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December 2006

20 December Local News We help save Inskip footpath
18 December Local News We join fight against blight on Devon landscape
18 December Local News Playgolf's plan thwarted to move blocked public path
5 December Local News Fencing rejected on North Wales common
5 December Local News Waste dump on East Sussex common

November 2006

8 November Local News Reopen blocked footpath

October 2006

25 October Responses Welsh Assembly Government - Revision of Technical Advice Note 16, 'Sport, Recreation and Open Space'
25 October Local News Fight for community's wood
25 October National News Outdoor Writers' Award
20 October Features Articles from Open Space - Access to the coast
20 October Information Sheets New information sheet - C16 The Commons Act 2006 explained
17 October Features Articles from Open Space - Weaverham: a special place
17 October Local News Disappointing decision to fence Barlaston Common
17 October National News We call for Natural England to be common-land champion
17 October National News Certain provisions of Commons Act 2006 come into force
9 October Local News Church Langley path-change
9 October Membership Making a donation to the society
4 October Responses Defra - Widths on orders, Planning Inspectorate Advice Note 16
4 October Responses Bournemouth and Poole rights of way improvement plan
4 October Responses Defra - Changes to game licensing and game management
3 October Features Opinions from Open Space - One admiral, no ships
3 October National News New power for public to protect commons

September 2006

14 September Responses North Somerset Council - draft enforcement policy for public rights of way
14 September National News Councillors give go-ahead to save open space
13 September Local News Herefordshire common saved from urbanisation
12 September Local News Fight to save Harden Moor
12 September Local News We fight Pitshill path changes
5 September Responses Torbay Council - Rights of way improvement plan
5 September Responses Welsh Assembly Government - Clean Neighbourhood and Environment Act 2005, proposed regulations for gating orders
4 September Responses Somerset County Council - Rights of way improvement plan
1 September Local News Fencing rejected on Swansea common

August 2006

17 August Local News Odell bridleway no threat to security

July 2006

26 July Local News Somerset slated for landowner bias
26 July Local News We oppose development on Kent cliff
21 July Local News Outrage at hilltop mast
21 July National News Common-land thieves beware:  Commons Act 2006
11 July Local News Henley Festival blocks Thames towpath

June 2006

28 June Local News Call for Wetley Moor action plan
28 June Local News Victory at Haytor, Dartmoor
28 June Local News Castle Cove Path, Dartmouth
28 June Local News Mablethorpe footpath rescue
28 June Local News Herefordshire common to be fenced
13 June Information Sheets Guide to forming action groups for protecting open spaces - produced by Edgar Powell
12 June Local News Cambrian catastrophe
12 June Local News Fencing cannot stop public recreation
12 June Features Open Space opinion - Unfair trade
9 June Local News Unauthorised fencing of common land
9 June Local News Deplorable fencing of Norfolk Common
9 June Local News Beckley path saved
9 June Local News We deplore decision to fence Wolvercote Green

May 2006

31 May Publications Information sheet A4 - Open Spaces Society policy on wind turbines has been updated
31 May Local News Dismay at land swap for wind turbines
24 May National News Law Lords give green light to green spaces
10 May Local News We fight land swap on West Sussex common
8 May Local News Victory on Dorset common
8 May Local News We deplore development on Dartmoor common

April 2006

13 April National News Link from Now or never chance for commons to the society's summary and briefing for the Commons Bill, second-reading debate
13 April National News Now or never chance for commons
13 April Local News London's special square saved from commercial abuse
12 April Local News We fight fencing plan on East Sussex common
5 April Local News Public paths could become private preserves
5 April Local News We scupper Salford's path-closure plans

March 2006

31 March Features Open Space articles - End this futility
31 March Responses Norfolk County Council.  Draft rights of way improvement plan 2006-2016
31 March Responses Ministry of Defence.  Access & recreation strategy for the MoD estate
31 March Local News We fight mast on hilltop common
31 March Local News Kent school-path closure pursued
31 March Local News We help save St Mary Bourne footpath
31 March Local News Henley Festival backs down from Thames path closure
31 March National News We celebrate rejection of Whinash wind-turbines
30 March Local News Festival to close Thames path
30 March Local News Remedy for inner London's lost ways
30 March Local News Coombe Down, Dartmoor opening soon
27 March National News Landmark greens-case to be heard by Law Lords

