University footpath diversion

A Public Right of Way is to be diverted to allow improved sports facilities (cycle track/running track) to be provided at the University.

The right of way in question (Public Footpath, Dunnington No 16) runs along the Derwent/Heslington and Fulford Ward boundary and bisects the land that is affected by the development. The path runs from the Grimston Bar Park & Ride site in a southerly direction over the A64, eventually linking in with Ox Close Lane, Heslington (via Public Bridleway, Heslington No 7) to the south. From the east, a short section of (currently non-definitive) path, leading off from the end of Low Lane, Heslington also links in to the path.

There have been no objections to the planned diversion. A temporary diversion has been in place for some months.