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A page for regular visitors to see what has changed between visits.
 

Only changes that are felt significant to users of the site are recorded here.
For updates in 2006 and earlier go to Earlier Updates

July 2008

22 July National News Creating a political voice for the commons
22 July National News First ever giant wind turbine in a National Park is to be built
22 July Local News Deplorable decision on Epworth footpath
17 July Local News Land in Borehamwood saved from development
14 July National News Repealing the cut-off date to save our historic paths
14 July National News Inspiring people to enjoy the natural environment
2 July National News Survey of structures on paths

June 2008

26 June Local News Save Sanders Lane
24 June Local News Fight for open space at Cornish beauty-spot
23 June Local News First step in saving Yeovil Rec
23 June Local News Plan to develop Anglesey common
17 June Local News Flight paths threaten peace of Chiltern Hills
11 June Local News Deplorable decision on festival path-closure
9 June Local News Popular Poole path reopened

May 2008

30 May Local News Open space at Stanley, County Durham, protected
23 May Local News Threat to Crowborough Common
23 May Local News Land in Hazel Grove saved from development
21 May Local News Call for action to rescue public paths in Ipswich
2 May National News Green Alert! Campaign

April 2008

30 April Local News Wealden Council gets tough in fight for Pooh Bridge link-path
30 April Local News Campaign to protect Bentfield Green
23 April Local News Manstone Edge Common saved from fencing plans
23 April Local News Waterlooville Recreation Ground
18 April Local News Ten turbines near Viking Way rejected
17 April Local News Fight to save Luton footpaths from closure
17 April Local News ‘Lungs of the community’ saved in Sketty
9 April Local News Caversham bridleway protected
9 April Local News Brixham's Wishings Field Saved
9 April Local News ‘Menacing’ turbines on Mynydd y Betws Common
7 April Local News The gateway to Bristol
7 April Local News Brixham's Wishing Field

March 2008

20 March Local News Councillors’ ‘deplorable decision’ threatens South Hams heritage
20 March Local News Blockage on Brixham footpath
18 March Local News Yeovil Rec supporters vote to go for a green
11 March Local News Open Spaces chief to speak at ‘Save Yeovil Rec’ public meeting
7 March Local News We fight plans to move path on Northwick Park golf course

February 2008

13 February Local News Threat to Tooting Bec Common
12 February Local News House building blocks Basingstoke footpath
11 February Local News  Village-Green claim at Waterfoot
7 February Local News We join battle to save The Braid
5 February Local News Why the secrecy?
1 February Local News ‘Last field’ is saved
1 February Local News Wokingham drops plan to close popular path

January 2008

29 January Local News Betws Mountain colliery threat
29 January Local News Playground on Roughton Common needs special permission
29 January Local News Time to say no to Festival path-closure
23 January Local News Development at the Bugle Inn
23 January Local News Byway bid at Longparish Mill
17 January Local News Intrusions in North Devon landscape
17 January Local News Fight against turbines next to Viking Way
2 January Local News Threat to the link path to Pooh Sticks Bridge

December 2007

21 December National News Go grab a green for christmas
20 December About Us Strategic Plan
20 December Local News Fencing plan for Rishworth Moor
20 December Local News Unlawful fencing on Carmarthenshire common
20 December Local News Campaign to save Waterfoot's green lung
13 December Local News Forestry Commission agrees to dedicate public path
7 December Local News South Hams green lanes threatened by motorbike abuse
7 December Local News Morton open space saved from development
4 December Local News Land in Haverfordwest saved from development
4 December Local News Wokingham to seek solution to Henley Festival path-closure

November 2007

30 November Local News Solution to save threatened space at Widmer Farm
30 November Local News Donation to help Warneford Meadows
27 November Local News Fight for Epworth footpath
27 November Local News We back bid to save Osbaldwick Meadows
26 November Local News Pitshill path saved
26 November Local News Bedfordshire County Council does its stuff
9 November Local News Closure of Hayes footpath
9 November Local News Suburban chalet-park rejected

October 2007

25 October Features An article from Open Space Autumn 2007 - An abuse of procedures at
St James’s Place, Brighton
18 October Local News Gates across ancient Somerset droveway must go
18 October Features A law case featured in Open Space Autumn 2007 - 'Intention' analysed
18 October Features An opinion from Open Space Autumn 2007 - See you in court?
18 October Features An article from Open Space Autumn 2007 - Pressure on heaths
17 October Local News Path closure puts Woodley people at risk
17 October Local News Land in Croxley Green saved from development
17 October Local News Wind-turbine menace on Lancashire common
12 October Local News South Pennines Partnership's chance to promote public enjoyment
12 October Local News Betws Mountain battle enters new phase
11 October National News New power for public to protect Welsh commons
10 October National News New law to protect commons

