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EAST OF AND Joint Local Access Forum

11th Annual Report 2014 - 2015 WELCOME TO THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AND KINGSTON UPON HULL JOINT LOCAL ACCESS FORUM (JLAF)

Chairman’s Summary

Welcome to this our 11th Annual Report of the East Riding of Britain is the least active nation in Europe but also the second Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull Joint Local Access Forum. most diet obsessed. Diet alone may not be an answer, but, coupled with exercise, profound changes can be made. We In order to look forward into 2015/16, I felt I needed to look strive to get more people more active, more often and it can back to the very start of the LAFs when each authority was be as simple as having a walk round a park or garden. Getting invited to send a representative to for a training and people off medication and into the outdoors for fresh air and information day. exercise could save the National Health Service £6.4 billion per annum. We were asked:

WHAT is it all about? WHY is it important? HOW are we going The leisure industry, be it our public rights of way, equipment to advise/influence/achieve our aims? WHERE will it happen? suppliers, gyms, trainers, walk group leaders, riding schools – WHO can take this forward? And WHEN will this happen? you name it – is the 5th largest industry in Britain today and the Tour de France last year and Tour de Yorkshire this year At every stage of consultation and inquiry, this is the list we are having a massive effect in getting people of all ages cycling, look back to and I like to think we have taken these thoughts with the added bonus of a boost to tourism in the area. forward in our work and for the most part have been successful. If we set our sights too high and miss them then we We continue to have sight of, and can comment on, any could be called failures, but by the same token if we set our definitive map modifications plus major planning schemes. A sights too low and always achieve them are we not also failures? significant improvement has been the new non-motorised routes that run alongside the newly opened Southern One of the big issues the forum has encountered has been Relief Road and the A164 shared path. Taking people out of over the misuse of green lanes, or unmetalled highways, in the traffic can only be good for all users. Provision always the main by motorised vehicles. We have worked hard over has to come before promotion and accessible countryside the last 18 months with the community, representatives of on the doorstep for all should be a first objective. In an ideal motorised user groups and the Highways department to help world, people exercising from home, going out for a day in draw up a Policy for Managing the Use and Maintenance of the countryside or going on holiday should be able to find Unmetalled Highways and Byways Open to All Traffic, and community circuits which they can use with ease. hopefully this will resolve a lot of the issues which have The unfledged majority will not tackle long strenuous flagship been raised. routes until they have had considerable practice and have gained confidence and fitness – would we take lessons in a In September 2014, the Verges Sub-Group was re-established swimming pool then tackle the Channel? to look at the importance of verges as a safe refuge for all users. The group wrote to all the parish councils in the East As the National Coastal Path reaches our area, we should have Riding calling for evidence of good and bad verges. The results relatively easy stretches between coastal settlements which gave us a much better understanding of the issues at stake and in turn will boost the local economy along the coast if the the problems being faced. Sadly, the JLAF has no budget in experience of the other newly opened stretches is seen here. its own right to address these issues but we have taken them forward with the Highways Officers. It is hoped that in the Taking all this together, we will continue to work towards long term some of the verges may be improved or that we may a better network in Hull and East Riding to enable not only be able to support the work of the parishes themselves to help ourselves but future generations to benefit by aiding healthy resolve their verge issues. activity, providing the widest range of opportunities for people of all abilities, ages and social circumstances to actively engage The Public Rights of Way Network is free to us all, but how in, value and enjoy the natural environment. many people use it on a regular basis? Physical activity of any kind is crucial to good health – if we had medication called Hazel Armstrong physical activity, it would be hailed as a wonder cure be it for Chair physical, social or psychological health. At a recent Outdoor Recreation Network event, we heard that obesity kills three The East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull million people per year worldwide, three times more than die Joint Local Access Forum of malnutrition, and inactivity is the world’s 4th biggest killer. May 2015

2 Membership of the Joint Local Access Forum

The Forum is constituted to provide a balance of views representing: • Different recreational user interests • Landowners and land managers • Other relevant interests During 2014/15, the Forum consisted of 19 members, including two Elected Council Representatives from East Riding of Yorkshire Council and one from .

