Objecting to a Bridleway.

[Nosmo King]

There is a Private Road running through our Farm which carries a Public Footpath.
The Council has announced in the Local Paper that they want to upgrade the Footpath to a Bridleway.
I want to object to the upgrade, I always thought that the Council should have erected notices at the start of where they want the modification order to start (i.e on my road) but none were erected.
Its only by pure chance that I came across the information and I only have a few days to mount a defence.
I believe that there may be specialist Solicitors who deal in this sort of thing, can anyone recommend any particular firm.
Or recommend a Text Book I can buy to help me with what to do.
I do have Legal Expense Insurance with the NFU but I dont know if this would be covered.

 

[nick...]

Hope for you it remains a footpath.a lot of horse riders are arrogant and a pain and in the arse
Nick...

 

[yellow belly]

Nfu first call

 

[MattR]

Surely you as the landowner should have been notified in writing?

 

[Brisel]

Nfu first call

This. They will be able to recommend a specialist. We're going through this too. Started in 1973 then stopped until now. They are determined to push ahead despite a large pile of evidence we've accumulated.

 

[5020man]

Hi
Google Angela Sydenham of Birketts solicitors.
She acted for us in a similar situation.
Expensive ,but we won the day at a public enquiry.

5020 man.

 

[uztrac]

Hope for you it remains a footpath.a lot of horse riders are arrogant and a pain and in the arse
Nick...

We seem to get motorbike man on scrambler machines at weekends through local bridleways.

 

[nick...]

We got a couple of them too who go anywhere.pain in the arse all of em
Nick...

 

[michael N123]

Nothing more annoying than woman on horses who think they own the road and that the world stops for them

 

[Pond digger]

We seem to get motorbike man on scrambler machines at weekends through local bridleways.

Completely illegal: section 34 Highways Act. Call 999.

 

[renewablejohn]

Only reason we stopped one was the enclosure act gave the farm more rights than a bridal way. ie vehicular access

 

[wasted years]

Nothing more annoying than woman on horses who think they own the road and that the world stops for them

Turned you down did she?

 

[Johnnyboxer]

We seem to get motorbike man on scrambler machines at weekends through local bridleways.

Dual status ?

Unclassified road as well ?

Or maybe not ?

 

[Pond digger]

Dual status ?

Unclassified road as well ?

Or maybe not ?

Bridleways don’t have dual status; it’s either a bridleway or not.

 

[Pond digger]

There is a Private Road running through our Farm which carries a Public Footpath.
The Council has announced in the Local Paper that they want to upgrade the Footpath to a Bridleway.
I want to object to the upgrade, I always thought that the Council should have erected notices at the start of where they want the modification order to start (i.e on my road) but none were erected.
Its only by pure chance that I came across the information and I only have a few days to mount a defence.
I believe that there may be specialist Solicitors who deal in this sort of thing, can anyone recommend any particular firm.
Or recommend a Text Book I can buy to help me with what to do.
I do have Legal Expense Insurance with the NFU but I dont know if this would be covered.

Sounds like procedure isn’t being followed, which I suspect could stop it in its tracks.

 

[Johnnyboxer]

Bridleways don’t have dual status; it’s either a bridleway or not.

I think you will find some still do still carry a higher status of vehicular ROW

NERC in 2006 was meant to extinguish higher vehicular status. downgrading to a BW or RB

However some vehicular action groups like LARA and TRF have argued that this in the High Court and won their case

So all may not appear, as it seems and they have taken on the Councils/Landowners and won the day

 

[Dry Rot]

Completely illegal: section 34 Highways Act. Call 999.

And/or wayleaves officer?

 

[Goatherderess]

CLA have a good team, they helped me with a bridleway issue. Worth paying the £200 joining fee for the free advice sometimes.

 

[Pond digger]

I think you will find some still do still carry a higher status of vehicular ROW

NERC in 2006 was meant to extinguish higher vehicular status. downgrading to a BW or RB

However some vehicular action groups like LARA and TRF have argued that this in the High Court and won their case

So all may not appear, as it seems and they have taken on the Councils/Landowners and won the day

All I’m saying is that a bridleway is a bridleway. However, there are also Boats (byway open to all traffic).

 

[Pond digger]

And/or wayleaves officer?

A wayleave officer would, I suspect, be an authorised (by the state) person. Also, there will be various statutory bodies that can use a vehicle on a footpath/bridleway.