Sometimes getting public access has more than one side to it. It is not always ALL GOOD.
My local parish council have been trying for 9 years to force a right of way across various of my neighbours’ privately owned properties under various pretexts. It just so happens that the chair of the council owns land next to this property and needs a public right of way next to it in order to develope this land. Previous attempts to develope her land have floundered because(in part) of a lack of such access.
It might on one level be good if the properties involved were opened up for purely public access purposes….
BUT…..
talking as someone who has been threatened by these nausious corrupt bastards several times for pointing out the obvious connection between their public office and possible private gain….the project can GO TO HELL.
Sometimes it is not as simple as it seems!