Name Interests Represented

Hazel Armstrong (Chair) Equestrianism, Social Inclusion and Health

Stephen Richardson (Vice Chair) Country Sports, Conservation and Business

Peter Ayling Walking and Conservation

Michael Butler Rural Business, Conservation

John Gatenby Conservation and Farming

John Nicholson Waterways, Transport, Walking and Cycling

Rosemary Stanley Walking and Conservation

Brian Witty Cycling and Sustainable Transport

Michael Benson Cycling, Waterways and Accessibility for All

Gordon Hawcroft Farming, Rural Tourism and Conservation

John Jessop Walking, Horse Riding, Waterways and Social Inclusion

Stephen King Walking and Rural Business

*Mike Brookes Walking, Conservation and Heritage

*Clive Bolton Walking and Dog Walking

*Magnus Roche Trail Riding, 4x4 User and Business

*Matthew Williams Walking, Orienteering and Youth Groups

Councillor Arthur Hodgson (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) Elected Member Representative

Councillor Bryan Pearson (East Riding of Yorkshire Council) Elected Member Representative

Councillor Martin Mancey (Hull City Council) Elected Member Representative

*Mike Brookes stepped down from the JLAF in March 2015. Clive Bolton, Magnus Roche and Matthew Williams all decided not to renew their membership after June 2015.

The Forum would like to thank Mike, Clive, Magnus and Matthew for the valuable contribution they all brought to the JLAF and for sharing their knowledge of the countryside.

Forum Meetings Four formal meetings of the Local Access Forum were held during the year:

Number of Number of Number of Date Venue forum members members of public invited officers attending in attendance attending

18 June 2014 - AGM Village Hall, Paull 13 3 9

18 September 2014 The Town Hall, 15 4 6

18 December 2014 The Guildhall, Hull 14 4 6

17 March 2015 Waterways Museum, Goole 12 6 6

3 Review of the JLAF Operating Year 2014/15

Objective Activities Undertaken

Green Infrastructure Programme • Re-establishment of Verges Sub Group – 1st meeting 21 September 2014. Letter sent to all Parish Councils – Provide strategic advice on the (PC) requesting information regarding verges – 34 written responses received and 2 invites to attend PC meetings. planning and management of key • Verges Sub Group Chair and the Secretariat attended parish council meetings – and Foston-on-the- recreational green infrastructure Wolds regarding Verges in the East Riding Parishes – November/December 2014. assets in the East Riding and Hull • Visits undertaken by the Verges Sub Group Chair and Secretariat to look at issues around verges with • Importance of verges as a safe identified parishes. Meetings with highways officers to consider issues and respond to parishes. refuge for countryside users. • Verges Sub Group meeting noted 36 responses from parishes which were responded to on behalf of the JLAF – • Protection from the mis/over use February 2015. of green lanes for recreational • JLAF members attended the 4th East & Waterways Conference held at Hall & Gardens. purposes in the East Riding of The theme of the conference was de-mystifying the Water Framework Directive. The day included talks on Yorkshire. promoting healthy waterways, finding out how to get more involved and raising issues about local waterways - • New Cycling Strategy for the East February 2015. Riding of Yorkshire. • Providing continuing advice on the implementation of the Policy for the Use and Management of • Develop Planning Position Unmetalled Highways and Byways Open to All Traffic which was endorsed by East Riding of Yorkshire Council – Statement. June 2014. • JLAF members and Secretariat attended an East Riding Cycling Forum regarding the development and implementation of the Local Transport Plan Cycling Strategy (2015-2029) – March 2015. • Draft Planning Position Statement prepared by the Secretariat.

