Recreational vehicles are banned from a Peak District green lane: Peak District National Park Authority
"Recreational vehicles are banned from a Peak District green lane
The Peak District National Park Authority is to exclude trail-bikes, quad-bikes and 4x4s from a Derbyshire green lane, to protect the special qualities of the national park.
The Authority's Audit, Resources and Performance committee decided a Traffic Regulation Order is necessary on the Roych.
The Roych is a 3.5km section of the Pennine Bridleway, near Chapel-en-le-Frith.
The decision follows a public consultation during which the Authority received around 2,500 responses, with over 1000 objecting to the proposed TRO and more than 1235 individuals and organisations in support of a ban.
Christopher Pennell, Audit, Resources and Performance committee chair, said: "We have not taken this decision lightly. The Roych is a very popular route with many different users but it crosses some of the most environmentally-sensitive areas of the national park."
The Roych is in the Dark Peak an iconic landscape of sparsely settled area of gritstone uplands with characteristic moorland, deep valleys, upper valley pastures and gritstone walls.
He said: "We considered partial regulation, but past attempts, on a voluntary basis, to partially restrict use by 4x4s and trail bikes has failed. The status quo was unacceptable and doing nothing was not an option.
"In light of evidence and feedback during public consultation, our members felt they had to use the powers Parliament gave them to restrict motorised recreational traffic in this particular case to protect the natural beauty and amenity of the Roych and its surrounding, stunning landscape."
The Roych is a very popular route, high levels of use has led to conflict between users, vehicles have left the highway, both to avoid difficult features and to link to Chapelgate nearby. A large amount of public funding has already been spent on the route and the levels of use were damaging repaired sections.
The Authority has committed extra resources to addressing the issue of managing green lanes, despite budget cuts in other areas.
Mr Pennell said: "In this case a full, permanent Traffic Regulation Order was deemed necessary for what is a highly valued National Trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders."
The exclusion does not include wheelchairs or electric disability scooters and Trampers.
Detailed route management information is available at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/priorityroutes.
More information is available on www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/vehicles.
For any queries, call the rights of way team on 01629 816290."
Which sounds like the bobblies have won. I suggest that anyone who hasn't done Roych does it, that if you like extreme go UPHILL, they say the voluntary downhill didn't work, so why should we continue with it if they're already closing it?
Bastards, I feel right strongly about this ... we lost by 235 ..
"The decision follows ... 2,500 responses, with over 1000 objecting ... and more than 1235 individuals and organisations in support of a ban."
Please, for _any_ TRO, let people know and FFS write in an emailed objection, even if you've never been there, never gonna go there, can't much be arsed about the particular lane, 'cos someone has to and we simply didn't have enough objections to count!!!
I reckon I send at least one email a week, sometimes a number of them, though not all objecting to TRO's .. they _all_ add up, no matter which council they go to, they all, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, adds weight to the objection protest and slows the judgements down so we can send in even more objections. OK, so the bobbles have more numbers than us, but to lose by only 235 (or nearly 25%) is a tad annoying, especially when this forum alone has over 841 active users right now, 1293 active in the last 24 hours and 103,131 members altogether ....
"Recreational vehicles are banned from a Peak District green lane
The Peak District National Park Authority is to exclude trail-bikes, quad-bikes and 4x4s from a Derbyshire green lane, to protect the special qualities of the national park.
The Authority's Audit, Resources and Performance committee decided a Traffic Regulation Order is necessary on the Roych.
The Roych is a 3.5km section of the Pennine Bridleway, near Chapel-en-le-Frith.
The decision follows a public consultation during which the Authority received around 2,500 responses, with over 1000 objecting to the proposed TRO and more than 1235 individuals and organisations in support of a ban.
Christopher Pennell, Audit, Resources and Performance committee chair, said: "We have not taken this decision lightly. The Roych is a very popular route with many different users but it crosses some of the most environmentally-sensitive areas of the national park."
The Roych is in the Dark Peak an iconic landscape of sparsely settled area of gritstone uplands with characteristic moorland, deep valleys, upper valley pastures and gritstone walls.
He said: "We considered partial regulation, but past attempts, on a voluntary basis, to partially restrict use by 4x4s and trail bikes has failed. The status quo was unacceptable and doing nothing was not an option.
"In light of evidence and feedback during public consultation, our members felt they had to use the powers Parliament gave them to restrict motorised recreational traffic in this particular case to protect the natural beauty and amenity of the Roych and its surrounding, stunning landscape."
The Roych is a very popular route, high levels of use has led to conflict between users, vehicles have left the highway, both to avoid difficult features and to link to Chapelgate nearby. A large amount of public funding has already been spent on the route and the levels of use were damaging repaired sections.
The Authority has committed extra resources to addressing the issue of managing green lanes, despite budget cuts in other areas.
Mr Pennell said: "In this case a full, permanent Traffic Regulation Order was deemed necessary for what is a highly valued National Trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders."
The exclusion does not include wheelchairs or electric disability scooters and Trampers.
Detailed route management information is available at www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/priorityroutes.
More information is available on www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/vehicles.
For any queries, call the rights of way team on 01629 816290."
Which sounds like the bobblies have won. I suggest that anyone who hasn't done Roych does it, that if you like extreme go UPHILL, they say the voluntary downhill didn't work, so why should we continue with it if they're already closing it?
Bastards, I feel right strongly about this ... we lost by 235 ..
"The decision follows ... 2,500 responses, with over 1000 objecting ... and more than 1235 individuals and organisations in support of a ban."
Please, for _any_ TRO, let people know and FFS write in an emailed objection, even if you've never been there, never gonna go there, can't much be arsed about the particular lane, 'cos someone has to and we simply didn't have enough objections to count!!!
I reckon I send at least one email a week, sometimes a number of them, though not all objecting to TRO's .. they _all_ add up, no matter which council they go to, they all, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, adds weight to the objection protest and slows the judgements down so we can send in even more objections. OK, so the bobbles have more numbers than us, but to lose by only 235 (or nearly 25%) is a tad annoying, especially when this forum alone has over 841 active users right now, 1293 active in the last 24 hours and 103,131 members altogether ....
? go for 5 
