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04 Dec 2023

Lords criticise delays in Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000

Last week, the government’s Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 was heavily criticised in the House of Lords.  Baroness Hayman of Ullock submitted a motion calling on the government...

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11 May 2020

‘Unprecedented’ number of countryside visitors during lockdown

The Easter Daily Press reports that there has been an ‘unprecedented’ rise in the number of people using farmland footpaths during lockdown Rural advisors at Savills Norwich say they have...

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10 Sep 2018

Footpaths access post-Brexit

A number of local and national papers reported that the walking charity, Ramblers, has urged that farmers to use their taxpayer subsidies to maintain footpaths on their land after Brexit....

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