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As an owner or manager of land in the coastal margin, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
You have the right to access some land for walking or certain other…
You can walk on all public rights of way. Some public rights of way are…
You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this…
You may be able to access private land if the landowner has agreed to let…
What driving instructors should do to carry out realistic mock driving tests, including what needs to be in the test, assessing faults and recording the result.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
Use of correct notation on definitive map modification orders and public path orders for order making authorities, including combines orders.
A guide to farming risks, potential problems with public safety and how to avoid accidents
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Hampshire.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Kent and London.
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in West Sussex and East Sussex.
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Essex.
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Northumberland.
As a local highway authority (usually a county council or national park authority) you have statutory duties to record and keep public rights of way open.
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