February 2006

15 February Local News We call on Kent to reject school-path closure
14 February Local News Public to be banned from beauty spot
6 February Local News Fencing plan rejected on Allendale Common

January 2006

31 January Local News Nina Smith
31 January Features Members at work - Sturminster Newton Open Spaces Group, Butts Pond Meadow Project
31 January Local News School path saved at Hoar Cross
26 January Local News We scupper city's crime path closure
24 January Common Land Common Purpose - a guide to managing commons
19 January National News Lost chance to save commons from theft
19 January Local News Victory against opencast-mine
12 January Responses Defra.  Consultation on the confirmation of by-laws relating to countryside recreation.
3 January National News Claiming public paths after twenty years' use
3 January Information Sheets New information sheet B6 - Claiming public paths after twenty years' use

 

December 2005

28 December Responses Defra.  Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, section 68, vehicular access over common and other land.
28 December Local News We protest at alleygating in Doncaster
22 December Responses Applying the Planning Acts to the Crown Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
14 December Local News We fight downland destruction
14 December Local News Unlawful fencing on Netmead Common
6 December National News Blitz on bracken: government to respond
2 December Local News We join battle against Den Brook turbines

November 2005

30 November Responses Defra.  Consultation relating to the amendment of the Local Access Forums (England) Regulations 2002
29 November Local News Fight for Monmouth's special tree
28 November National News National Trust told not to subsidise farmers
28 November Local News Racecourse extension on common
28 November National News Cinderella commons need tlc
28 November Responses Defra.  Public consultation on introduction of New Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) Regulations
9 November Responses Defra.  Consultation on the diversions of rights of way (1) for the protection of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs); and (2) temporary diversions for dangerous works
9 November Local News Secretary of State rejects development on Suffolk common
9 November National News Tougher laws needed to protect common land
9 November National News New law to fight bracken menace
8 November Local News Bridport path saved
8 November Local News The fight against wind turbines on Pool Hill, Kirklees
8 November Local News West Sussex path won

October 2005

30 October Ephemera Opinion from Open Space Autumn 2005 -
A commons champion?
30 October Ephemera Opinion from Open Space Summer 2005 -
A long way to go
26 October Responses Welsh Assembly Government.  Welsh national park authorities draft policy statement.
26 October Local News We back parish council to save village green
26 October Local News We object to controversial Weymouth Relief Road scheme
26 October Local News Private housing for historic Crystal Palace Park
11 October Ephemera Article from member, Eric Fowler, on off-road vehicles
11 October Ephemera Article from member, Jan Moseley, on wind turbines on common land
11 October Responses Defence Estates.  Draft defence estate strategy 2006
11 October Local News Cliff-top beauty spot saved
11 October Local News Dismay at land swap for new county hall
11 October Local News Plymouth City Council forced to open blocked path in court case
7 October Local News We help save Borstal village recreation fields
7 October Local News We back Bridport path-change opponents
7 October National News We fight flaws in Crossrail Bill

September 2005

23 September Responses Home Office.  Gating order powers under section 2 of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005
20 September Responses Warwickshire County Council.  Draft countryside access and rights of way improvement plan
20 September Responses Welsh Assembly Government.  Consultation on the Environment Strategy for Wales
20 September National News 'Open your country' we urge National Trust
20 September Local News Halton Borough Council writes the longest paragraph
8 September Local News Open Spaces Society rejoices at 'No' to wind turbines
8 September National News We back Trap Grounds in Lords
8 September Local News Don't develop The Den
8 September CROW Act News New freedom to walk in south-west England

August 2005

25August Local News Historic Cotswold path saved
25 August Local News We deplore Dorset's failure to act
25 August Local News Fencing plan rejected on Hertfordshire common

July 2005

29 July Local News We deplore dog ban in West Dart valley
29 July National News Our Annual General Meeting
18 July Local News Last plea to Dorset County Councillors
18 July Local News Fairwood Common to be 'suburbanised'
14 July Local News We save Exmoor footpath
14 July Local News Blot on Sussex beauty-spot path


June 2005

28 June National News New power for public to rescue common land
22 June Local News Path changes on charity land
22 June Ephemera Mixed messages - rights and restrictions in conflict
20 June National News National Trust's 'inner cabinet' plan and link to article
11 June National News Adjust green belts to give public benefit
10 June Responses Oxfordshire County Council draft rights of way improvement plan
8 June Local News We fight development on Suffolk common
2 June Local News Fencing plan rejected on Painswick Hill Common
2 June Local News We fight Lambeth path closure
2 June Local News Pay-to-walk company fights right to roam
2 June National News Vision in the cities

