Click here for the English translationCase Studies on Land
Castlemartin
Soaring cliffs and a benign climate adds up to some of the best cliff climbing in the country. Add a host of European nature conservation designations, National Park status and an MOD firing range and you have a heady recipe for potential conflict. How did they reconcile all the different interests?
Holwick Scar
CRoW giveth and CRoW can taketh away! A climbing crag of local interest had been restricted to climbers for many years until along came CRoW mappers and identified the Scar as Access Land. Hurray! However, the site is protected for its rare plants and geological interest and Natural England planned to use the CRoW restrictions regime to ban climbing. Did they end up back at square one?
Orienteering the Hard Way
It doesn’t always go to plan. This example shows what can happen if the basic rules of good practice are ignored. As a result, a lot of effort was wasted and a lot of political capital spent with nothing to show for it!
Hierarchy of Trail Routes in the Lake District National Park
An intractable problem for trail riders is the limited number of good routes. Heavy usage of some routes led to complaints, and motor vehicles in the countryside are seen by some national park authorities as not being consistent with one of their primary aims of promoting quiet enjoyment. Proposals for legal constraints were put on the back burner when a ‘Hierarchy of Trail Routes’ was negotiated between interested parties.
Metal Detecting is good for you
An arable farm found itself so awash with archaeological remains that it successfully applied for agri-environment payments to help protect them. The estate’s interpretation of the rules meant that this prohibited metal detecting, which in turn meant that no new finds were likely to come to light. But, local one local detectorist was not deterred and had different ideas…
Fix the Fells
The fells of the Lake District are being loved to death. Millions of people walk the fells every year and in this wet and fragile environment, erosion can become a major problem that needs fixing. Fix the Fells is not so much about resolving conflict between individuals or organisations, but more how organisations can work together to deal with the inherent contradiction of attracting visitors and protecting the environment.
Dutch Bankers
A phrase that has gone down in infamy – at least amongst those with an interest in Hadrian’s Wall. When several hundred employees of Dutch banking giant AMRO descended on the Wall in a spell of wet weather in January, trouble was inevitable. Some sites still bear the scars. This led to the development of a set of guidelines for managing organised events. The guidelines were put to the test when word emerged that they were planning another visit – with even more people coming along!
PROGRESS in the New Forest
Progress in this case study means three things:
- a project in the New Forest to mitigate the effects of walkers, dog walkers, riders (of horses and bicycles) and picnickers on the environment
- use of new technology to help planning of access management
- reconciling different interests so all can enjoy the beauty of this protected landscape.
Find out how they did it.
Walking in Lincolnshire
The effect of CRoW in lowland southern and eastern England has been to create a right of public access to many small blocks of land. In some cases, demand for these is low and little needs to be done. In Lincolnshire, though, ramblers in one area were keen to access a block of grassland that had no means of access, and so asked the access authority to do something about it. But, the landowners were keen to ensure the grazing needed to retain the site’s nature conservation interests were not jeopardised. Click below to find out the current state of play.
Riding in Richmond Park
Conflicts over recreational use and nature conservation interests are not new. In Richmond Park, horse riding has been a common practice for centuries. But, in the early part of the 20th century, sheer volume of numbers began to endanger the site. A riding regime was agreed in discussion with local horse riding interests. Horse riding continues to this day, and four stables surround the Park.
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