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From the July 2016 digest, you can see how diligently the small number of WBA committee member's work. This volunteering protects your future riding on bridleways and byways in the county.
July 2016 committee meeting. Matter Reported
This is the current WiP (Work In Progress) I have grouped them so they are NOT in order of receipt but in type of issue we get to consider, investigate and hopefully resolve with the help of the local riders, landowners and ROW team at Wiltshire Council.
Milton Lilbourne BR18A & Pewsey BR 33 – our area representative has had positive responses from the WC RoW Warden, Paul Millard, using a company from Swindon, two new BR gates and a Kit Bridge are to be installed very soon.
Roundway BY12 / Bishops Cannings BY30 - requested fence move has been done, just awaiting confirmation from landowner it will not be reinstated
Winterbourne Stoke5 – anomaly between map & signage
Wilsford BY7 & BR10 & Marden BR6 - missing signage & or sign posts
Market Lavington BR6 & 9 – overgrown
West Lavington BR5 & 2 – Gate issues
Marden BR6 – Gate issues
Wilsford BR10 – Gate issues
Chirton BR11, 12 & 19 – Gate issues
Calne BR39 – Gate issues
Bishops Cannings BY36 – Gate issues
Wilsford BY7 - Re surfacing works incomplete – awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
West Lavington BY34 – gate issues & resurfacing works done for a short length. Historical evidence suggests this is actually a BR – to be pursued
Ogbourne St George BR7 – obstructed
West Lavington BR3A – fallen tree
Chute BR4 – obstructed fallen tree
Seend BR40 – farm machinery placed in a hazardous way
Shalbourne BR50 – obstructed at Manor Farm, Oxenwood, awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
Collingbourne Kingston BY20 – electric fence hazardous placement
Bratton BR23 – blocked & loss of connecting route to Bratton BR17
Easton Royal BY14 / Burbage BR 32 - badly rutted, un passable in winter
Collingbourne Kingston BR23 – locked gates and ploughed headland
Everleigh 15A - ploughed & seeded (and under special investigation regarding a proposed diversion)
Burbage BR15 – private signage erected on route, awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
Unidentified BR Sandbridge area – solar farm compromises BR – more details needed from local riders
Unidentified BR Southwick/ North Bradley area – solar farm compromises BR – more details needed from local riders
Tockenham BR12 / Lyneham BR12 – requested site visit
Mildenhall BR5 & other BR’s in area – requested site visit
Easterton BR10 – upgrade to a Rest. BY
Calne Without FP51A - upgrade to a BR – progress being made by committee members
Wilsford FP1 – upgrade to BR
Newton Tony – reclassification as a BY; hearing due on 18/10 statement of case being compiled by committee members
Shrewton & Larkhill – creation of BY & Rest, BY linking Shrewton BY to the Packway at Larkhill
Teffont BR9 – DMMO (definitive map moderation order) delay in Inspectors Report
Hilperton BR33 – Pegasus crossing required here
Baydon Rest. BY2 & BY11 – Application to divert these routes is now with Secretary for State for determination after considerable action by the committee
Calne Without BR89, 89A, & 89B – proposed diversions, being investigated by committee members
Norton Bavant BR4 (part) – proposed diversion, awaiting hearing on 03/08
Westbury 61 – unofficial diversion
Salisbury 13 – Planning application affects route, WC RoW Dept. have objected
Amesbury BY20 & other PRoW - Planning, development affects these routes and the chairman has logged a complaint and objection to the barriers
Barbury Castle Country Park & Barbury Shooting School – planning applications involving PRoW
Meetings Attended
The chairman represented Wiltshire Bridleways Association at the July Wiltshire RoW Group and CAF (Countryside Access Forum) meeting.
Points of note for us were proposed diversion of a bridleway Everleigh 15A (currently ploughed & seeded) on MOD land. We have already been involved in this planning application and support the proposal fully which provides an appropriate bridleway standard and length. And the definitive line of the notorious Gypsy Lane route which has been an ongoing campaign for us for many years.
The meeting also tabled the Delivery of National Trail Standards and World Heritage Sites. Relevant to Wiltshire riders of the Ridgeway National Trail at Avebury.
Maintaining routes on these historic sites is often even more challenging, protecting the underlying archaeological structures being important.
CAF champion continued funding for RoW in the county however DEFRA funding for National Trails remains the same as last year but came with no guarantee that it will be available in future years.
So it is even more VITAL that our small Wiltshire Bridleway Association keeps strong and develops with a larger membership to ensure we have funds for our own causes.