May 2005

11 May National News Judgment for Vixen Tor

April 2005

29 April Responses Cambridgeshire County Council - Draft Rights of Way Improvement Plan
29 April Local News Fight to save paths from 'petulant' Pearson
29 April National News Campaign to save urban lifelines
27 April Local News We slate plan to desecrate Merthyr Common
27 April Local News Five blocked paths reopened
27 April Local News Regeneration scheme threatens common
12 April Local News Bedfordshire paths are 'Cinderellas of the highway network'
12 April Local News Dorset County Council should remove unlawful fences
5 April National News New campaign to save threatened waterside play-spaces
5 April Home Page New link from Home Page to Oxford Trap Grounds decision
5 April Local News Regrettable decision to fence West Sussex common
5 April Local News Caldecotte lakeside saved as open space
1 April Village Greens Fairfield Common in Buxton, Derbyshire, registered as a green.

March 2005

31 March Local News Norfolk County Council fails to defend footpath
31 March Local News Kids' kick-about on Wotter Common
31 March Local News Wind turbines - 90 feet higher than Nelson's Column
30 March Local News Rescue plan for Dartmouth path
30 March Responses Bedfordshire County Council - Outdoor access improvement plan
30 March Responses Defra's Draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill
23 March Publications Information Sheet C15 - 'Waterside Access for Recreation - exploring problems and supporting solutions' added to Publications list.
23 March Publications Information Sheet B5 - The right to know - A guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environment Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998
10 March National News We fight government's criminal-trespass plans
10 March National News We expose shabby state of commons
7 March National News Our general secretary wins new term on countryside body
3 March Local News 'Unorthodox' council
2 March National News Link from Wisley decision to analysis of the judgment
2 March CROW Act News Dismay at Vixen Tor access decision
2 March National News A black day for greens

February 2005

18 February National News Photograph added to 'Wisley decision'
17 February Local News Corporate grab of public square
17 February Local News 'Scandalous' motorbike plans in beauty-spot
17 February National News Save your spaces from the developers!
10 February Responses Devon on the Move - rights-of-way improvement plan
10 February Local News We slate Devon's path plan and link to responses page
2 February Local News Dismay at Quantock-fencing decision
2 February CROW Act News Link added CROW coming-into-effect dates

January 2005

27 January CROW Act News We fight for right to roam on Dartmoor landmark sites
27 January Local News Friends of Burleigh Green ask for your support
27 January Publications  Errata Errata in Our Common Land book
17 January Local News Victory on Pembrokeshire Common
13 January Local News We save Southwark short-cut
6 January National News We press MPs to oppose highway gating-orders

December 2004

21 December Local news Our Wiltshire activist rescues path
21 December CROW Act News Access rights introduced in Central Southern England
21 December CROW Act News Commencement date announced for the upper North West and North East England
13 December Ephemera Hills to climb
13 December Ephemera Private practice
13 December Local news Our chairman wins new access-land in south
10 December Ephemera Supreme Salesmanship

November 2004

30 November National News (plus link from home page) Draft Commons Bill in the Queen's Speech
30 November Local and National News Link to Planning Inspectorate Order Decision added to Norcot Nursery School story
30 November Local News We slate new wind-turbine plans
30 November National News New Act will discourage companies from blocking public paths
24 November National News New greens: who decides?
23 November Local News We rescue historic Northamptonshire footpath
8 November Features Hards as public open spaces

October 2004

29 October National News Wisley case decision
23 October People Added Tim Crowther picture & text
21 October Responses TAN8 Renewable energy
8 October News flash
(home page)
OSS goes to court
5 October Local News 'Pre-empt the developers!'

