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Defra scraps England deadline to register thousands of miles of rights of way (www.theguardian.com)

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A deadline for registering historic rights of way is to be scrapped after a warning that the looming cutoff date could result in the loss of thousands of miles of footpaths.

The last government set a deadline of 2031 for all rights of way in England to be added to an official map, after abandoning a previous commitment to scrap the policy.

Once recorded as rights of way and added to the definitive map, paths are protected under the law for people to use.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Campaigners, who are trying to protect 40,000 miles of paths which are missing from the official map, hailed the move as a “fantastic step.” Landowners condemned it as the latest attack on farmers.

God forbid we manage to officially record our rights, the paperwork having been delayed because Council's are skint. I'd bet farmers with deep roots in their community are perfectly fan with this (as long as people don't take the piss) but millionaires buying up farms are kicking off as they don't wsjt the great unwashed within a couple of miles of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

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Brilliant! Very good news. A friend overheard one wealthy landowner say: 'we've got to get rid of these ramblers'. They will have to think again. Maybe it's time for the padlocks to come off the gates?