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Countryside Access Plan for the Forest of Eversley 2008-2013 Forest of Forest Eversley Countryside Access Plan for the Forest of Eversley 2008-2013 Countryside Access covers.indd 3-4 6/11/08 10:54:51 Legend BERKSHIRE Forest of Eversley CAP Area Motorway A Road Rivers Built up areas A327 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty YATE L E Y A33 Loddon & Eversley Heritage Area County Boundary A30 NORTH A340 WESSEX HARTLEY DOWNS WINTNEY FARNBOROUGH AONB HOOK A339 FLEET M3 SURREY A323 BASINGSTOKE A331 ALDERSHOT A30 A339 A287 SURREY HILLS AONB A31 012340.5 Miles © Crown copyright. All rights reserved, HCC 100019180 2008 The Forest of Eversley area Hampshire County Council would like to thank the many people – local residents, landowners and land managers, user-group representatives, local authority officers, elected members and a host of others – who were involved in the work to produce this plan. The product of their efforts and support is a framework which will enable the County Council and others to work together to improve countryside access across Hampshire and to make it available for the widest possible range of people to enjoy. Forest of Eversley Contents Introduction…………………………………………………2 The Forest of Eversley area……………………………... 3 Vision ……………………………………………………...... 4 Summary of findings …………………..…………….….... 4 Main issues …………………………………………………. 5 Guide to the action tables …………………………..…... 6 Issues and proposed actions ……………………….. 8 - 25 Appendix 1 – Extent of rights of way network Appendix 2 – Overview of access = 1 Countryside Access Plan Introduction This Countryside Access Plan (CAP) for County Council’s main, county-wide aims the Forest of Eversley area is one of seven for improving access to Hampshire’s area plans which, together with an eighth countryside and explains how these plans ‘County Overview’ CAP, form the Rights are influencing the way the County of Way Improvement Plan (ROWIP) for Council delivers its services. the county of Hampshire. The area CAPs explore in greater detail The duty for local highway authorities to the specific issues affecting enjoyment of produce a ROWIP was established the countryside in a particular part of the through the Countryside and Rights of county and propose actions to address Way Act 2000 (CROW). A ROWIP is them. These actions are intentionally intended to provide the means by which broadly-defined and aspirational. They do the highway authority will manage and not necessarily relate to increasing public improve its rights of way network to meet access to the countryside; many of them the Government’s aim of better provision are about enhancing and improving the for walkers, cyclists, equestrians and existing network. people with mobility problems. ROWIPs The area covered by each CAP has been are closely linked with Local Transport determined broadly by landscape Plans, with the aim of delivering a more character, as this reflects factors such as integrated approach to sustainable land use, demography, soil type and transport in rural and urban areas; where topography, which closely affect rights of the two plans share common aims this way, countryside sites and other access to also creates further opportunities for the the countryside. funding of rights of way improvements. The CAPs were initially published as a Hampshire County Council’s ‘Countryside drafts for consultation, with a minimum of Access Plans’ relate not just to the rights 3 months allowed for comment and of way network but to the whole range of feedback from the public, user groups, opportunities for people to enjoy local authorities, government agencies and Hampshire’s countryside. These include other organisations. The consultation draft areas designated as Open Access under for the Forest of Eversley received 20 CROW, sites managed by the County written replies, which was similar to the Council, by other local authorities and by level of response in other CAP areas. organisations such as the National Trust Nearly half of these were from users and Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife (walkers, cyclists, equestrians and Trust, together with Forestry Commission motorised vehicle users); comments were woodlands, MoD land and permissive also received from district and parish access provided by farmers and other councils and conservation organisations in private landowners. the area. This document is a revision of Each area CAP should be read in that consultation draft, which has taken conjunction with the County Overview into account all the comments and CAP, which reports on the research done feedback from consultation. to produce the plans, identifies the 2 = Forest of Eversley The Forest of Eversley area The Forest of Eversley covers some and the cessation of traditional 26,000 hectares from the edge of management practices has caused further Basingstoke eastwards to the towns of the degradation and damage. Blackwater Valley; and from Hampshire’s northern border to the M3 motorway and The Forest of Eversley is now part of the the A287 in the south. Loddon and Eversley Heritage