Posts Tagged ‘openspacessociety’
Time Running out for Labour to Act for Access
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body and friends of the DPA, urge Labour to live up to its tradition of legislating for public access and countryside protection. The society’s general secretary, Kate Ashbrook, writes about this in her ‘Opinion’, ‘Deed, not words’, in the latest issue of Open Space, published on the…
Read MoreCentenary of Open Spaces Law
The 1st of January 2026 marks the centenary of landmark legislation which, for the first time, created a right to walk and ride on significant areas of common land in town and country. This law was largely thanks to our friends the Open Spaces Society (then the Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society), Britain’s leading campaigning…
Read MoreMore Dartmoor Land Restored as Common
Our friends, The Open Spaces Society, are delighted that another piece of Dartmoor National Park in Devon has been registered as common land. Planning Inspector Nigel Farthing has granted the society’s application to register as common about 82.25 hectares of part of Ditsworthy Warren. The land, which is about 2.5 kilometres east of Sheepstor, is…
Read MoreDelight at ‘Path-Extinguishment Day’ Repeal
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 imposed a guillotine of 1 January 2026 on the claim of unrecorded public paths. The previous government set this back to 2031. The current government has announced that it will repeal it completely, so that paths can continue to be claimed in perpetuity. This is vital because…
Read MoreOpen Spaces Society Respond to Government Land Use Plan
The Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, call for the Government Land-Use Plan to include public access. They have criticized the government’s proposed Land-Use Framework for failing to address public access. Tom Usher, CEO of the DPA stands beside the OSS, stating: ‘At the DPA we fully support the OSS 6-point recommendations. The new…
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