Agenda

County Durham Local Access Forum - Monday 22 April 2024 5.00 pm

Contact: Lucy Gladders  03000 269712

Items
No. Item

1.

Welcome, Introduction and Apologies

2.

Declarations of Interest

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 22 January 2024 pdf icon PDF 218 KB

4.

Matters Arising

5.

Bright Water Landscape Project

Presentation by Paul Black, Programme Manager Bright Water

6.

Lost Ways

Presentation by Rights of Way Team

7.

National/Regional Issues

7a

A66 Northern Trans-Pennine Project

To receive update                

7b

Environmental Land Management Schemes

To receive update                             

8.

Update from Rights of Way Team (including Lost Ways)

Mike Ogden, Rights of Way Team Leader

9.

Rights of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) 4 2024-2034

To endorse the Rights of Way Improvement Plan (RoWIP4).

10.

Stockton and Darlington Railway - Walking and Cycling Routes

To receive update – Mike Ogden, Rights of Way Team Leader

11.

Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs)

To receive update.            

12.

Northern Saints Trails

To receive update – Mike Ogden, Rights of Way Team Leader

13.

Public Access to Council-owned Land

To receive update.

14.

North Pennines National Landscape

To receive feedback from the meeting of the Access and Recreation and Pennine National Trails Northern Working Groups held on 17 April 2024.    

                                                                                            

15.

Health

To receive update on the Healthy Weight Alliance Group meeting held on 5 February 2024                                                                                  

 

Mike Ogden / Jim Welch

16.

Notification of Open Access Restrictions

To note Notifications received under Section 22 and 23(1) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.   

 

i)               2024030114 - Sand Edge Common

ii)             2024020154 – Birk Hatt Moor

iii)            2024040153 – Cotherstone Moor

17.

Member Training

18.

Work Programme pdf icon PDF 160 KB

To consider and update Work Programme.

19.

Date, Time and Venue of Next Meeting

Monday 22 July 2024, time to be confirmed, Crook Hall, Durham (site visit to take place prior to meeting).

20.

Any other business of sufficient urgency to warrant consideration (subject to the Chair's approval).