You should complete this Public Path User Form personally. It is important that your answers relate only to your use and knowledge of the way

Please answer all questions as fully as possible. If you are struggling to understand any of the questions please contact the Countryside Access Records Officer at Cornwall Council, Countryside Access Team, Level 4A, Pydar House, Pydar Street, Truro, TR1 1XU, Tel: 0300 1234 202 who will be able to provide further information to help you complete a Public Path Evidence Form.

It is important that the way is shown to follow a defined route and not be an area over which the public have wandered at large.

You may be personally interviewed in connection with the information given in this Form. The data is collected by Cornwall Council (“the Council”) in accordance with the data protection principles in the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulations. The purpose for collecting the data is to carry out the functions of the Council under its statutory duties under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Council may disclose any information given by you on this Form including your personal details to third parties as required by the Freedom of Information Act 2002 or in pursuance of the Council’s functions detailed above.

In some cases people who apply for Definitive Map Modification Orders withdraw their applications for “personal” reasons after they have gathered user evidence and submitted it to Cornwall Council. In such circumstances we continue with the investigation to bring the case to a conclusion and you may still be contacted.

The details contained in this Form may be used as evidence in further proceedings, and you should be prepared to support the information by being willing to attend to give verbal evidence, in the future, at a Hearing or Local Public Inquiry.

A landowner can successfully refute a claim for the addition of a way if he/she can prove that either the way was used with his/her express permission only, or that he/she has prevented access to the way, or that he/she has erected notices to counter any suggestion that there had been any intention to dedicate the way as a public right of way.

A Map clearly showing the route of the alleged way must be attached to this Form. You must sign the Map to confirm that you have seen and understood it.