Core Paths Plan consultation

The informal consultation on the review of the Park Authority’s Core Paths Plan is now closed.

Put simply the Core Paths Plan is a mapped network of paths that ensures people can exercise their access rights across an area. It is a statutory duty of the Park Authority that we have, and review regularly, a Core Paths Plan.

We have done an initial review of the Core Paths Plan and proposed various amendments to the plan. These amendments take the form of re-alignments (corrections), removals (de-designations) and our suggestions for additional paths to be designated as core paths (additions). At this point, we proposed adding 79km of core path to the network and removing 11km.

An informal consultation of the Core Paths Plan and the proposed amendments ran from May – August 2025, with 155 comments being submitted via the online map and a further 48 comments received directly (by phone, email or in person).

We are now reviewing the feedback and comments, assessing any suggestions as required, consulting with the Local Outdoor Access Forum and will produce a draft Core Paths Plan, after which a further consultation will take place. Read more about the next stages in the review process.