Public rights of way: creation orders and agreements
Local authorities are able to enter into an agreement with landowners to dedicate a public right of way (PRoW) over their land for public use.聽 This type of agreement is known as a Public Path Creation Agreement (or simply a 鈥淐reation Agreement").聽
The local authority can alternatively seek to create a new PRoW by applying for a Public Path Creation Order (or a 鈥淐reation Order鈥�), which would not require the landowner鈥檚 agreement.
This business guide explains both Creation Agreements and Creation Orders.
New PRoW鈥檚 can also be created based on the public鈥檚 long use of a route, but that is explored in our Business Guides:
- 401E: 鈥淧ublic rights of way: new rights of way arising through long use in England鈥�; and
- 401W: 鈥淧ublic rights of way: new rights of way arising through long use in Wales鈥�.
For information on the reinstatement (rather than creation) of historic rights of way, please see of Business Guide 402: 鈥淧ublic Rights of Way: the law on unrecorded historic rights of way鈥�.