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3 POLICY CONTEXT FOR CHANGES TO PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAYINTRODUCTION3.1 The public rights of way affected by the Scheme fall within the administrativeareas of Oxford City Council and Cherwell District Council. Where policiesremain in force or have been saved they remain part of the development plan,with full effect. The position in relation to the relevant development plans isthat:• the Scheme falls within the Central Oxfordshire sub-region of the adoptedSouth East Plan (2009).• Cherwell Local Plan, adopted 1996, was updated by the Non-StatutoryCherwell Local Plan 2011 (2004) which has been approved by the Councilas interim policy and is the effective local plan for development controlpurposes. Work is underway in developing the Local DevelopmentFramework [LDF]. The Core Strategy Issues and Options Paper waspublished in February 2006 and the Bicester and Central Oxfordshire SiteAllocations Issues and Options Paper was published in May 2007.• Oxford Local Plan, adopted 2005, will remain in force until it is replacedby the City Council’s emerging Local Development Framework. TheCore Strategy (2008 ) and the 2009 Proposed Changes to the SubmissionCore Strategy has reached the examination stage (the Examination inPublic took place in June and July 2009) and can be given considerableweight.NATIONAL POLICYPlanning Policy Guidance 17: Planning for Open Space, Sport andRecreation, 20023.2 Paragraph 32 recognises that public rights of way are an importantrecreational facility, which local authorities should protect and enhance. Localauthorities should seek opportunities to provide better facilities for walkers,cyclists and horse-riders, for example by adding links to existing rights of waynetworks.Planning Policy Guidance 13: Transport, 20013.3 PPG13 advocates, in paragraph 76, that local authorities, as part of theirwalking strategy, should promote walking through such measures asencouraging more use of public rights of way for local journeys and helping topromote missing links in rights of way networks.ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT7CHILTERN RAILWAYS
REGIONAL POLICY3.4 The South East Plan, adopted 2009, recognises that the region has a well-usedpublic rights of way network which provides major opportunities for access tothe countryside. It goes to say that the network needs to be maintained andenhanced to enable people to enjoy the countryside and enhance greeninfrastructure networks. Policy C6 states that access to the countryside shouldbe encouraged, particularly by “maintaining, enhancing and promoting the PublicRights of Way system, and permissive and longer distance routes, to facilitate accesswithin, to and from the countryside for visitors and all members of the localcommunity”. Rights of Way Improvement Plans are seen as a key tool toachieve this.LOCAL POLICY CONTEXTCherwell Development Plan Policies3.5 Policy R4 of the Non-Statutory Cherwell Local Plan 2011 sets out the Council’sintention to safeguard and, where possible through the control ofdevelopment, enhance the existing rights of way network. The policy statesthat “development over public rights of way will not be permitted unless a suitablediversion can be secured which will not prejudice public rights”.3.6 The reasoned justification, in paragraph 7.42, states that a diversion will not beconsidered suitable if it is substantially less convenient to the public, or wouldbe detrimental to the public enjoyment of the route. Where a suitablealternative route is available, conditions may be attached to a planningpermission to ensure that the existing public right of way remains open untilthe diversion has been secured under public rights of way legislation.Oxford City Development Plan Policies3.7 Policy SR.9 of the adopted Oxford Local Plan (2005) seeks to safeguard,improve or add to the local footpath network. The draft Core Strategy policyC22 (as amended in the Proposed Changes to the Submission Core Strategy,April 2009) states that improvements to, or provision of, public rights of waywill be sought in accordance with policy CS18 on developer contributions.Oxfordshire Rights of Way Improvement Plan, Adopted February 20063.8 The requirement on County Councils to prepare Rights of Way ImprovementPlans [RoWIP] was introduced under s60 of The Countryside and Rights ofWay Act, 2000. The RoWIP covers the extent to which local rights of waymeet the present and likely future needs of the public and the opportunitiesprovided by local rights of way for exercise and other forms of open-airrecreation and the enjoyment of the authority’s area. The main aims of theRoWIP are that:ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT8CHILTERN RAILWAYS
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Annex CDescription of Public Rights
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