That's what happens when everything is just left to nature !
How many of you block rights of way?
- Thread starter Devil's advocate
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Public rights of way blocked in 32,000 places
Local councils are struggling to clear blockages and obstructions across the public footpath network.
www.bbc.co.uk
Aka - "rewilding"!
- Location
- Ceredigion
Would they class overgrown as blocked
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
That was one of Tim's favourite pictures
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
If I was to block anything here the police and council would come down harder on me than John cooper
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
most definitely
- Location
- Ceredigion
There are miles of overgrown around here, lot on common ground
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Overgrown vegetation; landowners are responsible for cutting back hedges, trees or shrubs overhanging a public right of way. Surface vegetation on rights of way i.e. undergrowth such as nettles and brambles, is the responsibility of the council.
Surface; the Council is responsible for the maintenance of the surface of most rights of way according to the status of the path e.g. a footpath will be maintained up to footpath standard even if it carries private vehicular rights. Please report any problems to us.
betweenthelines
Member
- Location
- southwest
BBC News report on this had a couple of people walking a path in the Tamar Valley (probably NT land) It was a path in a heavily wooded area and the Rambler said "As you can see this is blocked" -and it was, by about 10 years growth of undergrowth and saplings.
Clearly not be walked (certainly not regularly) for many years. So if it's not in use, why maintain it or keep it open? Many tarmaced Council roads around here haven't been maintained in any way for many, many years.
Some people/organisations seem determined to keep RoW's "open" no matter how pointless they are. But has anyone ever successfully challenged building development on the basis that it would block a RoW?
Clearly not be walked (certainly not regularly) for many years. So if it's not in use, why maintain it or keep it open? Many tarmaced Council roads around here haven't been maintained in any way for many, many years.
Some people/organisations seem determined to keep RoW's "open" no matter how pointless they are. But has anyone ever successfully challenged building development on the basis that it would block a RoW?
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Permission for a sand and gravel locally was blocked on the grounds that it would merely spoil the view from a RoW. Permission for a conservatory on the back of a house near a RoW was blocked because the ramblers complained it spoiled the view. Occupier had to tear it down. Same has happened with phone masts, solar panels etc. The subjective sensitivities of a rambler passing once in a while overrules the needs of landowners and residents as far as West Lindsey DC is concerned.
It is the right of the whole nation to use the path that gives such power to the aggrieved ramblers. It is a shame that this "power of the state" is exercised with utter indifference to any detail that opposes the ramblers' totalitarian sense of power over others' property, and that this obvious flaw is routinely accepted as irrelevant to public debate.
Exactly but if you were a serious criminal they wouldn't go near you
- Location
- Lincs / Notts
If you've got good well maintained footpaths, walkers seem to want to roam everywhere else but on the proper route, normally through long grass / growing crops and they will even lay wooden planks across ditches when it suits them .If you go across to advise where they should be you end up getting abuse.
davidroberts30
Member
- Location
- pembrokeshire
be the 1 that gives the abuse!!
Are the presence/rights of way of a public footpath documented on land registry title deeds or would it be the local authority maps that would be regarded as definitive?
Reason I ask is there's a small wooden gate on the boundary of one of our fields that has a 'footpath look' to it, which I'd like to change if possible to one which is not so welcoming looking to Joe Public.
Reason I ask is there's a small wooden gate on the boundary of one of our fields that has a 'footpath look' to it, which I'd like to change if possible to one which is not so welcoming looking to Joe Public.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
I think the local council maintains a definitive map, all footpaths will be on that. I think these were put together in the 50's, and community councils were asked their opinions.
- Location
- South Devon
Hunting gate ?
- Location
- South Yorkshire
Not blocked but legally hindered access to the footpath for bikes and those that shouldn't be using it. Personally if finances get tight and they can't afford to fight stuff like this. More drastic action may be taken as 95% of our agro come from the 1 foot path on the farm and a private track which people think is a PROW and the access over it for 2 other parties. It's a bloody night mare and more so today when a wagon came off the track.
Rights of way needs an overhaul and so does the laws on trespass, crop/ criminal damage and many other things.
Rights of way needs an overhaul and so does the laws on trespass, crop/ criminal damage and many other things.