The Public Rights of Way Conference 2024: Improving and Maintaining Public Paths

• 09.00

  Online Registration 

• 09.30

  Chair’s Opening Remarks 

  David Harris, PRoW Lead, The Chiltern Society (CONFIRMED)

• 9.40

  Keynote: National Update: The Right Way for Rights of Way in the England

  • The latest updates on the responsibility of councils and landowners for protecting and maintaining public path networks
  • New guidance under the countryside code: improving accessibility so the countryside can be enjoyed by all
  • Key insights into definitive maps and the methods in which both those maps and individual rights of way can be changed
  • Advice on managing local budgets to ensure adequate funding for public rights of way maintenance and repairs

  Pippa Langford, Principal Specialist, Natural England (CONFIRMED)

• 10.00

  Keynote: Working with Landowners to Resolve Disputes and Maintain Pathways

  • Sharing the procedures for rights of way orders and key guidance on raising and handling disputes
  • Working in partnership with local stakeholders to effectively resolve disputes and keep paths in use
  • Strategies for effectively engaging with local landowners and creating strong working relationships
  • Recommendations for diverting and or extinguishing existing paths and creating new routes when appropriate in accordance with the resolution

  Heidi Cruickshank, Planning Inspector, The Planning Inspectorate (CONFIRMED)

• 10.20

  Case Study: Balancing Conservation With Public Rights of Way: Key Considerations

  • Strategies and insight into respecting wildlife and nature while improving public rights of way

  Henrietta Appleton, Policy Officer, Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (Confirmed)

• 10.40

  Questions & Answers Session

• 11.00

  Comfort Break 

• 11.20

  Breakout Networking: Working in Partnership to Create Connected and Inclusive Communities

  This session will provide you with the opportunity to discuss the main challenges you face in working across services and local stakeholders to develop and implement improvement plans for public rights of way path networks. We encourage you to share your strategies for improving connectivity through paths and ensuring accessibility. Take this time to share your experiences and network with senior colleagues.

• 11.45

  Case Study: Paths for People: Overcoming Barriers to Ensure Outdoor Access for All

  • Techniques for co-producing improvements plans with individuals with lived experience of disabilities
  • Identifying and tackling common barriers to access in public paths and rights of way
  • Insights into practical tools that can be used to promote accessibility and inclusivity in public rights of way improvement plans
  • Key tips for using inclusive communication and signposting to ensure everyone can be confident using pathways

  Richard Armstrong, Manager, Paths for All (CONFIRMED)

• 12.15

  Case Study: Implementing Initiatives to Improve Accessibility in the Countryside

  David Shaftoe, Chief Officer, Open Country (CONFIRMED)

   

• 12.35

  Case Study: Enhancing Accessibility in Public Rights of Way for People with Disabilities: The Accessible Gates Workshop

  Shail Patel, independent accessibility consultant, Disabled Ramblers (confirmed)

• 12.55

  Questions & Answers Session

• 13.15

  Chair’s Closing Remarks

Who Should Attend?

Delegates who will have an interest in this event will have an interest in transport and planning.

*This Conference is open to Public, Private and Third Sectors

For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 058 4285

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