Disclosure Log
Definitive Map Modification order (DMMO) (FOI/5833)
Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 09 June 2025
Dear ***** *****
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI/00005833
Thank you for your email of 16th May 2025 where you requested information about Definitive Map Modification orders. The response to your request is provided below.
In your request you asked:
How many Definitive Map Modification order (DMMO) applications has your authority; a) received and; b) determined for each year for the previous 6 years
| Received | Determined | |
| 2019 | 30 | 3 |
| 2020 | 40 | 9 |
| 2021 | 44 | 5 |
| 2022 | 16 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 | 5 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 |
How many DMMO applications are currently on your register
225
How many of these DMMO applications are under current investigation or awaiting investigation
Awaiting investigation - 128
Under current investigation - 11
How many miles/kilometres/metres of new public rights of way have been added to the definitive map as a result of DMMOs for each year for the previous 6 years
| Metres | Kilometres | Miles | |
| 2019 | 1,132.14 | 1.13 | 0.68 |
| 2020 | 177.00 | 0.18 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 3,751.00 | 3.75 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 8,013.00 | 8.01 | 4.81 |
| 2023 | 3,140.00 | 3.14 | 1.88 |
| 2024 | 6,394.35 | 6.39 | 3.84 |
How many people dealing with DMMOs does your authority employ on an FTE basis
5.2 FTE Definitive map Officers that also carry out other duties including Common Land and Town & Village Green matters, Public Path Orders and researching and responding to enquiries from the public.
Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to FOI requests. For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within 40 working days of the date of receipt of the response to your original request and should be addressed to: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected].
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.
Yours sincerely
The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council