Outdoor Partnerships Annual Report 2015/16 Appendices Contents Page Appendix Page 1 Rights of Way Maintenance Tasks Completed 2 2 Rights of Way Improvements Case Studies 3 3 Mapping and Enforcement Actions 4 4 Southern Shropshire LEADER Programme Outputs 8 5 Walking for Health Scheme Summary 9 6 Walking for Health Case Study 11 7 Shropshire Wild Teams Partnership Working 16 8 Shropshire Wild Teams Case Study 17 9 Volunteer Rangers Case Studies 20 10 Parish Paths Partnership Case Studies 24 11 Outdoor Partnerships Project- New Jetties for The Mere 30 12 LEADER Local Action Group Membership 31 13 Outdoor Partnerships Enterprise Plan Summary 32 14 Outdoor Partnerships Service Structure 34 1 | P a g e Appendix 1: Rights of Way Maintenance Tasks Completed Work completed Totals Totals Totals 15/16 14/15 13/14 Total individual improvements 901 738 635 Wicket/kissing gates installed 200 135 85 Wicket/kissing gates repaired 9 10 5 Stiles installed / repaired 81 76 73 BW/Field gates installed 57 28 33 BW/Field gates repaired 44 28 30 Signposts 112 112 123 Waymark posts 69 52 33 Sleeper bridge 9 9 11 Kit bridges installed 10 7 13 Kit bridges repaired 17 13 12 Culverts/drainage (m) 1,123 1,510 1,047 Flights of steps 18 11 4 Surface repairs (m) 3,021 6,254 3,391 Clearance metres 43,342 26,259 30,333 Trees removed 86 113 84 Horse stiles 2 2 1 Gates replacing stiles 155 111 69 2 | P a g e Appendix 2: Rights of Way Improvements Case Studies Shropshire Housing Volunteers Work Day Oct 2015 Back in the Summer the Outdoor Partnerships team were approached by Shropshire Housing to provide an opportunity for 30 volunteers to do some practical work in the Countryside as part of their Corporate responsibility and when 30 volunteers come knocking on your door you don't turn them away! It was decided that with such a large workforce available clearance and improvement of a bridleway which runs between Marshbrook and Bushmoor in South Shropshire could be undertaken, the route having been largely impassable for some time. The bridleway follows much of the course of Watling Street, an ancient Roman road and offers stunning views over Wenlock Edge, Flounders Folly and beyond, and with a pub, cycle hire and holiday accommodation at Marshbrook is a great recreational asset for the area. Bushmoor Volunteers arrive To bring the route back into a useable condition would have taken all of the department’s resources for over a month. After a week’s preparation by the Maintenance Team the 33 Shropshire Housing volunteers, working alongside staff, were able to cut back over half a mile of overgrowth and install 5 new bridleway gates in one day. The route linking the two communities is now a pleasure to use and has improved the network for locals and tourists alike and many thanks must be given to Shropshire Housing for providing the volunteers for this project. 3 | P a g e Appendix 3: Rights of Way Mapping and Enforcement Actions Definitive Map- Public Path Orders Whitchurch Rural – Belton Farm Diversion Order to provide safer access for walkers and better management of farm cheese making plant. Shawbury – Restricted Byway No 1 Diversion of a Restricted Byway to move the route away from the building and gardens in the interests of privacy and security. These orders provide an income of around £26,000 per annum. 4 | P a g e Orders made/confirmed as follows:- HA Diversion Oswestry Rural FP 161 (pt) 80 Order 2015 12/06/2015 06/08/2015 HA Diversion St Martins FP 19 (pt) 80 Order 2016 28/01/2016 HA Diversion Shawbury RB1 (pt) 80 Order 2015 12/03/2015 24/11/2015 HA Diversion Wem Rural FP UN1 (pt) 80 Order 2015 20/08/2015 TCPA Diversion 24/07/2014 16/07/2015 Weston Rhyn FP 8R/8 90 Order 2014 FP 105, 106, HA Diversion 25/06/2015 01/10/2015 Whitchurch Urban 107 (pts) 80 Order 2015 FP 13/14, FP 14Y (pt), HA Diversion 14/01/2016 24/03/2016 Astley/Shrewsbury/Uffington FP14 80 Order 2016 HA Diversion Alberbury with Cardeston FP 14 (pt) 80 Order 2016 21/01/2016 2x FP Creation Agreements Creation (Pontesford HA Agreements Pontesbury Hill) 80 2015 21/04/2015 TCPA Stopping Up Shrewsbury FP 117 (pt) 90 Order 2015 17/12/2015 28/01/2016 Unrecorded BW (Oldpark HA Extinguishment Barrow Fm) 80 Order 2016 11/02/2016 Unrecorded BW (Oldpark HA Extinguishment Barrow Fm) 80 Order 2017 12/02/2016 HA Diversion Burford FP 7 (pt) 80 Order 2013 13/09/2013 19/11/2015 FP HA Diversion Morville/Tasley 8(pt),9,UN1 80 Order 2015 09/01/2015 10/04/2015 HA Diversion Morville BW 11(pt) 80 Order 2015 12/11/2015 07/01/2016 TCPA Diversion Sibdon Carwood FP 1(pt) 90 Order 2015 19/06/2015 24/07/2015 5 | P a g e Definitive Map Modification Orders (Evidential Orders) Bridleway Addition Parish of Clunbury (Purslow Wood) - made in 2014 and confirmed by the Planning Inspectorate in October 2015 following a Public Inquiry in September. Officers are now negotiating with the Forestry Commission to