
  • Middlesex.
  • Northants.
  • Oxford.
  • Pembroke.
  • Rutland.
  • Salop.
  • Soke of Peterborough.
  • Suffolk East.
  • Suffolk West.
  • Surrey.
  • Sussex East.
  • Wiltshire.
  • Worcestershire.

(2) County Councils who have completed definitive maps for parts of their areas-Berkshire.

  • Devon.
  • Hertfordshire.
  • Northumberland.
  • Nottinghamshire.
  • Somerset.
  • Staffordshire.
  • Warwickshire.
  • Yorks (N.R.).

(3) County Councils who have completed provisional maps for the whole of their areas

  • Caernarvon.
  • Flint.
  • Radnor.
  • Westmorland.

(4) County Councils who have completed provisional maps for parts of their areas

  • Brecon.
  • Cardigan.
  • Cornwall.
  • Cumberland.
  • Kent.
  • Lines. (Lindsey).
  • Montgomery.
  • Norfolk.
  • Sussex West.
  • Yorks (W.R.).

(5) County Councils who have published draft maps for the whole of their areas

  • Bedfordshire.
  • Carmarthen.
  • Denbigh.
  • Cheshire.
  • Derbyshire.
  • Dorset.
  • Glamorgan.
  • Gloucestershire.
  • Isle of Ely.
  • Merioneth.
  • Monmouth.
  • Yorks (E.R.).