Object

Representation ID: 10245

Received: 29/07/2022

Respondent: Wilstead Footpath Group

Legally compliant? Not specified

Sound? Not specified

Duty to co-operate? Not specified

HOU16 Land East of Wixams.
The Wilstead P3 Footpath Group object to this proposed development (HOU16) on the grounds of its impact on the numerous Public Right of Way in Wilshamstead Parish which would be effected by this proposed development, i.e. Wilstead Footpaths 12, 13, and Wilstead Bridleways 14 (part of the John Bunyan Trail), and to a slightly lesser extent on Bridleways 11 & 15.
Background. The Group with assistance from Bedford Borough Council (Rights of Way dept and Councillor Graeme Coombes (Ward Fund)) and Wilshamstead Parish Council monitor and help maintain all of the Public Rights of the Way in the Parish including the five Public Rights of Way listed above. They survey all the paths every two months and where necessary cut back overgrowth and maintain the surface of the Footpaths and Bridleways as well as installing furniture such as kissing gates, culverts and waymark posts.
The purpose of this work is to provide accessible off road routes in the countryside not only within the village but also to provide good connectivity with neighbouring communities. These five Public Rights of Way form part of a network of important recreational routes, linking Wilstead with Elstow, Cotton End, Haynes and east to Wixams and Houghton Conquest.