September 2004

27 September New page &
National News
Right to roam commencement
9 September Local News Society saves vital path for Reading's residents
9 September National News Government's new school-protection law runs aground
9 September Responses Department for Transport's local transport note 2/04, adjacent and shared use facilities for pedestrians and cyclists
9 September Responses Defra's consultation on clean neighbourhoods
9 September Responses Defra's cap reform implementation: consultation on proposed and possible measures for implementation of cross compliance in England (single payment scheme)
1 September Event West Devon Environmental Network (West DEN) September meeting

August 2004

26 August Responses Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's consultation on best value performance indicators for 2005/06

July 2004

29 July Features Islands of benign neglect
14 July Local News We give Henley Festival the rocket
14 July Local News We back new campaign for Petersham Meadows
14 July Local News Ugborough footpaths won back
14 July Local News We call for task force to save beauty-spot path
14 July Local News Lazy Lincolnshire
14 July Local News Wiltshire footpaths reinstated through crops
7 July Responses Comment on Draft Charities Bill, Houses of Parliament Joint Committee
6 July People Ben Aston listed as vice-chairman and two new EC names added.
5 July CROW Act News Access timetable updated & Defra access newsletter index link added.
5 July Local News We fight for Marsh Lane Footbridge in Leyton
5 July Local News  Added photograph to Eype Down Common to stay free

June 2004

18 June Features
& Rights of Way
Losing unrecorded ways?
16 June Your Area Added Harry Scott our new correspondent for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent
15 June Your Area Added Gordon Reeds our new West Wiltshire and Kennet Districts local correspondent

May 2004

21 May Local News Added photograph to We fight wind turbines on common land
21 May CROW Act News Access begins
6 May Local News Wetley Moor Common saved from fencing blight
6 May Local News Eype Down Common to stay free
6 May Local News Weaverham's vital greenspace saved

April 2004

28 April Local News Added photograph to Vital path in Norfolk saved
26 April Local News Beating the bounds on Spring Common, Huntingdon
26 April Local News We fight wind turbines on common land
26 April Responses Review of In Trust and On Trust, Defence Estates' strategy
7 April Local News Calling all path-users in Torbay
7 April National News Law lords allow vehicular access over common land
5 April Conference International Council on Monuments and Sites UK (ICOMOS-UK) major conference on future landscapes (link may no longer work)

March 2004

31 March Local News Vital path in Norfolk saved
18 March Responses Use of mechanically propelled vehicles on rights of way
16 March Local News Fighting for ancient Ketton way
11 March Membership Constitution
4 March Your Area Added Bob Milton correspondent Guildford Borough and Surrey Heath District
3 March Your Area Some additions and amendments on Your Area page

February 2004

25 February Local News Plymouth's path-failures
25 February Local News Grendon footpath to remain
25 February Local News Two paths saved at Dowlish Wake
25 February Local News Land at Little Sugden stays on the access map
24 February National News Added photograph re Sunderland (Beresford) case
24 February National News Added photograph of the Trap Grounds
3 February Responses Wiltshire County Council's framework for managing the rights-of-way network in Wiltshire 2003-2008
3 February Responses Defra's consultation on agricultural use and management of common land

January 2004

27 January National News Trap Grounds victory
26 January Local News We slate Wiltshire's hierarchy plan
23 January Crow Act summarised Change to CROW Act summarised: Lost Ways
15 January Responses Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Removing Plan Requirements
 6 January Responses Defra's proposed amendments to legislation when 'roads used as public paths' are reclassified as restricted pathways

December 2003

23 December Local News Kilmington path saved
23 December Responses Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's Sustainable Development in Rural Areas, Planning Policy Statement 7 (PPS7)
8 December Local News Beds decides to reopen blocked footpath
3 December Local News Commons to stay free

November 2003

30 November Local News Added picture of The Sands common, Durham
28 November Local News Exmouth victory
28 November Local News View of Colmworth Church retained
27 November National news The Rural Delivery Review: we'll campaign for a countryside champion
25 November Local news Vital Gillingham alleyway saved
14 November National News Landmark decision by law lords will save public spaces
4 November Membership New membership rates
3 November Local news Ferndown Common, now a registered green

October 2003

10 October Features Kate Ashbrook's talk to the Dartmoor Society
9 October Your Area Jo Bird our new local correspondent for Teesside
8 October Local news Pop star abandons path-change plan
6 October Local news We condemn Blackburn Council for poor state of paths
5 October Ephemera Whimsical Watford

September 2003

25 September People Ben Aston, EC member, words and picture added
24 September People Our new financial administrator Moira Holloway
21 September Local News The future of Crownhill Down, Dartmoor
18 September People Vice Presidents added
17 September Search New search page
12 September National News Walkers prevent moorland fires

August 2003

7 August National News New chairman for National Park pressure group
7 August Responses Evaluating the impacts of hill farming in England

