[Talk-GB] Ordnance Survey Public Sector Mapping Agreement

[Luke Smith]

Aside from the obvious that the PRoWs came before the CRoW act, the 
rights are slightly different. PRoWs can't be closed very easily, 
they're highways and therefore can't be restricted (by locked gates, 
etc), and obviously bridleways allow you to ride a horse or bicycle on 
them.

Open access land can be closed by the owner under certain circumstances, 
and often is by the authorities when there's a risk of moorland fires 
etc. Footpaths on the other hand would remain open in such cases. It's 
just a different legislative setup, and then in Scotland everything is 
different again.

Regards,

Luke

On 24/03/2011 17:13, Kevin Peat wrote:
> On 24 March 2011 16:56, Ed Avis <eda at waniasset.com 
> <mailto:eda at waniasset.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     You could use something like
>
>        designation=public_footpath
>        highway=no
>        note=Although a right of way, there is no path on the ground.
>
>
> Would work I guess. The only problem is that if there is no path on 
> the ground the only way you can easily map them is by copying from the 
> OS, so a no go.
>
> OT from Tim's original post but just wondering what the point of 
> having a PRoW (especially footpaths) on open access land actually is? 
> Do you have some additional rights when on the footpath that you don't 
> have on the rest of the surrounding land?
>
> Kevin
>
>
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