Issue - meetings

Amy Rushton (Cheshire East) and Angela Simpson (Cheshire West and Chester) to report on the Public Rights of Way Annual Reports

The Forum received the Public Right of Way Annual Reports for Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester.

The Cheshire East Annual Report detailed the work carried out by the Public Rights of Way Team in 2009/10. The key areas of work undertaken related to:

• Maintenance and enforcement on the public rights of way network
• Public Path Orders and Definitive Map Orders
• Rights of Way Improvement Plan
• Cheshire Local Access Forum
• Policy Development

An area of concern was the budget allocation which was falling short of meeting current and future maintenance demands on the network. 

The Report for Cheshire West and Chester detailed the incorporation of the Public Right of Way function into the Green Space Service and the resulting changes to the Green Space Team structure.  Work was being undertaken to create a Greenspace Strategy which would set out a vision and an action plan based on an assessment of community needs and aspirations for maximum cultural and recreational activity within the natural environment.  The key areas of work undertaken by the Green Space Team during the last 12 months were as follows:

• Green Space Strategy Development

• Engagement of User Groups

• Cheshire Local Access Forum (CLAF)

• Cheshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan 2006-2011 (ROWIP)

• Network Maintenance

• Definitive Map and Legal Orders