It appears that an application has been made by the landowner to re-route the bridleways at the south end of Castle Hill on the far side of Kinver edge. These bridleways are covered by Worcester County Council and details of the proposed change can be seen on their website [url= http://gis.worcestershire.gov.uk/website/Countryside/ ]here[/url]. If you follow this link, then tick the box to see public path orders and zoom into the Kinver area, you should be able to see the extent of the proposed change.
[b]If anyone wishes to object to the proposed re-routing of bridleway you have until 28th of March to do so.[/b]
The proposed new route goes round the boundary of a field and then up what looks like a farm track. It's not clear what gates or other barriers would be involved or what if anything will be done about the field boundary track surface, on the aerial photo view shows it as a ploughed field.
The proposed new route goes round the boundary of a field and then up what looks like a farm track.
We already use that farm track instead of the bridleway anyway. 🙂
Just had some more information on this back from the council.
the proposed route of the bridleway actually runs across the middle of the field. Apologies, the route shown on our website was incorrect – I have amended this now.The route across the field will be clearly defined by an unenclosed 3 metre wide grass path (the surface preferred by the representative of the British Horse Society). There will not be any gates.
Not sure if it's worth objecting, the new route might be more interesting than the current farm track anyway.
well that's made it clear as mud...