Cycle track orders to convert footpaths into cycle tracks, where the proposals are opposed.

Local highway authorities can make an order to convert a footpath into a cycle track. They can then confirm the order if there are no objections.

Orders that have unresolved objections must be referred to the Secretary of State for Transport to confirm. The Secretary of State will decide whether to:

• call a public inquiry so an inspector can hear the objections and then report back before a decision is made
• not call a public inquiry and make a decision based on the submitted order and its objections.