Traffic-free cycling and walking paths compulsory purchase orders - Find a freedom of information request

1. The length, in miles, of

a) proposed traffic-free paths or greenways being held up because they would need to cross a resistant landowner's land, and

b) the total length of route(s) that would be deliverable were those landowners to assent, i.e. if a proposed path would travel three miles between two towns but A), landowner X refuses to agree to a path across 500m of their land (and there's no feasible alternative), B), this makes the whole three miles undeliverable, or so expensive to re-route as to be undeliverable.

2. Has your local authority successfully used

a) the threat (for want of a better word) of, or

b) implemented, CPO (compulsory purchase order) powers to deliver any traffic-free cycling and/or walking paths since April 2017? If so, any details would be appreciated.

1. This is not information that we hold.

2. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) have made three CPOs since April 2017;

• THE LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (A46 DUNHOLME AND WELTON JUNCTION) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2019

• THE LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (A52 GRANTHAM SOUTHERN GROWTH CORRIDOR - GRANTHAM SOUTHERN RELIEF ROAD) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2018

• THE LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL (A1461 NORTH HYKEHAM RELIEF ROAD) COMPULSORY PURCHASE ORDER 2024 – this has not been confirmed and is at Inquiry stage.

Details for all orders including maps and plans can be found on the LCC website. However, if you are after the detail for footpaths you would need to look at the side roads orders which provide that information – the CPO will simply show what land was acquired.