As a follow up to our previous post, it’s great to see that the Parsonage Residents Association is taking the initiative to register a local ‘lost’ path that links Parsonage Lane to the Stansted Road. A key element to support any claim is local people providing written evidence that they have used the ‘lost’ section… Continue reading
25th March 2023 / 0 Comments
Last year we reported the good news that the Government had sensibly decided to scrap the 2026 deadline for registering ‘lost’ rights of way. Unfortunately they have just performed a U-turn on this promise and decided to reinstate a deadline that will come into effect in 2031. That sounds a long way away but we… Continue reading
23rd March 2023 / 0 Comments
Back in December 2021, I posted that we had met with the Area Operations Manager from the Canal & River Trust (CRT) to review damage to sections of the towpath adjacent to the northern end of the Thorley Wash nature reserve. The damage had been caused by water overflowing from a flooded drainage channel on… Continue reading
1st March 2023 / 0 Comments
Further to my earlier post, I’m pleased to report that the line of wire fencing has been removed from this footpath. Walkers now have a much broader footpath to follow which has been enhanced by hedge planting along the new school boundary and the planting of several new trees. We will need to monitor that… Continue reading
22nd February 2023 / 0 Comments
We advised on 23 December 2022 that a diversion Order had been submitted by East Hertfordshire District Council under section 257 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in order to enable development work for a new junction from the A120 (Bishop’s Stortford bypass) into the Bishop’s Stortford North development. The BSDFA provided the… Continue reading
30th January 2023 / 0 Comments