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Is there a reason why (English) Forestry plantations don't have to keep footpaths/bridleways clear? eg Harwood or Kidland in Northumberland.
Often a footpath/bridleway will be completely impassable due to thick forestry, is this something to report to the council or is it permitted?
I know they often have forestry tracks nearby, but not always, not where you want to go, and not in Open Access land so not clear that it's permitted
example at NT 892 120 in Kidland: the footpaths here that don't run along forestry tracks don't exist. Approaching from the North, I'd like to have cut the corner to go see if there was anything at Drummer's Well on Clennel Street, but it was impossible - I'd have to go further south to the Open Access land and walk back up.
The little east-west bit linking to the track to Whiteburnshank didn't exist either, just thick forestry
https://www.bing.com/maps?cp=55.401175%7E-2.166466&lvl=15.8&style=s
thanks to @mightyriot suggestion, here's the County Council's Right of Way map
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=59bccc5416b144a28def537994bf7d10
@sarahdalgulls
I don’t think there is any exception for them from statutory obligations regarding rights of way. I’ll try to remember to ask our PROW team about it next time I speak to them.
@sarahdalgulls Have the council released a definitive map of legal rights of way? My local council don't make it public, so really hard to know which ones are actually rights of way and which are permissives that can be closed on a whim.
@mightyriot good idea - our council do do this. and I've met someone while out and about who surveys and assesses them all as a hobby
@sarahdalgulls I imagine if you send them specific paths that you're interested in they'd also be able/obliged to tell you what their status is. They might not even know they're not accessible.
@sarahdalgulls according to google 1st one is forestry England, while most of 2nd one is privately owned with some forestry England. I guess its cut backs like everything else
@Beedazzled the important routes through Kidland (Salter's Road, Clennel Street) are maintained and kept open, I was wondering about ones that clearly haven't ever been kept open in woodland that's been there for decades - do they have special permission to ignore them