I have recently been sent a DEFRA (the UK's Department for
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) document outlining the issues
for 'Consultation on Proposals to improve access to the English
coast' - a web copy can be found at
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/
In assessing the impact of mining features found on the coast I make
the following comment -
"The proposals under Sections 6.3 and 8.4 for a reduced level of
occupier's liability for CRoW access land only removes liability in
respect of natural features and walls, fences and gates through which
visitors might pass other by use of a stile or gate assigned for the
purpose. Liability for other man-made features is unchanged. There is
therefore a strong possibility that land owners / occupiers will seek
to reduce there liability by destroying such features with consequent
damage to the archaeology and the historic landscape as a whole."
Is this a perceived or actual threat? Can members in the UK provide
examples where the application of the CRoW Act (Countryside and
Rights of Way Act 2000 ), allowing increased access to the uplands,
has resulted in the destruction of mining or quarrying features?
Peter
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Dr Peter Claughton,
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