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Tag Archives: open spaces society
Tower Regeneration: a site visit
Tower Colliery has now closed, and the site is being restored through Tower Regeneration Limited (TRL). I have been to one working group meeting, representing Open Spaces Society (as the Local Correspondent for Rhondda Cynon Taf), and last Friday we … Continue reading
Posted in countryside, open spaces: rights of way & highways, open spaces: town & village greens, open spaces: urban spaces, Uncategorized
Tagged bridleways, Coalfield Regeneration Trust, Heads of the Valleys, Hirwaun, nature, open access, open countryside, open spaces society, outdoors, Rhigos, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Tower Colliery, Tower Regeneration Limited, TRL
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Western Communities, Bridgend: talking about Open Spaces
I was really pleased to get an invitation to talk about Open Spaces Society at the Westward Community Centre, thanks to Councillor Charles Smith. I first met Charles as the chair of Save Morfa Beach and he held together a … Continue reading
Looking for commitment on Footpath 48a in Tonteg
Local Correspondents for Open Spaces Society have opportunities to object to any path orders, and I have had to refuse to withdraw objections to an order to extinguish a footpath through a new estate in Tonteg in Rhondda Cynon Taf. … Continue reading
Rights restored around Eglwysilan common today
Tomorrow, pesky access-blockers may be back, but today belonged to the people who have rights on Mynydd Eglwysilan Common: commoners, byway drivers and trail, quad and pedal bikers, horse riders, walkers, roamers were all there to let the landowners know … Continue reading
Posted in Active Travel Act, countryside, open spaces: commons, open spaces: rights of way & highways, Uncategorized
Tagged 4x4, Bonkas 4x4 Wales, byways, Caerphilly, Eglwysilan Common, horses, Mynydd Eglwysilan, obstructions, open access, open spaces society, open spaces: commons, Pontypridd, public access, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, rights of way, trail bikes, Wales, walkers
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Green ways in new estates: an attack on Footpath 48a
I have written about Open Spaces Society’s promotion of a wide grassy route through the new development between Tonteg and the Church Village by-pass on a few occasions since March 2013. Then, the fields and footpaths were a short cut … Continue reading
Local Access Forums’ National Conference
Local Access Forums were established under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (CROW) to advise local authorities on improving public access and recreation in the countryside and urban open spaces. Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC is in the process … Continue reading
Posted in countryside, horses & bridleways, local access forum, open spaces: commons, open spaces: rights of way & highways, open spaces: town & village greens, open spaces: urban spaces, Uncategorized
Tagged Builth Wells, Local Access Forum, open access, open spaces society, outdoors, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, rights of way, Wales, welsh government
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Should this be a footpath? Abercynon 3 gets a visit
As the Open Spaces Society local correspondent, I went to look at a footpath in Tyntetown, north of Abercynon. Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC is considering extinguishing the path which seems to have been ignored when the Bryntirion estate was built … Continue reading
Eisteddfod at Abergavenny
I had never been to an Eisteddfod before last Tuesday. A friend drove us to this year’s which is in Y Fenni (Abergavenny). Once parked and bussed to the Maes (field), Mike quickly found a friendly free cuppa. The daughter … Continue reading
Posted in countryside, Uncategorized
Tagged Abergavenny, Cymru, Eisteddfod 2016, open spaces society, OSS, Wales, Y Fenni
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Works on Eglwysilan: the Inspector calls
On 23rd June, for the Open Spaces Society, I attended a site visit on Eglwysilan Common. The Inspector visited following the application for an access across the common for the wind turbine at Castell Llwyd farm at the Nelson end. … Continue reading
Posted in open spaces: commons, open spaces: rights of way & highways, Uncategorized
Tagged access, Caerphilly, Clean Earth Energy, Commons Act 2006, Eglwysilan Common, Law of Property Act 1925, nature, Nelson, open spaces society, Picton Inn, Planning Inspectorate Wales, Rhondda-Cynon-Taff, Section 38, Wales, wind turbines
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A path in Clydach Vale: a happy tale
This is a positive cooperative result for a diversion of a footpath, Footpath 2 off Morton Terrace in Clydach Vale, and a big win for better access to a lovely Valleys hillside. When I was consulted as Open Spaces Society … Continue reading
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