Content tagged with: rights of way

Proposed Map Changes
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/proposed-map-changes
For a range of reasons it may be thought necessary or desirable to make changes to the existing rights of way network. Possible reasons include recognising public rights on previously unrecorded Public Rights of Way, requests to divert an existing Right of Way to enable development or improve land management, changing the status of a route (from footpath to bridleway for instance) or, very rarely, to extinguish a right of way.
Get involved - public rights of way
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/get-involved-public-rights-of-way
There are plenty of opportunities for you to get involved in making the best of our countryside and rights of way.
Rights of Way Improvement Plans
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/rights-of-way-improvement-plans
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 introduced a new duty to every Highway Authority to publish a Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP).
Confirmed Map Changes
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/map-changes
The Explorer series of maps from the Ordnance Survey carries rights of way information that is up to date when the map is published. Explorer 279 covers the majority of the Doncaster area and was last published in September 2011.
Register of formal and informal claims for Public Rights of Way
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/register-of-formal-claims-for-public-rights-of-way
Under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000, every Local Authority is required to maintain and publicise a register of formal claims for new Rights of Way (Footpaths, Bridleways and Byways) and amendments to existing Rights of Way. In additional there are other ways that have been brought to the Authority's attention that may have public rights or are believed to have different rights than those recorded on the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way, these are known as informal claims.
Public rights of way - temporary closures
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/public-rights-of-way-temporary-closures
From time to time it is necessary to temporary close a public right of way in the interest of safety for users. Details of temporary closures are shown below.
Doncaster Local Access Forum
www.doncaster.gov.uk/services/culture-leisure-tourism/doncaster-local-access-forum-2
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 created a new statutory right of access to open countryside and common land. Local Access Forums have been set up across England and Wales. They offer anyone, who uses or enjoys the countryside, the chance to have their say in how access to that precious resource should be protected and improved.
Report it: Right of way problem
www.doncaster.gov.uk/doitonline/right-of-way-problem
To report a problem on a public right of way.