September 2007

28 September National News Access for equestrians
28 September Local News Unlawful fencing on Monmouthshire common must go
28 September Local News Safe route to school
28 September Responses Defra - Proposed South Downs National Park
28 September Local News The fight for Yeovil rec
13 September Local News Chalet blot in beauty spot
13 September Responses Defra - consultation on proposals to improve access to the English coast
12 September National News The least-restrictive option
12 September Local News Access-way on Surrey common refused
12 September Local News Locked gates on Westwood Common
12 September National News Unfair proposals for public paths
6 September National News New law for greens commences in Wales
4 September Responses Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Consultation on implementation of the right to apply for orders to extinguish and divert public rights of way
4 September Responses Rutland County Council - draft rights of way improvement plan
4 September Responses Surrey County Council - draft rights of way improvement plan
4 September Responses Cornwall County Council - draft countryside access strategy
4 September Responses Dartmoor National Park - draft management plan 2007-2012

August 2007

30 August Local News Deplorable enclosure of common land
29 August Local News Important site in Petersfield saved
29 August National News National Trust's founder celebrates centenary for common land
22 August Information Sheets New information sheet - C18 Removing and improving path-paraphernalia
15 August About Us Annual Report and Accounts 2006
15 August Local News Path won after 20-year struggle
15 August Local News Plympton school path saved
15 August Local News Rutland must abandon path priority-system
14 August Local News Fighting an eyesore in Chiltern wood
14 August Local News Joint action saves bridleway at Llanbadarn Fyndd in Powys
14 August Local News Path claimed round Bowmoor Lake
10 August Local News We slate Cornwall's path hierarchy
10 August Features Opinion from Open Space Summer 2007 - Trespassers' legacy
2 August Local News Important Devon footpath reopened

July 2007

11 July Local News Henley Festival’s ‘self-inflicted slur’
10 July Local News We win best answer for Holt Heath Common
6 July Local News Reopen blocked footpath, Brent
6 July Local News We bust attempted secrecy in Whitehaven Bill
6 July Local News Betws Mountain wind turbines: the battle’s not over
6 July People Diane Andrewes - Executive committee member
5 July Responses Monmouthshire County Council - draft rights of way improvement plan

June 2007

29 June Local News We fight new military hut at Baggator
29 June Local News First round for Jolly Sailor paths won
25 June National News House of Lords ruling: victory for path users
25 June National News Coastal access consultation launched
19 June Local News We win battle of Bullfinch Lane
19 June Local News Garway Common saved from degradation
15 June Local News Campaigners save valued footpath in Westbourne

 

May 2007

23 May Local News Tele-mast eyesore at Parliament Piece
23 May Local News Bulldozed track on Torfaen Common
11 May National News We correct cock-up at PM's country home
11 May Local News Council retreats from cycle-track plan

 

April 2007

25 April Local News Widmer Farm—second chance
18 April Local News We back Warneford Meadow rescue plan  
18 April Village Greens Updated village green page
16 April National News Tougher protection for common land
13 April Publications Rights of Way, a guide to law and practice, 4th edition - book your copy now
12 April Local News Wind turbine threat to South Pennine summit
11 April Local News Mablethorpe footpath threatened again
6 April National News New law opens door to saving green spaces
5 April Responses Defra - Consultation on the Protection of Common Land in England, Commons Act 2006

 

March 2007

29 March Errata Errata to Sixth edition of Our Common Land
29 March Local News Safe walking-route spurned
29 March Local News We fight blot on Garway Common
20 March Local News Cross Moor wind-turbines ‘add insult to injury’
20 March Local News Settlement secured for Bournemouth's paths and spaces
5 March Ephemera Rhyme for registration
5 March Features Article from Open Space Spring 2007 - Defra visits Dorset
5 March Local News Poor’s Acre—victim of funding cuts
5 March Local News Council rules that Yeadon Banks stay green
2 March Local News Victory for Telscombe Tye Common

February 2007

21 February National News Kinder 75
20 February Features Opinion from Open Space Spring 2007 - Coast for the most
20 February Local News Destructive road-scheme
20 February Local News Glyndebourne to face the music
20 February Local News Longridge Wood campaign takes big step forward
20 February Local News Brooklands Passage saved
20 February Local News Hebden Bridge first ‘walkers are welcome’ town
20 February National News Call for coastal access-corridor
2 February Local News We fight cycle track on Lincoln common
1 February National News Footpath fight in Crossrail Bill

January 2007

29 January Our People Obituaries
29 January Local News Bradfield Parish Council saves green
22 January Publications New edition of Our Common Land by Paul Clayden
18 January Information Sheets New information sheet - B7 The case for cattle-grids on commons
17 January Local News Ancient Stockport path saved from closure
17 January Local News Blocked path across golf course to be reopened
17 January Local News Ewyas Harold Common saved from eyesore
17 January Local News Path closure at Plympton School
17 January Local News Open space saved on Saxon Shore Way
3 January National News Call for universal speed-limit where unfenced roads cross commons
3 January Local News We fight plan to close Lambeth footpath
2 January Local News Somerset’s path hierarchy deplored



For updates in 2006 and earlier go to Earlier Updates