Correspondence
We get included in all planning applications to do with rights of ways be they BR or FP or BY. We need to be aware of any changes to existing routes that developments make so we can protect them.
More details next time!
Area Rep Reports
Stonehenge A303 area, being considered again for underpass and rep contacted by Open Spaces Society for involvement. Area Rep keeping in the loop to planning stage – requests assistance hereafter.
Calne Without FP34, Moggs Lane, a legal event order making this a BR never took place, WiP for Area Rep.
Keevil 23 – should be a Rest. BY need to check historical data on WBA file.
This is the current WiP (Work In Progress) I have grouped them so they are NOT in order of receipt but in type of issue we get to consider, investigate and hopefully resolve with the help of the local riders, landowners and ROW team at Wiltshire Council.
Milton Lilbourne BR18A & Pewsey BR 33 – our area representative has had positive responses from the WC RoW Warden, Paul Millard, using a company from Swindon, two new BR gates and a Kit Bridge are to be installed very soon.
Roundway BY12 / Bishops Cannings BY30 - requested fence move has been done, just awaiting confirmation from landowner it will not be reinstated
Winterbourne Stoke5 – anomaly between map & signage
Wilsford BY7 & BR10 & Marden BR6 - missing signage & or sign posts
Market Lavington BR6 & 9 – overgrown
West Lavington BR5 & 2 – Gate issues
Marden BR6 – Gate issues
Wilsford BR10 – Gate issues
Chirton BR11, 12 & 19 – Gate issues
Calne BR39 – Gate issues
Bishops Cannings BY36 – Gate issues
Wilsford BY7 - Re surfacing works incomplete – awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
West Lavington BY34 – gate issues & resurfacing works done for a short length. Historical evidence suggests this is actually a BR – to be pursued
Ogbourne St George BR7 – obstructed
West Lavington BR3A – fallen tree
Chute BR4 – obstructed fallen tree
Seend BR40 – farm machinery placed in a hazardous way
Shalbourne BR50 – obstructed at Manor Farm, Oxenwood, awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
Collingbourne Kingston BY20 – electric fence hazardous placement
Bratton BR23 – blocked & loss of connecting route to Bratton BR17
Easton Royal BY14 / Burbage BR 32 - badly rutted, un passable in winter
Collingbourne Kingston BR23 – locked gates and ploughed headland
Everleigh 15A - ploughed & seeded (and under special investigation regarding a proposed diversion)
Burbage BR15 – private signage erected on route, awaiting updates form WC RoW Warden
Unidentified BR Sandbridge area – solar farm compromises BR – more details needed from local riders
Unidentified BR Southwick/ North Bradley area – solar farm compromises BR – more details needed from local riders
Tockenham BR12 / Lyneham BR12 – requested site visit
Mildenhall BR5 & other BR’s in area – requested site visit
Easterton BR10 – upgrade to a Rest. BY
Calne Without FP51A - upgrade to a BR – progress being made by committee members
Wilsford FP1 – upgrade to BR
Newton Tony – reclassification as a BY; hearing due on 18/10 statement of case being compiled by committee members
Shrewton & Larkhill – creation of BY & Rest, BY linking Shrewton BY to the Packway at Larkhill
Teffont BR9 – DMMO (definitive map moderation order) delay in Inspectors Report
Hilperton BR33 – Pegasus crossing required here
Baydon Rest. BY2 & BY11 – Application to divert these routes is now with Secretary for State for determination after considerable action by the committee
Calne Without BR89, 89A, & 89B – proposed diversions, being investigated by committee members
Norton Bavant BR4 (part) – proposed diversion, awaiting hearing on 03/08
Westbury 61 – unofficial diversion
Salisbury 13 – Planning application affects route, WC RoW Dept. have objected
Amesbury BY20 & other PRoW - Planning, development affects these routes and the chairman has logged a complaint and objection to the barriers
Barbury Castle Country Park & Barbury Shooting School – planning applications involving PRoW
Meetings Attended
The chairman represented Wiltshire Bridleways Association at the July Wiltshire RoW Group and CAF (Countryside Access Forum) meeting.
Points of note for us were proposed diversion of a bridleway Everleigh 15A (currently ploughed & seeded) on MOD land. We have already been involved in this planning application and support the proposal fully which provides an appropriate bridleway standard and length. And the definitive line of the notorious Gypsy Lane route which has been an ongoing campaign for us for many years.
The meeting also tabled the Delivery of National Trail Standards and World Heritage Sites. Relevant to Wiltshire riders of the Ridgeway National Trail at Avebury.