Continue to strengthen and • JLAF Annual Report for 2013/14 circulated to local Public Health contacts, LNPs and LEPs. develop links with; • Secretariat attendance at the Healthy Weight Strategy Group to inform about the work of the JLAF. • Health and Wellbeing Boards/ Planned attendance at the April 2015 meeting and input to a revised East Riding Health Weight Strategy Public Health. (2015 - 2020) - October 2014. • Hull and East Yorkshire Local • Secretariat provided research documentation to Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) workshop Nature Partnerships (LNPs). regarding the health benefits of countryside and green space access. • Local Enterprise Partnerships • Secretariat attended New Land Environmental Management Scheme (NELMs) validation workshop for (LEPs). Wolds and character areas (organised locally by the LNP) – July 2014. • Secretariat attended a Regional Rural Health Event at Askham Bryan College – April 2015.

Respond to important local and • Members have been advised of 15 Notice of Confirmation Orders since June 2014. national consultations relevant to • Responded to 1 Stopping up Order – Harrison Close, . access and right of way. • Response by the JLAF to the Wolds Way Draft Management Plan and accompanying Action Plan submitted. • Hold task and finish sub-group • JLAF input to the emerging management plans for the Danes Dyke and South Landing Local Nature Reserves. meetings in identified work areas. • Response to the national Dog Walking Online Consultation proposed by Natural and • Respond to public consultations on National Resources Wales (developing advice for dog walkers in England and Wales). the Hull and East Riding Local Plans. • Response submitted to a local consultation regarding the potential downgrading of Thompson Lane, . • Develop JLAF position statement/ advice notes in key policy areas. • Response submitted to the Hull Local Plan – Issues and Options 2014 consultation. • Develop and strengthen links with • Provided feedback on the Hull Public Realm Strategy – December 2014. the health sector on access/ • Response submitted to the Beverley South East Draft Development Programme. wellbeing issues. • Response submitted to the Consultation on Local Flood Risk Management Document for • Develop and strengthen links with East Riding of Yorkshire Council. farmers/landowners on access issues.

Help to promote local authority • Include detailed ROWIP updates from both authorities in the JLAF Annual Report. progress against the Kingston upon • Secretariat produced draft JLAF Engagement Plan, including wider circulation of Annual Report – Q4 of 2014. Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire • Attendance with JLAF display material at the Town and Parish event at College – October 2014. ROWIPs. • Attendance with JLAF display material at the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) ‘A Working Landscape’ • Continue to provide advice Conference at Beverley Race Course – October 2014. on access issues to other groups/ partnerships as appropriate. • Attendance promoting the JLAF, ROWIP and the value of countryside access for all at the launch of the East Yorkshire Local Food Network Local Food Guide for 2015 – April 2015. • Promote wider awareness of countryside access standards/code of conduct for users.

Continue to actively participate • Attendance at Regional JLAF meetings by Chair and Vice Chair. in regional and national LAF • Attendance by forum members at other group/partnership meetings including; LEADER Local Action Group, activities. Cultural Partnership, East Riding Rural Partnership, Way Partnership and the • Representation by forum East Riding and North Yorkshire Waterways Partnership. members at group/partnership • Articles written by a JLAF forum member promoting the work of Local Access Forums and the value of meetings on matters relating to countryside access were published in , Country Week, Country Landowners Association, access and recreation. National Farmers Union and Farmers & Growers magazines. • Preparation of reports by the • An annual update report prepared by the Secretariat for East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Cabinet and Secretariat to the appointing Corporate Management Team and Hull City Council officers. authorities.

4 Objectives for 2015-16 The Local Access Forum has set the following broad objectives for the next twelve month period: • Green Infrastructure Programme – Provide strategic advice on the planning and management of key recreational green infrastructure assets in the East Riding and Hull. o Coastal Access (emerging new coastal path from to Point and beyond) o Countryside Access ( Bridge Experience and Access to Countryside Strategy) o Urban Access (looking to 2017 – City of Culture) • Continue to strengthen and develop links with; o Health and Wellbeing Boards/Public Health o Hull and East Yorkshire Local Nature Partnerships o Local Enterprise Partnerships • Respond to local and national consultation documents on important access and rights of way matters. • Help promote progress against the Kingston upon Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire ROWIPs • Continue to support and actively participate in regional and national JLAF activities.