divert Bridleway 10 to provide a formal legal outlet for this addition. Bridleway Addition Parish of Richard’s Castle Modification Order 2015 – made as a result of a formal application supported by user and historical evidence to add a bridleway to link two sections of road known as Mitnell Lane. An objection lodged to the proposed BW addition means the Council will have to forward the order to the Planning Inspectorate for determination. Footpath upgrade to Bridleway and Bridleway Addition Parish of Craven Arms Modification Order 2015 - made and confirmed this year as a result of a formal application dating back to1991 to record bridleway rights from Halford to Newington based on strong historical evidence. ROW Temporary Closure Orders For example, maintenance work on the footpath from the station up to the Dana footbridge, closure of the footpaths through the grounds of the Mill Hotel Alveley following a fire, and replacement of a Network Rail footbridge between Kemp’s Eye Avenue and Hazeldine Way in Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury The Dana UN21 03.08.15 08.08.15 Morville Morville Bridge FP 2 09.10.15 08.11.16 Aston FP 3/40 & Botterell/Stottesdon Footbridge FP 36/40 09.12.15 09.06.16 Shrewsbury Shillingston Drive FP 117 05.09.15 04.03.16 Shrewsbury Railway Bridge FP 19 15.02.16 01.07.16 Extension of Great Ness Adcote Bridge BW closure 04.11.16 Baschurch/Little Adcote(Adcote Mill 31.07.14 Ness bridge collapsed) BW54 01.02.14 Extended to Nov 16 6 | P a g e Most complaints relate to cross path issues which are mainly enforcement matters such as barriers across the right of way in the form of fences, hedges, barbed wire, electric fencing, locked gates, crops or routes having been ploughed. The Mapping and Enforcement Team has an annual letter campaign to try to raise awareness and seek compliance in respect of ploughing and cropping of the Rights of Way network. The second most prevalent complaint relates to issues with vegetation, for example trees across routes, overgrowth and up growth. 7 | P a g e Appendix 4: Southern Shropshire LEADER Programme Outputs Programme targets PROPOSED - 2016/17 Delivery Plan Programme Outputs 2015/2016 2016/2017 2017/2018 2018/2019 2019/2020 2020 Total Support for Increasing Farm Productivity No. of Projects 0 2 2 2 2 0 8 No. of Businesses or Holdings Benefitting 0 2 2 2 2 0 8 No. of Jobs Created 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 Support for Micro and Small Enterprises and Farm Diversification No. of Projects 0 12 9 10 5 1 37 No. of Businesses or Holdings Benefitting 0 12 10 10 5 2 39 No. of Jobs Created 0 20 14 15 5 1 55 Support for Rural Tourism No. of Projects 0 5 2 2 1 0 10 No. of Jobs Created 0 5 2 2 1 0 10 Provision of Rural Services No. of Projects 0 1 2 2 1 0 6 No. of Businesses Benefitting 0 2 3 3 1 0 9 Jobs Created 0 1 1 0 2 Support for Cultural and Heritage Activity No. of Projects 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 No. of Businesses Benefitting 0 1 2 1 1 0 5 Jobs Created 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Support for Increasing Forestry Productivity No. of Projects 0 2 2 2 1 0 7 No. of Businesses or Holdings Benefitting 0 2 2 2 1 0 7 Jobs Created 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Total no. of projects supported 73 Total no. of businesses benefitting 68 Total no. of jobs created 73 8 | P a g e Appendix 5: Walking for Health Scheme Summary Town Venue Ave numbers Day of the week Level Weekly Albrighton Crown 30 Wednesday Two/Three Alveley Post Office 29 Tuesdays Two/Three Baschurch Admiral Duncan 15 Wednesday Three Bishop's Castle Enterprise House 6 Monday One/ Two Bridgnorth Westgate 10 Mondays Two Bridgnorth Community Hub 5 Friday One Broseley Medical Centre 45 Thursday One/Two Chelmarsh Village Hall 10 Mondays Two/Three Church Stretton Mayfair Centre 9 Wednesday Three Church Stretton Mayfair Centre 14 Wednesday One Church Stretton Mayfair Centre 14 Tuesday NEXT STEPS Church Stretton Mayfair Centre 20 Friday NEXT STEPS Craven Arms Discovery Centre 6 Wednesday One/Two Ditton Priors Church 12 Thursday Two Ditton Priors Village Hall 10 Thursday One Ellesmere Canal wharf 25 Wednesday 2 and 3, plus 2 hour walk Hadnall Village hall 20 Tuesday 1 and 2 Harmer Hill 6 Tuesday evening Highley Severn Centre 17 Mondays Two/Three Ludlow Station Drive Surgery 16 Monday One/Two Market Drayton Buttercross 12 Friday 2 and 3 Much Wenlock The Square 70 Mondays One/Two/Three Oswestry Cambrian railway 6 Tuesday 3 building Oswestry Gatacre sports pavilion 6 Tuesday 2 Oswestry Gatacre sports pavilion 15 Thursday 1 and 2 Rushbury Rushbury Village Hall 17 Tuesday Two/Three Shawbury Village hall 20 Monday 1 and 2 Shifnal Village Hall 4 Tuesday One Shrewsbury Abbots Wood Day Centre 18 Thursday one/two Shrewsbury Edgefield Green 5 Shrewsbury The Lantern 10 Wednesday one/two Shrewsbury Marden Medical