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Council's 20-year backlog – and the fears it could cost millions to fix...
The Sentinel
|November 26, 2025
Rights of way cases have piled up in Staffordshire. Kerry Ashdown explains how the problem is being tackled
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A COUNCIL'S backlog of more than 260 right of way cases stretching back 20 years has triggered fears of the cost of public inquiries running into millions of pounds.
Councillor Bob Egginton is the new chairperson of the Countryside and Rights of Way Panel on Staffordshire County Council and outlined the backlog.
A large number of applications were made more than 20 years ago under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act of 1981 to modify the council's definitive map and statement of rights of way.
Most were to add unrecorded public paths and public user rights to the legal records.
Councillor Egginton said members of the panel have offered to meet more regularly, if required.
He added: "We feel that we also need to scrutinise costs spent on barristers, solicitors and specialists.
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