The Forum remains committed to working closely with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council, and providing constructive advice to both councils and their section 94(4) bodies. The Forum will develop and progress a detailed work programme during the next year. Invited Officers and Observers Members of the Forum would like to thank the following officers for their regular attendance at Forum meetings and for their ongoing support and advice: • Allan Davidson – Sustainable Travel Officer, Hull City Council • Richard Townend – Safety Transport and Hub Manager, Hull City Council • Mark Jessop – Principal Transport Policy Officer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Judith Rockliff – Engineer, Definitive Map Team, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Gordon Grimley – Assistant Engineer (Definitive Map Team), East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Patrick Wharam – Countryside Access Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council The following officers and external contacts also provided reports, updates or information to the Forum during the year, and their help and assistance is appreciated: • Richard Alderson – Principal Engineer, Strategic Asset Management, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Paul Palmer – Project Manager (Streetscene), East Riding of Yorkshire Council • John Harland – Service Manager Highway Maintenance, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Carl Skelton – Highway Maintenance Services Group Manager, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Vaugham Grantham – Biodiversity Officer, East Riding of Yorkshire Council • Dee Mitchell – Rural Programmes Co-ordinator (LEADER) • Paul Bowman – Highway Development Control Officer, Hull City Council • Rachel Briggs – Access Development Officer, Yorkshire Dales NPA • Philip Robinson – Lead Advisor People and Partnerships Team (North and Midlands), Natural England • Mohammed Dhalech – Access Development Officer, Yorkshire Dales NPA • Chris Melhiush – Green Lane Association (GLASS), East Riding of Yorkshire Representative • John Richardson – Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA) • Malcom Hodgson – National Trails Officer, North Yorkshire Moors National Park • Terry Smithson – Operations Manager,

Forum Secretariat East Riding of Yorkshire Council provides the Secretariat to the Forum. The following officers are thanked for their support during the year: • Elizabeth Russell, Committee Manager • Steve Howdle, Rural Development Officer • Helen Reynolds, Rural Officer

