ranger17 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 PEAK DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK - STRATEGY FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF RECREATIONAL MOTORISED VEHICLES IN THEIR USE OF UNSEALED HIGHWAYS AND OFF-ROAD Anyone who lives and/or rides in the Peak District National Park may want to have a look at this http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/looking-after/consultations I’m with Manchester 17 MCC who are members of Peak & Derbyshire Vehicle User Group (PDVUG). Man17 run both private ground trials and trials that use the green lanes. We and PDVUG are both responding directly. You may want to consider doing the same. Any comments have to be submitted to this PDNPA email address by 15 January 2012. At first sight it’s mostly about green lanes. However, some could interpret that “and off-road” in the title as covering all non-tarmac use … You may also want to check this out. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/9910 As it says, this guy wants to “Stop off-roading in the National Parks”. Apparently, if these e-petitions get 100,000 signatures it triggers a Commons debate. I thought I recognised the petition author’s name. Some of you may have seen the recent Tales from the National Parks tv series, one episode of which focussed on vehicles in the Peak Park. This http://jimdixon.wordpress.com/2011/10/18/tales-from-the-national-parks/ is a link to the section of Jim Dixon’s Blog relating to the programme, JD being Chief Exec of Peak Park: take a deep breath and have a run through the article and then the Comments below it ;-) Not sure what we can do about his petition, but at least he's nowhere near the 100,000 mark. However, it does show something of what we're up against. If you’re concerned about having somewhere to ride, it’s worth a look through the PDNPA Strategy proposals. If you live in or near a different NatPark, remember that the Parks do talk with each other. If you’re concerned about something in there, tell the Peak Park. And if you live in the Park, tell your local councillors and MP too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsnutterman Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Can you repost the first link as it doesn't work for me. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Can you repost the first link as it doesn't work for me. Thanks Try it again. Full stop at end of link broke it. Now fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger17 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Darn it! And I was so careful when putting it together Just looked now and the 2nd link - the email address to send to - doesn't seem to work, either. If that happens for you, go to peakdistrict.gov.uk. You'll see 4 coloured bars/tabs along the top: hit "Looking After" Near top right of the "Looking After" page you'll see "Current Consultations". Again, hit that and you'll find the document and email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perce Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 A million & one posts on whether we should stop or not, a topic on our right to land access, tumbleweeds. Wake up folks & stand up for off road use or Trials will be a long time dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enrico Posted January 6, 2012 Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Perce, you have the essence of the problem in a nutshell there! It is very easy to sit at a computer/phone/whatever and spout comment on all manner of things trials related (and not) in these forums, but ask people to actually raise a finger and do something....Well thats a bit much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_orange Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 When you said "interpret the off-road" bit - there's no interpretation needed. That is a direct challenge to off-road events. By definition green lanes aren't off-road and therefore this is going to attack trials and other events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger17 Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 In my own view, the professional Officers of the Peak Park will have enough on their plates just coping with the lanes without having to consider looking at private ground events as well. Even though they've just been given a stack more money to take on another full-timer to help work on "management", there's still a lot for them to do, including a list of priority routes that will be under scrutiny. The reason I put the bit about some could interpret that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_orange Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 I absolutely agree with all you've said. My point was to highlight the legal significance of the title. If they banned all off-road riding in the UK, it wouldn't affect green laning at all and vice versa. I would assume they know that and therefore would assume that off-road events are at least in their sights. Of course that is my interpretation based on the assumption they know what they are talking about! Probably a daft assumption..... Anyway, we all need to support all disciplines as they will chip away at one after another until they are all gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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