The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 requires every local highway authority and National Park authority to establish an advisory body known as a Local Access Forum. Following consultations with organisations with related interests, Derby City and Derbyshire County Council have set up a joint forum known as the Derby and Derbyshire Local Access Forum. It is concerned with all of Derbyshire outside the area covered by the Peak District Local Access Forum.
The Forum has an advisory role in strategic access and recreation issues. It acts as statutory advisor to Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils and to other bodies on the improvement of public access to land in the area for the purpose of open-air recreation and the enjoyment.
The Forum is consulted on:
- draft maps prepared by the Countryside Agency showing open country and registered common land
- rights of way improvement plans prepared by local highway authorities
- any bylaws to be made by the access authority affecting access land
- the appointment of access wardens on land where a new right of access applies
- directions restricting or excluding long-term access from access land
Further information about the Derby and Derbyshire Local Access Forum
Contact Details
Derbyshire County Council
Rights of Way Team
Shand House
Dale Road South
Matlock
Derbyshire
DE4 3RY
tel: 01629 585845
e-mail: esprow@derbyshire.gov.uk
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