[Talk-GB] HS2 mapping

[SomeoneElse]

david wrote:
> On 30/08/13 12:17, OpenStreetmap HADW wrote:
>
>> In practice, I doubt that new public rights of way are being created
>> these days, so being out of date is probably not a problem. (I'm not
>> sure if that applies to long distance footpaths.)
>
> A quick read through the planning application for the south Bristol 
> link road show lots of new public rights of way. Possibly less than 
> the number of old ones removed.

Another source of "new" rights of way is post-CROW act consolidation 
where people discover that rights of way that "everyone has always used" 
had somehow missed being designated as such.  There's a bridleway like 
that only a few 100m from where I'm sitting right now.

Cheers,

Andy