A list of the current public enquiries and appeals that we and the council are involved in can be found on the Latest Inquiries page, however please remember that any problems with existing routes, blockages etc.. are the responsibility of the council, and need to be reported to your local bridleways officer.  Please see other links for more details on this.

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Last Updated 29/04/12

 

Illegal Vehicle Use of Brockley woods

Concerns have been raised about the continued illegal vehicle use of the woodland and Bridle Way from Brockely Coomb south of the airport. The landowner has spent a considerable sum repairing the surface of the bridleway and new gates have been installed at either end but the route continues to be damaged by illegal vehicle use. The landowner and Police are keen that offenders are appended but need to support from the public. Can you please report instances of illegal vehicle use to the Police who will deal accordingly. Please do not confront anybody, but simply report the matter to the Police with as much detail as possible.

AGM 2012

The next AGM will be on Tuesday, 22nd May at Yew Tree Farm, Congresbury, at 7.30.  Please try to attend and the meeting will be followed by an American supper, so bring nibbles to share!!

North Somerset Council Rights of Way

Unfortunately cuts in services provided by North Somerset Council are taking their toll on our attempts to get back our bridleways, therefore more than ever we need to make sure that any new rights of ways take into consideration horse riders.  If you hear of any new routes, please let us know.

Online Forum

The online Forum has been upgraded to the latest version of software, we are still getting a lot of spam from overseas, so there is now a slight delay in registration.  If you do sign on and have a problem, please email me at jcacmain@gmail.com, so that I can get you up faster!  Thanks, Julie

Additional News

Ashton Court New Entrance!

The WBA has helped towards the cost of a planning application to move an entrance into Ashton Court from Beggar Bush Lane.  This will mean that riders will only have to cross this busy road rather than riding along it!

 

 

 Winterhead, Near Sidcot

Unfortunately we lost this route at the public enquiry in January, but thank you to all who attended and supported us!

Winscombe Drove, Off Shoot Shelf on the A38

A public enquiry into this route will be held at the Cricket Club, Winscombe on Tuesday 11th, September.

Oakridge, Winscombe, joining Windscombe Drove

This route is still going through the statutory process of advertising to allow people time to object.  If there are objections, it will go to Public Enquiry, probably towards the back end of the year.

 

Dolemoor, Congresbury

As with Oakridge, this is still in the process of allowing for objections, so until this is concluded we will not have a date for a hearing.

Moor Drove

This should be the next claim to be looked at, however as of yet we have not dates as to when it will go in front of the Rights of Way Committee.