A topical issue. Where do you stand?
New legislation under discussion
Government Draft Deregulation Bill (see Use of Land, Sections 12-18, pages 18-23)
The Guardian
Diversion or extinguishment of rights of way
Intrusive Footpaths Campaign (Telegraph)
Privacy and Right to Roam laws (Telegraph)
Government consultation document outcome
Responses to consultation (pdf) *
Preserving rights of way
Towns and Village Greens, Law
Open Spaces Society
Dorset, Public Rights of Way
Dorset, Definitive Rights of Way Map, and how it is possible to have it changed or modified
Deadline to record rights of way
Notes for landowners
The Ramblers
The Swedish Right of Public Access ++ - a fair and responsible model
* Overall summary of the responses and main messages
"Most respondents supported the Stakeholder Working Group proposals as a whole. There was also broad acceptance of the Group’s basic tenet that the proposals needed to be implemented as a package, because of the importance of maintaining consensus reached between access, environmental, land owner and local authority representatives. There was some feeling that the opportunity to make more radical changes had been missed, but also recognition that it was not an easy task to produce a series of proposals that could gain agreement from all parties. A minority of respondents criticised the Stakeholder Working Group process as being unrepresentative and some expressed concern that there had been no opportunity for the wider rights of way stakeholder community to evaluate the Stakeholder Working Group proposals before they were published. There was strong support for national guidance for local authorities, applicants and landowners and backing for more flexibility for informal consultation and negotiated settlements in advance of formal legal proceeding and for improving the relationship between the parties involved in rights of way procedures. A strong message from respondents was the need to avoid introducing extra bureaucracy, with the associated costs. There were concerns that where any new any legal criteria were introduced, they need to be clearly defined and that the processes should be transparent. There was strong support across all sectors for a higher burden of proof for definitive map modification order applications".
++ Everyman and Allemansrätten
I like this right of
public access,
Allemansrätten, Everyman’s Right,
Which allows us to
enjoy
“The fragrance of
flowers,
The singing of birds,
The silence of the
forest,
The flower-covered
meadows”-
To swim in the sea,
To sail in all waters,
To tie up our boats,
To wander ashore,
To walk across land,
Pick berries and
mushrooms,
Wild flowers for our wreaths...
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