Professional AdviceYou are here : Policy Work » Public Access
|
Public Access Nearly 100,000 miles of public paths exist in England alone. However, much of this network is out-of-date - it neither fits the needs of the public for good countryside walks, nor the needs of landowners. A modern, flexible network would benefit all. The CLA calls on Government to:
Creating accidental rights of wayAs a good citizen, do you allow others to cross your land - schoolchildren taking a shortcut to school perhaps? Read Sarah Slade's advice in June's Land & Business magazine about how to prevent your well-meant actions from creating a formal public right of way all the world can exploit. Those who are worried may find our handbook on this subject useful. Risks to stock from walkersSome of the problems that can occur in trying to combine farming with public access are shown in this article from The Western Morning News, about a farmer who is giving up land which has tens of thousands of people crossing it a year because of the losses to stock which result. Some of the deaths are down to out-of-control dogs. Members who find this a problem should read our Guidance Note on the complicated subject of dogs and public access. The CLA lobbies on public access of all kinds, raising the concerns of landowners and rural business to all levels of Government in England and Wales. We also offer advice to members on:
If you have an issue or concern, please contact us. We are always looking for case studies to illustrate good or bad practice. Coastal AccessA new coastal path around England is now being created under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. It will be rolled-out across the country from 2010. The path may be up to four metres wide. There will also be a coastal margin, or "spreading area" for the public to enjoy. The spreading room will usually extend seawards, allowing unfettered access to cliffs, dunes, mudflats, saltmarsh, beaches and the sea, but may also include ground which is inland of the path. The trail will be located on stable ground as close to the coast as possible. Read our response to Natural England's consultation on how the new coastal access scheme will operate. (Posted: January 2010) Quick Links
|
Policy Contact Sarah Slade MRICS
Media Contacts Ollie Wilson T: 020 7460 7936
T: 020 7460 7934
Join the CLA today
The CLA Game Fair 2012
|
Working for You
A chartered surveyor with responsibility for CLA policy on public rights of way and access issues. Provides advice to members on issues arising from public access to the countryside.
- Policy Topics
- Policy Topics
- Site sections
- Specially for members
© 2012 Country Land and Business Association Limited (CLA). All rights reserved. No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature without prior written permission of the copyright holder except as expressly permitted by law.
Disclaimer
No responsibility for loss occasioned to any person acting or refraining from action in reliance on or as a result of the material included in or omitted in this website can be or is accepted by the author(s), the CLA or its officers or trustees or employees or any other persons.
The Advisory Services are made available to members on the basis that members' rights to compensation and the liability (if any) of CLA and its officers and/or its staff advisers, are restricted in the following ways. In the event of any advice given by any CLA staff adviser being given negligently or otherwise being incorrect no liability whatsoever is accepted by the CLA or its officers or by its staff advisers concerned
(a) towards any person who is not the current CLA member to whom the advice was directly given,
(b) to any person in the respect of consequential loss or loss of profits, or
(c) to any person for any sum exceeding £50,000 in respect of any one enquiry (whether made or responded to orally or in writing and whether dealt with at one time or over a period of time).
Any person making use of the Advisory Services accepts such restrictions. Members should refer to appropriate professional advisers in private practice before taking any particular course of action potentially or actually involving any substantial amounts of money.
Please note that whilst the advisers are able to advise on a wide range of subjects relating to land ownership, they cannot act in place of a member's own solicitor, accountant, surveyor and tax specialist by, for example, drafting documents or corresponding on their behalf and may be precluded, by the rules of their own professions, from advising one CLA member against another CLA member in the case of conflict.
Solicitors Indemnity Fund . Solicitors in the CLA Legal Team are not covered by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund in relation to professional negligence in relation to any advice given by them.
Please note that from time to time telephone calls maybe recorded for training purposes.