Bradford District Local Infrastructure Baseline Study - working draft ...

1.7 Public Rights of Way
Within the District there are 687 miles (1,100kms) of public rights of way, made up of 5,123
individual path links. A path link is defined as the length of path between a junction with
another path or road.
Not all of the District is subject to a definitive map (the legal record of public rights of way).
The former County Borough of Bradford was originally excluded from definitive map
coverage and many routes on our records for that area are awaiting legal orders to formally
record them on a definitive map. This means that approximately 162 miles (260kms) of the
total network is non-definitive, whilst 525 miles (845kms) is included on the definitive map. In
practice this does not mean that the paths within this area are unprotected. The Countryside
and Rights of Way Service maintains files on the 162 miles of non-definitive routes and, as
public rights are believed to exist on these, the Service protects them as it would a definitive
route.
The status, for users, of public rights of way in Bradford District is broken down as follows:
There are also a limited number of permissive routes, negotiated by agreement with
landowners (but which can be withdrawn at any time), exist within the District. These tend to
provide multi-user routes, such as a permissive bridleway through Scholebrook Farm at
Tong which links the local bridleway network with Black Carr Woods. There are also
permissive bridleways on Council owned land at Myrtle Park, Bingley, Prince of Wales Park,
Bingley St. Ives Estate and Harden Moor.
1.8 Car Parking
Car parking is a key consideration for people who travel by car in Bradford District. Two main
types of car parking exist within the control of Bradford Council, on street public car parking
and off street public car parking.
Currently there are xxx on street public Council pay and display managed car parking
spaces in Bradford District which provides access to town centre facilities including
shopping, work, leisure and education. In addition to this, Bradford Council manages 41 off
street pay and display car parking (3585 spaces) within the District. The largest
concentration is in Bradford City Centre.
Bradford city centre has a large supply of off-street parking both in charged facilities and on
vacant sites. The city centre Masterplan proposes the development of many of these sites
for development as well as acknowledging the 1800 spaces being provided at Broadway and
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