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Wednesday, 06 August 2008 12:24 |
One of the little known bits of the CROW (Countryside Rights Of Way) act was to introduce a
deadline of 2026 to record all historic but unrecorded rights of way
onto definitive maps. After 1 January 2026 most pre-1949 paths which
have not been recorded on these maps will be lost forever. There are
maybe 20,000 of these, and many may guarantee access to countryside beauty spots.
Part of the deal was that there would be adequate funding to ensure
that all locatable rights of way are determined before the deadline.
Yes, you guessed it, the funding has been withdrawn. So a petition has
been introduced to try and get this deadline bit of the act repealed, I
recommend wholeheartedly that you sign it:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/repeal2026/
Heaven knows if these petitions do any good, but I don't see how it can
do any harm. I reckon that this is an important issue as CROW may well
not be around forever, and if it goes we will all be a lot worse off
for access to the countryside than we were before it arrived.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 August 2008 12:34 |