5 East Riding of Yorkshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan, ROWIP (2008 - 2018) – Progress Update

Statement of Action 1 – Education and Promotion in July 2015. Anecdotal evidence from PROW officers and customers is 1a) Continue to monitor use of the ‘Walking the Riding’ website. that the new framework contract for vegetation clearance is delivering the The site had 70,297 hits between 1 April 2014 and 31 March 2015, an desired improvements and the number of complaints about overgrown paths increase of 10,575 on the previous 12 month period. has dropped. 1b) Publicise information on Public Rights of Way (PROW) in a variety 4b) Improve signage. The PROW team have established a new target for of locations. The Council continues to provide information on walks and signposting routes where they leave a metalled road and will be reporting cycle rides via Tourist Information Centres, Leisure Centres and Libraries, progress against this in future years. The target endorsed by The East Riding via the Visit Hull and East Yorkshire (VHEY) and East Riding of Yorkshire of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull Joint Local Access Forum (JLAF) is Council ‘Walking the Riding’ website, and by attending events and shows. 90%, and current performance based on a random sample survey is 82%. 1c) Promote the use of PROW and associated health benefits to all. 4c) Reduce unauthorised use of public rights of way. Work needs to take The Council continues to work alongside partners to develop circuits, place to formalise procedures, improve awareness, develop codes of conduct, healthy walking projects, support for the Walkers Welcome accreditation network with users, and enforce where appropriate. Work has commenced to scheme, and the Wolds Walking Festival. Health and wellbeing is an try and improve the management of unmetalled highways and work with the important part of the Access to the Countryside Strategy due for Police to reduce illegal use of routes. Evidence from the random surveys shows publication in 2015. The ‘Walking for Health’ scheme is publicised as part that damage to the surface only occurs to a very small percentage of routes. of the annual countryside events programme. 4d) Promote the benefits of the ‘Local Paths Partnership’ and Parish and Statement of Action 2 – Network Connectivity Town Councils to further develop the use of volunteers. The public rights of way network was increased by 4 km in this period. 36 local parishes work alongside the PROW team to keep their local networks open. Volunteers from The Ramblers assist by contributing 100 2a) Improve connectivity of the network for horse riders and cyclists. days of voluntary work to improve the network for the public. Work has No additional bridleways were added to the network. Work is ongoing commenced with The Ramblers to encourage more smaller groups to be on the addition of the South Holderness Rail Trail from to self sustaining and have a greater geographic influence. to the Definitive Map as a bridleway. 4e) Improve public awareness regarding control of dogs and dog fouling. 2b) Improve the network by providing circular routes and linear links Data from random sample surveys suggest that 3% of the network is between current routes or to a place of public interest. adversely affected by dog fouling. The PROW team work with the dog A footpath link has been added to the definitive map using Friars Bridge wardens to improve this issue at hotspot locations, and work with over the railway line between Friars Lane and Armstrong Way (Beverley). landowners in locations where significant problems occur. This provides a link between the new retail development and the town centre avoiding using a vehicular level crossing. As part of the diversion of Statement 5 – Definitive Map and Statement Footpath No.3, a new link was created with the Yorkshire 5a) Publish and update the digital PROW records on the ‘Walking the Riding’ Wolds Way as well as removing the need to replace a missing bridge, thus and council websites. Records have been updated as set out in the ROWIP. saving £6,000. 5b) Process Definitive Map Modification Orders in line with current policy. 2c) Seek to provide off road links over land adjacent to the highway or Four new certified applications were made under Schedule 14 of the Wildlife develop the use of wide highway verges to link routes. and Countryside Act. An appeal in early 2014 by The Ramblers to the Council’s No opportunities arose to provide such new off road links but these decision to reject an application was rejected by the Secretary of State (SoS). options will continue to be pursued where appropriate. Two Modification Orders made as a result of applications under Schedule 14 2d) Work within the planning process to secure PROW improvements were confirmed with modifications, one after a public inquiry the other after associated with development proposals. Work is ongoing as a result of the written representations. Objections were raised to a further Modification Beverley Relief Road including a potential bridleway creation. The Council Order and this has been passed for determination to the SoS and is awaiting has worked actively, and will continue to do so, to enhance the rights determination by Public Hearing. One Order with outstanding objections of way network as opportunities arise as part of the planning process. is waiting for referral to the Secretary of State. Nine other Schedule 14 Unfortunately recent negotiations have been unsuccessful as in the financial applications are in progress. climate several proposed developments have been abandoned. Two previously confirmed Modification Orders were not based on user Statement 3 – Accessibility evidence and were not being used by the public. Both required a diversion order to enable a usable route to be opened to the public. These have been 3a) Undertake accessibility audits and grade routes. To date, little made and confirmed, but both required the erection of a substantial bridge. comprehensive work has been carried out on the costs and complexity The cost for the bridge on the footpath route was £3,750. The other bridge, of the work. More work needs to be undertaken at a national and local still to be constructed, is on a bridleway, so will cost substantially more. level before routes can be assessed in a structured and measurable way. Positive work continues under 3b. 5c) Consolidate and republish the Definitive Map for the East Riding. Five Legal Event Orders were made to allow legal changes to be shown on 3b) Remove physical barriers to routes and increase easy access. Data the Definitive Map. Previously, authority was obtained to make 53 further from random sample surveys indicate that approximately 75% of routes Legal Event Orders, but legal advice is now that these required changes are stile free. The target is to have a stile free network by 2020. This should be addressed by making full Definitive Map Modification Orders in represents a fall from last year’s figure of 90%. In the last ten years, order to allow anyone to object to the proposal. Work will continue on approximately 500 stiles have been removed. this as resources allow. 3c) Improve accessibility for those with restricted mobility or visual 5d) Seek to resolve anomalies and missing links on the Definitive Map impairment. The PROW team are working to achieve improvements through diversion, extinguishment, creation or modification orders. Seven in the physical condition of routes particularly close to settlements, Modification Orders have been confirmed to resolve anomalies, such as missing and work with partner organisations and local communities to identify appropriate routes. Several small to medium surfacing projects have been statements, recording more accurately on the statement the specific lengths carried out on the National Trail. of a route created by a Public Path Diversion Order that a width applies to and extinguishment by . A further four Orders were objected to and Statement 4 – Route Maintenance and Improvement have been referred for determination to the Planning Inspectorate. Random sample survey data indicates that approximately 65% of the An anomaly that arose following a diversion order in 1979, which diverted network is open and available to use. a footpath onto a new estate route and was subsequently built on by six 4a) Improve the maintenance programme in relation to undergrowth properties, was resolved by diverting the obstructed footpath onto an and overgrowth. To date, it is difficult to measure the number of defects alternative route that the public were already using. Another long standing submitted, relative to the number resolved. Progress to utilise the ‘Confirm’ anomaly, where the definitive route was obstructed by buildings and ran through software system is being made, with officers set to use a new mobile version almost permanently flooded woodland, was also resolved with a diversion order.