Area, in which the Loddon and Eversley This former mediaeval royal hunting forest Partnership works to protect, restore and is characterised by a matrix of habitats enhance the landscape and its wildlife including rivers, woodland, wetland, heath whilst promoting a healthy and sustainable and farmland. The forest is of enormous rural economy. Landowners and managers value for its historic landscape character are encouraged and assisted to adopt and diversity of wildlife. The heathlands practices that will benefit the forest, its have been recognised as internationally biodiversity, and the people who live and important for their bird populations and work in the area. have been given Special Protection Area (SPA) status under European law. The Forest of Eversley CAP area straddles the three local authority districts of The area has long been important as a Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and living and working countryside. Almost Rushmoor; the Community Strategies for 1,000 years ago it was managed by local these districts are therefore of particular communities to produce food and raw relevance to this Countryside Access Plan. materials and to provide sport for kings So too are the ROWIPs for the and noblemen. Nowadays it is neighbouring highway authorities of West predominantly used for farming and Berkshire, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest forestry as well as recreation and leisure. and Surrey. These documents, together with this area CAP for the Forest of The Forest of Eversley, as we know it Eversley and the County Overview CAP today, is the consequence of past and that accompanies it, provide a framework present land management practices. In for all the relevant authorities to recent years development pressure has coordinate effort and target resources resulted in the loss of much that is more effectively within and across important in the forest and surrounding administrative boundaries. area. Habitats have become fragmented = 3 Countryside Access Plan Vision Taking account of the objectives of the Loddon and Eversley Partnership, the vision for countryside access in the forest is: To ensure that local residents are able to access and enjoy the ‘countryside on their doorstep’ through: provision of integrated information for all sections of the community on the wide variety of permissive and statutory access in the area including guidance on how to use the countryside responsibly improving sustainable opportunities to get to and use high quality countryside in the forest meeting the needs and demands of users whilst maximising benefits to land owners ensuring no adverse effects on sensitive habitats, in particular Special Protection Areas, Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation. This plan supports the overall vision for the Local Transport Plan of a strategy that enhances quality of life and economic prosperity by connecting people, communities, employment, goods, services and amenities. Summary of Findings A significant amount of countryside access Lack of confidence and fear of attack in the Forest of Eversley area is on land affects some people’s participation in and managed by public bodies such as the enjoyment of countryside recreation in Forestry Commission, Hampshire County this part of the county. There is a Council and the Ministry of Defence. In significant amount of mixed woodland addition, much of this accessible close to the urban areas to the east of the countryside is part of the Thames Basin Forest and it is possible that in this Heaths Special Protection Area (SPA), secluded landscape people feel less safe which provides important habitat for rare than in more open areas. and vulnerable bird species. The following pages provide a rationale for The average density of horse riding routes each of the 9 issues identified within the in this area is comparable with that of Forest of Eversley and propose actions Hampshire as a whole, but there is a need that could be undertaken to help to for better connection in some parts of the resolve them. The order in which these riding network. There is also a demand for are set out is not indicative of priority. more off-road and utility routes for cycling. 4 = Forest of Eversley Main issues The Forest of Eversley offers a variety of attractive countryside for people living in the nearby towns and villages. However: 1. Publicly-managed countryside sites and 6. Lack of confidence is affecting some Ministry of Defence land provide a people’s participation and enjoyment significant proportion of the access of the countryside (page 18) available (page 8) 7. Many farmers and landowners find that 2. People have difficulty in finding providing more public access entails a information on local routes (page 10) workload and financial burden (page 20) 3. There is an under-supply of access available to legitimate motorised 8. Some members of the public lack an vehicle users, but they are often not understanding of their responsibilities welcomed in the countryside when using the countryside (page 22) (page 12) 9.
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