Carol Ramsden
Consultant, Birketts LLP
Birketts is a law firm with a respected national rights of way service – for agricultural, planning and development advice, public path diversion, creation and extinguishment orders, definitive map claims, village greens and private access. Carol joined Birketts from a local planning authority in 2005 and is a Fellow and former Director of IPROW. In 2022 Carol was appointed to the national public rights of way Stakeholder Working Group, dealing with the implementation of pending public rights of way legislation and guidance.
Paul Hopkins
Countryside Access Management Ltd
Director of UK wide consultancy with 30 years experience. Diversion orders; modification orders, research into status, establishment of promoted routes, surveys; consultations and negotiations; www.countrysideaccess.co.uk
Wales
01974 282484
Eifion Jones
TMJ Access
20 years experience in public rights of way and access management within local authority. Experience in promotion; audits and surveys; access project development and delivery, bid writing, public path orders, modification orders, strategic reports and documents.
Covering Wales (other than Ceredigion)
07581444982
Kath Windett
Public Rights of Way: Research, Advice and Consultancy
Cumbria based and covering northern England. Definitive Map – archive research, user evidence, applications and statements of case. Public Path order applications, stakeholder consultation, promoted routes, network and policy development. Over 30 years’ experience in rural and urban ROW and access in local government, national park and voluntary organisations.
Robin Carr
Robin Carr Associates
With over 30 years experience in this specialist field, Robin is one of the Country’s leading consultants working throughout England and Wales on all aspects of public rights of way - Fellow of IPROW, Award winning & Registered Expert Witness (Courts, Hearings and Inquiries), experienced Inquiry Advocate, Bar Council license to Instruct Counsel & fully insured. Insurance Company and Legal Aid work undertaken. Full details at:
Nottinghamshire
01623 835798
Brendon Lee
Hewitsons LLP
Hewitsons LLP is a national law firm with a specialist experience in planning and environmental law. They regularly act for landowners, developers and interest groups concerning issues arising from public rights of way, town and village greens and assets of community value. Brendon has previously worked in the Environment Law Teams at local highway authorities both in and outside London.
Cambridge, Northampton, London and Milton Keynes
01223 532757
Jon Perks
Jon Perks Associates
A Rights of Way practitioner for over 20 years, offering services to communities, developers, land managers and local authorities. Considerable experience of project delivery, engaging with stakeholders, advice to planners and developers, and in resolving arising access issues.
07863 336 999
Marcia Grice
Rights of Way Executive, Birketts LLP
Birketts is a law firm with a respected national rights of way service – including for agricultural issues, planning and development advice, public path diversion, creation and extinguishment orders, definitive map claims, village greens and common land. Marcia has worked in the industry since 2009 and joined Birketts from a highway authority in 2017. Email: marcia-grice@birketts.co.uk
01603 756465
Mike Taylor
Rights of way practitioner
Cheshire based senior rights of way practitioner. Consultancy experience in public path orders, National Trails, definitive map investigations and training.
Nantwich 07745 346513
Claire Goodman-Jones
Birchill Access Consultancy Ltd
National award winning consultants specialising in a range of services including diversions, modification orders, strategic reports, surveys, common land & village green casework, training.
Operating throughout England and Wales
01970 890491
Jonathan Cheal
Solicitor, Mogers Drewett
Was articled in the PROW dept of a County Council in the 1970s; worked as legal adviser at CLA HQ in London in the 1980s; and since 1987 has been in practice in Somerset, specialising increasingly in advising landowning clients on public access management: how to deal properly with existing PROWs; steps available for prevention of untoward rights arising; and how best to deal with new claims. Clients across much of southern and central England and Wales.
jonathan.cheal@mogersdrewett.com .
07901 332 642
Sarah Manchester
Freelance Consultant
20 years experience in countryside management, specialising in rights of way and access for 15 years. Promotion; audits and surveys; project delivery; integration of access with wider objectives including planning and conservation.
New Forest
07887 867250
Rosalinde Emrys-Roberts
Routewise Consulting
Over 25 years’ experience of working with Rights of Way (making and confirming Modification or Diversion Orders), Village Greens and Common Land (applications to register/de-register). Member of DEFRA’s Stakeholder Working Group. Expertise in researching, analysing and interpreting documentary evidence, producing reports. Confident at presenting to a variety of audiences, from the public to a Parliamentary committee. Detailed understanding of maps, including from working as a Land Surveyor for 8 years. Trainer for IPROW. Fully insured.
Hertfordshire.
ros@routewise.org .
07850 506 924
John Lindsay
Consultant
Experience in key areas: Public Path Orders, diversions, Modification Orders, Archive research, statement of case, stakeholder consultations, network surveys, strategic reports/documents, feasibility studies, and consultancy work/business support.
Email: johnlindsay@cms-access.co.uk
Telephone: 07738 431358
George Keeping
Archival research and training; Surveys; Modification Orders; Public Path Orders; ROWIP implementation; Local authority rights of way consultancy.
Market Harborough
07813 977513
Stephen Jenkinson
Access and Countryside Management Ltd
Over 26 years experience working across the UK. Key areas of expertise: training for ROW staff & LAFs; policy, priority & network development; management of dogs & their owners; visitor management; writing specialist publications.
Deerness
08456 439435
Alison Williamson
Freelance Consultant
Consultant since 1998 after leaving National Trust. Development planning & recreational impact assessment, Definitive Map/ Highways Act Orders, expert witness, access management/research. Operates nationwide. Fully insured.
Cirencester, Gloucestershire: Operates nationwide
01285 851850