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 On 1 Aug 2025 14:54:27 GMT, Roger Hayter  wrote: 
 > 
 >I agree that this is the apparent legal situation. But it may be that a 
 third 
 >possibility exists: that the 'definitive map' actually exists in a state 
 which 
 >entails an old map and a set of approved amendments to it which together 
 >constitutes the 'definitive map'. 
  
 This is precisely correct, yes. 
  
 The "definitive map", as published, is a snapshot in time. It is (or should 
 be) a perfect representation of the situation on the ground at the time it 
 is published. However, there is no obligation to re-publish it every time 
 there is a modification. Provided the modifications are stored with the most 
 recent publication of the map, the map is still definitive even though it 
 will become increasingly out of date. That is, the legal situation comprises 
 the map and all associated MMOs, not the map alone. 
  
 This situation dates back, of course, to the time when the definitive map 
 was on paper, rather than digital (and even older, when the definitive map 
 was hand-drawn lines on paper). These days, it would be possible to insist 
 that a digital version of the map is updated appropriately every time there 
 is an MMO. But no such legal obligation yet exists, and councils have enough 
 other competing demands for resources without adding one that they are not 
 obliged to. 
  
 Mark 
  
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