Maintaining routes on these historic sites is often even more challenging, protecting the underlying archaeological structures being important.
CAF champion continued funding for RoW in the county however DEFRA funding for National Trails remains the same as last year but came with no guarantee that it will be available in future years.
So it is even more VITAL that our small Wiltshire Bridleway Association keeps strong and develops with a larger membership to ensure we have funds for our own causes.
Correspondence
We get included in all planning applications to do with rights of ways be they BR or FP or BY. We need to be aware of any changes to existing routes that developments make so we can protect them.
More details next time!
Area Rep Reports
Stonehenge A303 area, being considered again for underpass and rep contacted by Open Spaces Society for involvement. Area Rep keeping in the loop to planning stage – requests assistance hereafter.
Calne Without FP34, Moggs Lane, a legal event order making this a BR never took place, WiP for Area Rep.
Keevil 23 – should be a Rest. BY need to check historical data on WBA file.
Commitee Meeting Feb 10th 2016
Matters Arising:-
It is really quite hard to see what the Wiltshire Bridleway Association commitee members do for riders in Wiltshire unless you attend a meeting, get involved with a bridleway petition or read the meeting minutes so here is a quick snap shot of the recent meeting minutes new matters arising for you!
May be you will see an item that you reported in or know about?!
Matters Arising:-
It is really quite hard to see what the Wiltshire Bridleway Association commitee members do for riders in Wiltshire unless you attend a meeting, get involved with a bridleway petition or read the meeting minutes so here is a quick snap shot of the recent meeting minutes new matters arising for you!
May be you will see an item that you reported in or know about?!
Members Report
A WBA Member from near Urchfont has sent in details about her recent report of an obstructed bridleway and subsequent action by Wiltshire CC supported by WBA.
During the late summer of 2015 I ventured out to find a new bridleway. Here is what I reported to Wilts CC via their online reporting page.
"I went to ride MARD6 from the Byway along the ridge CHIR10 down towards the A342. The gate at the top won't open and a pile of rubble and large log blocks the access. I managed to get past the 1st obstruction but found no route through MARD6 down the steep hill between the wooded parts as illustrated on the maps. I rode to the right at the copse top, as indicated on all maps but came to a wire boundary fence and couldn’t see the way through or down. The route to the left is marked 'Keep Out' by the game keeper. So this bridleway is obstructed twice."
The response was: 'MARD6 Thank you for your report. The legal line of MARD6 appears to go through the chalk pit and therefore up/ down a shear face which is not traversable. Our mapping team are looking into this to ascertain where exactly the legal definitive line should be. The permissive routes around the edge of the wood have no legal status and therefore we have no jurisdiction over these used routes. Thank you for your patience in this matter.'
Update 28th Feb 2016, "I rode this way again and could see the route still blocked to the right as per the RoW maps so as the going was good decided to go on down the steep slope just out of the photo (the hunt had been down it so I thought if they can...)
With some sweet talking we made a stop start yet steady descent and got to the bottom safely, transversing as we went and there was just enough room to get past the wiltshire gate at the botom and onto the easy going of MARD6. I will pursue this with WCC and the landowner however as it's quite a challenge!"
During the late summer of 2015 I ventured out to find a new bridleway. Here is what I reported to Wilts CC via their online reporting page.
"I went to ride MARD6 from the Byway along the ridge CHIR10 down towards the A342. The gate at the top won't open and a pile of rubble and large log blocks the access. I managed to get past the 1st obstruction but found no route through MARD6 down the steep hill between the wooded parts as illustrated on the maps. I rode to the right at the copse top, as indicated on all maps but came to a wire boundary fence and couldn’t see the way through or down. The route to the left is marked 'Keep Out' by the game keeper. So this bridleway is obstructed twice."
The response was: 'MARD6 Thank you for your report. The legal line of MARD6 appears to go through the chalk pit and therefore up/ down a shear face which is not traversable. Our mapping team are looking into this to ascertain where exactly the legal definitive line should be. The permissive routes around the edge of the wood have no legal status and therefore we have no jurisdiction over these used routes. Thank you for your patience in this matter.'
Update 28th Feb 2016, "I rode this way again and could see the route still blocked to the right as per the RoW maps so as the going was good decided to go on down the steep slope just out of the photo (the hunt had been down it so I thought if they can...)
With some sweet talking we made a stop start yet steady descent and got to the bottom safely, transversing as we went and there was just enough room to get past the wiltshire gate at the botom and onto the easy going of MARD6. I will pursue this with WCC and the landowner however as it's quite a challenge!"