IPROW 40th Anniversary Awards
IPROW 40th Anniversary Awards - a celebration of the work you do
2026 represents 40 years of IPROW and some of you have been with us since the beginning! We are currently requesting nominations for a variety of awards, which will be presented at the Annual Update in October.
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Defra's Woodland Access Improvement Plan
DEFRA and the Forestry Commission are currently working towards publishing ambitions for woodland access. Following engagement with stakeholders priorities are being reviewed with a view to identifying the policy, guidance, and behavioural changes needed to improve access to new and existing woodlands.
Increased penalty for obstruction
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 came into force 22 May and increased the penalty for obstruction of the highway to include a prison sentence not exceeding 51 weeks. The increase of penalty was government's response to obstruction of the highway by protestors, but insertion in Section 137 of the Highways Act 1980 extends the penalty to obstruction of any public right of way.
Sending Orders to Ordnance Survey
Sending Orders to Ordnance Survey
All legal events and modification orders should be sent to Ordnance Survey, including orders confirmed by the Planning Inspectorate.
Confirmed orders should be sent to rightsofway@os.uk. Please check that this is in use by all departments (and districts) responsible for sending orders.
If you have been sending to rightsofway@ordnancesurvey.co.uk, that has been forwarding but please update to rightsofway@os.uk in case it is dropped.
ADEPT & IPROW publish second survey on public rights of way
The Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT), has published the results of its second survey on the impact of Covid-19 on public rights of way.
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Environmental Impact Assessment: Appraising Access
There are already guides to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, but what has been unavailable until now (2020) is a specific guide to how public rights of way or wider outdoor access resources should be assessed.
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