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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…
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.
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters for rights of way orders within 2020, 2021 and 2022
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2024 for rights of way orders
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2023 for rights of way orders
Rights of Way order details, including start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices, decision letters and costs decisions.
Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2020, 2021 and 2022
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters for rights of way orders.
Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders.
Schedule 14 to the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 decisions issued by the Planning Inspectorate and published after 1 January 2019
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters for rights of way orders within 2018
Find out the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in the Severn Estuary.
Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders within 2019
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access – including maps, process and timing – in Kent.
Find out about the progress of improving coastal access - including maps, process and timing - in Somerset.
Decisions and maps and modification notices for rights of way orders within 2018
Start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters for rights of way orders within 2019
Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2023 and 2024
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