6 Hull City Council Rights of Way Improvement Plan (2009-2019) – Progress Update

Statement of Action 1 - Ensure public rights of way are clear Statement of Action 5 - Improve accessibility through of obstruction and well-maintained. improved surfaces, safer crossings. The City Council’s Highways Network Management team currently Subject to resources, an accessibility audit of all PROWs will be conducts an annual inspection regime. Bi-annual inspection of the undertaken with the assistance of the Equalities Access Officer and entire access network remains an aspiration, but budget and other relevant user groups. A significant level of work has been undertaken resource constraints, presently, restrict this activity. All routes were along Humber Foreshore on No. 28 to redefine and reinstate the inspected in 2014 and cleared where required with effective use made stone path surface west of St Andrews Quay. of volunteer groups to ground clear, litter pick and repair paths. The Community Payback Team supervised by Probation Statement of Action 6 - Improve connectivity within the Service have delivered in excess of 1200 man hours on various areas in network. Hull including some work on PROWs. The Conservation Volunteers The City Council has aspirations to work with East Riding of carried out work on 5 routes, over 400 man hours, including Yorkshire Council to review/upgrade the status of disused rail lines completing the scalping of No.28 as well as vegetation removal and to become bridleways and link into the City. In conjunction with this, reinstatement of 8, 15 & 17. The Council’s Street Scene Services were a list of potential new path locations and existing routes which need deployed to cut back vegetation on No.s 1 & 26 (see before and after to be upgraded will be prepared, giving priority to routes that lead to images below). The City Council are continuing to address access schools, bus stops and other public transport connection points. issues, particularly along the and the Humber foreshore on Statement of Action 7 - Review of Definitive Map and routes 11, 26, 27 and 28 where some sections have been closed off due Statement. to significant safety concerns without appropriate diversions in place. It is still intended that resources will be allocated to a regular Statement of Action 2 - Ensure public rights of way are working group to help review the definitive map. The diversion correctly signposted. route for PROW no. 22 Alexandra Dock, in relation to the Siemens Development, has been progressed, and is due to open shortly after The 2012 annual inspection identified all signs, poles, wording the publication of this review. and condition. A full signing schedule was prepared and mapped. Inconsistencies were evident with some damaged. Replacement of the Statement of Action 8 - Clearly identified processes worst were completed in 2013. Monitoring is ongoing. Waymarking regarding implementing and modifying public rights of way. continues to be required on some routes, such as route 8. A draft ‘easy read’ guide/leaflet will be produced – the final version Statement of Action 3 - Improve awareness of public rights of will be uploaded onto the City Council’s website when resources become available. way through production of map(s). Local travel maps (East, North and West), along with an updated Hull Statement of Action 9 - Council website and publications Cycle Map showing sustainable travel modes, including PROWs, were utilised more effectively. reproduced and published for distribution in 2014 and are proving The inclusion of existing PROWs within the ‘Walking the Riding’ popular, as more than half have been distributed. A draft ‘easy read’ website has been undertaken to encourage better cross boundary guide/leaflet is still to be produced. Subject to resources, it is hoped that access. The City Council is working with NHS Hull, Sustrans, a PROW exhibition will be held in the History Centre in the future. , Sports Development, Ramblers, Trans Pennine Trail (TPT) and other organisations to better promote local walks Statement of Action 4 - Promote benefits of public rights of way. and PROW. A new mobile phone application has been developed, Local Rights of Way are displayed on the City Council’s web site walkit.com/hull, which launched in the Spring of 2015. TPT launched a under the GIS mapping facility on the home/front page and East new website with a mapped section of the route in Hull, parts of which Riding of Yorkshire Council’s ‘Walking the Riding’ website. Sports include various PROWs. Events on the PROW network are actively Development have incorporated several Rights of Ways into local promoted through social media including Facebook and Twitter. walking routes that can be found at www.walk4life.info. A new mobile phone application has been developed (walkit.com/hull) which Statement of Action 10 - More interpretation on selected launched in the Spring of 2015. The City Council continues to work routes. with NHS Hull, Sports Development, Ramblers, Sustrans working Improved interpretation will be provided on one identified path each in partnership with University of Hull etc to promote health and year. There has been no progress to date in working with the History environmental benefits of walking. Centre and user groups to create a priority list for interpretation on other major routes, but this remains a commitment.

