Public Rights on Private Land
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Public Rights on Private Land
Nicholas Hancox Solicitors
Debbie Ashton and Nicholas HancoxSLCC National Conference 2013
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Introduction
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The Definitive Map Town and Village Greens
The Right to Roam Lottery Funding
Common Land Questions
Increasing Public Access
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1. Adding a New Route to the Definitive Map
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1. Adding a New Route to the Definitive Map
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The local highway authority: •has a duty to keep the Definitive Map under review and•will make a Definitive Map Modification Order (DMMO) if good evidence is presented
• see the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, section 53 and Schedule 14
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1. Adding a New Route to the Definitive Map
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Process for adding a new route:•Ordnance Survey Map at a scale of at least 1:25,000•Evidence Forms•Make Order and advertise it
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1. Adding a New Route to the Definitive Map
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• If objections received:Public Inquiry orWritten Representations
• Order confirmed or rejected by Defra / Welsh Ministers
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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• Right to Roam: Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW)
• Rights of access other than under CROW
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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Right to Roam: • Access land (section 1(1))• includes “open country” which is shown on
a map issued by the appropriate countryside body, registered common land outside Inner London, coastal margin, land dedicated as access land - see section 1(1)
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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2 Exceptions:•“Excepted land” – any of the categories of land specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 CROW•Land treated by section 15(1) as accessible to the public apart from under CROW
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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The Right to Roam: section 2Any person is entitled to enter and remain on any access land for the purposes of open-air recreation, if and so long as—
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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• he does so without breaking or damaging any wall, fence, hedge, stile or gate, and
• he observes the general restrictions in Schedule 2; and
• he observes any other restrictions imposed in relation to the land under Chapter II (such as a temporary closure of access or a restriction on dogs etc).
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2. Using and Extending the Right to Roam
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• Excluding or restricting access• Liability of Landowner or Occupier• Safeguards against highway or town or village
green claims
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3. Public Rights and Council Duties on Common Land
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3. Public Rights and Council Duties on Common Land
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• Public rights of common• Local rights of common• Law of Property Act 1925, section 193
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3. Public Rights and Council Duties on Common Land
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• Council Duties• Council’s own land• Other land
• Power in section 45, Commons Act 2006
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Increasing Public Access In Your Parish or Community
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Practical Examples
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4. New Village Greens after the Growth and
Infrastructure Act 2013
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4. New Village Greens after the Growth and
Infrastructure Act 2013
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• Where recreational use of the land has ceased before an application is made, the application must be made: • within one year of the use ceasing if the
land is in England(see s 15(3)(c), Commons Act 2006)
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4. New Village Greens after the Growth and
Infrastructure Act 2013
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• Landowner statements: new sections 15A and 15B inserted into Commons Act 2006
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4. New Village Greens after the Growth and
Infrastructure Act 2013
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• Curtailment of right to apply to register new town or village green – trigger events and terminating events
new section 15C and Schedule 1A
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5. Lottery Funding: Parks for People: 2013
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5. Lottery Funding: Parks for People: 2013
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• Outside funding for projects related to historic parks and cemeteries
• See Heritage Lottery Fund http://www.hlf.org.uk
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