July 2003

31 July People Ben Aston & Michelle Johnston & Julie Jiggens photos added
24 July Local News We fight for Durham's ancient common
24 July Responses Response to Defra on Foot and Mouth
23 July Local News Vixen Tor barred gate picture added
22 July National News Bucks village green lost in high court
8 July Local News Win against fencing on Odiham Common
6 July People New Treasurer Robert Greenly

June 2003

28 June Rights of way Ownership of paths
24 June Rights of way Farmyard safety
23 June Rights of Way Picnics on Rights of Way
23 June Local News Isle of Wight path saved from closure
23 June Local News Access battle at Vixen Tor
23 June Local News Cliff-top road closed
23 June Responses Review of National Parks in Wales
23 June Local News Kensworth circular
13 June re Greens Added temporary note on progress of Washington (Beresford) case

May 2003

30 May People Updated Kate Ashbrook's people page
21 May National News National Trust Trounced in Norfolk
16 May Responses Overgrazing: response to DEFRA
12 May Local News We call on council to reopen blocked Maulden path

April 2003

30 April Local News We fight Manchester's plans to close paths
30 April Local News Sutton Common fence deplored
30 April National News National Trust ditches chance for democracy
16 April Local News Bradford's steps to close paths slated
15 April Local News Victory against development of national-park common
15 April Local News Lake District fencing plan rejected

March 2003

26 March Features Security paranoia
26 March Features Three law cases
26 March National News Planning fiasco
24 March Publications Flyer and Order Form for "Our Common Land"

February 2003

25 February Local News The fight to save Crownhill Down
14 February National News Hoogstraten path opening process starts
12 February Publications Updated policy document on wind turbines
12 February People - links Added link to Bansted Common Conservators
11 February Your area Update local correspondents list

January 2003

31 January Event (home page plus) Event: talk on saving our commons 22 Feb.
27 January Local News We rescue Wyboston path
26 January Local News Kinsbourne Green, Hertfordshire, is saved
21 January Local news Victory against fencing on Llynclys Common
20 January Local news Path vandalised by County Council
13 January Local news Pressure groups protest at Lake District fencing plans
13 January Responses Three consultations summaries added
10 January Local news New ten-year military land grab succeeds
(replaces 2nd January story)
2 January Local news New ten-year military land grab

December 2002

3 December Local news OSS fights pop star's path change

November 2002

29 November National news Kate Ashbrook wins 'Hoogstraten' case
15 November People Photo of meeting, committee & staff
11 November Local news Path switch sweetener offered

October 2002

31 October Responses Arrangements for a national trails trust
9 October Local news Stratford path restored
9 October Responses Welsh Assembly Government, Walking and cycling strategy for Wales
7 October Responses Greater London Authority, draft London Plan
7 October People Biographical details of Jack Burling, executive committee member

September 2002

30 September CROW Act News DEFRA  Enforcement of highway authorities' duty to prevent obstructions on rights of way (section 63 of the CROW Act)
26 September Local News Hertfordshire common threatened
23 September Local News We condemn new military plans for Dartmoor
19 September CROW Act News Section 68 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
17 September Responses DEFRA  Crime Prevention on Rights of Way
Public consultation paper on the designation of areas and other procedural matters
16 September Responses DEFRA  England Rural Development Programme Agri-Environment Schemes - Access Review
2 September Local News Bedfordshire bridleway saved

August 2002

22 August Local News We slate Wiltshire's plans to neglect public paths
20 August National News Planning policy guidance (PPG) 17:  Planning for Open Space, Sport and Recreation
15 August Local News We help to save rectory path
14 August Responses Welsh Assembly Government
Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
Rights of way improvement plans (ROWIPs) Draft guidance to local highway authorities in Wales
9 August National News Government rejects safeguards against privatisation of common land
9 August Responses Common Land Policy Statement 2002
5 August Features Open Spaces Society members at work
5 August Local News Alderminster path rescued

July 2002

17 July National News Government highlights national value of national parks
5 July Local News Society's campaigner saves Leamington footpath
1 July Local News Free Wetley Moor from unlawful fencing

June 2002

26 June National News AGM - keynote speech by OSS chairman
'Don't fence us out'
26 June People OSS AGM - new committee members
25 June Features (new) Article on William Morris
24 June Responses DTLR Electoral registers - access, supply and sale
21 June National News