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Defra scraps cut-off date for countryside path registration

Countryside group calls move 'latest attack on farming'

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The Labour Government has reversed the 2031 cut-off for paths to be registered
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The Labour Government has reversed the 2031 cut-off for paths to be registered

Defra has announced it is scrapping the 2031 cut-off date for adding unrecorded rights of way to the Definitive Map in England in what is being described as the Government's latest attack on farming...

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