Legal orders team
Four Definitive Map Officers and four Public Path Orders Officers deal with
- Definitive Map enquiries,
- Definitive Map Modification Orders,
- Public Path Orders and
- temporary closures.
Definitive Maps and Statements of Cheshire East's Public Rights of Way can be made available for public inspection at the team's office during normal office hours. To see the Map, contact the team in advance as the documents are stored off-site. Copies of Public Path Orders and Definitive Map Modification Orders - both current and past - can also be made available.
Network management and enforcement team
This team deals with the day to day management of the Public Rights of Way network. There is a team of four Network Management and Enforcement Officers for the borough, covering the 1946km network.
Countryside access development
The Countryside Access Development Manager is responsible for the Rights of Way Improvement Plan, and works with landowners and other partners on strategic infrastructure schemes and projects to promote and improve access to the countryside.
Contacting Public Rights of Way
Public Rights of Way (PROW) are public footpaths, bridleways, restricted byways and byways open to all traffic that the public has a legal right to use.
- You can report a street cleansing issues such as fly tipping, visit Street Cleansing, litter and flytipping.
- Or if your problem is relating to roads, pavements, highways, street lighting or potholes, report the issue through traCE
Here’s how you can contact the team
To report any issues that present an immediate danger outside of normal working hours and at weekends call our Emergency Control Centre on 0300 123 5025.
Report non-urgent matters
To report an issue, you will need to have path reference parish & number which you can obtain via Interactive Map
For general enquiries about public rights of way:
Email: prow@cheshireeast.gov.uk
Post: Public Rights of Way Team, Cheshire East Council, Municipal Buildings c/o Delamere House, Delamere Street, Crewe, CW1 2LL. The office is not occupied daily so there may be a delay before any post can be received and responded to.
Phone: 01270 686029 - leave a message with full details of your enquiry along with your name and phone number.