Footpath No.26 before clearing Footpath No.26 after clearing

7 East Riding of Yorkshire and Kingston upon Hull Joint Local Access Forum

The Local Access Forum is a statutory advisory body, independent of, but administered by, East Riding of Yorkshire Council in partnership with Hull City Council. The Forum meets on a quarterly basis and consists of unpaid volunteers representing a range of countryside and access interests. Elected Member representatives from both Councils also sit on the Forum.

Local Access Forums were established under section 94 of the Countryside and Rights of Way (CROW) Act 2000 and operate in accordance with the provisions of the Act and the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2007.

The Forum has the statutory authority to provide advice to appropriate ‘section 94(4) bodies’, including East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull City Council and relevant central government departments and agencies, in the following areas of interest: • Improvement of public access to land in the area (whether on foot or by horse, cycle, canoe, mechanically propelled vehicle or any other lawful means) for the purposes of open-air recreation and the enjoyment of the area. • Public access to land in the area for any other lawful purpose, whether on foot, horse, cycle, canoe or by any means other than by mechanically propelled vehicle. • Public access to land in the area by means of a mechanically propelled vehicle for any other lawful purpose, but only insofar as the access relates to byways open to all traffic (BOAT). Section 94(4) bodies are statutorily required ‘to have regard, in carrying out their functions, to any relevant advice given to them’ by Local Access Forums.

Quarterly meetings of the Local Access Forum, and the Annual General Meeting, are held in public and minutes of the meetings are available online or by request from the Secretariat.

Useful links Photography credits www.hullcc.gov.uk East Riding of Yorkshire Council www.walkingtheriding.eastriding.gov.uk Hull City Council www.visithullandeastyorkshire.com Ride Yorkshire www.gov.uk/government/organisations/natural-england

This report is also available in electronic format. For further information please contact: East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Rural Policy & Partnerships Team, , Beverley HU17 9BA Tel: (01482) 391691 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.eastriding.gov.uk East Riding of Yorkshire Council will, on request, provide this document in Braille, audio or Large Print Format. If English is not your first language, please telephone (01482) 393939.