Local people were by now not only puzzled, but frustrated and angry at the curious outcome, and on:
21st January 1980, Headley Parish Council minutes how a rejection of the proposal for the sports ground and car parking on the common land.
21.1.80 objection to Lindford sports ground on Broxhead
6.5.80 Rec report
7th July 1980, the minutes of the Planning and Amenities Committee for Whitehill record correspondence received from HCC, noting that a registration in Register Unit CL147 (Broxhead Common), of the register of common land has been modified. It does not say how, why, or what that modification is. As previously noted, the relevant minute books are missing.
Bill Bide, the Principal Rights of Way Officer at HCC, lets it be known that they are proposing to make an Order for the diversions of BW4 and BW46 on Broxhead Common. In reply the Chairman of Headley and District Bridleways Group, Guy Robinson writes:
22nd November 1982, “The real reason is quite obvious; it is an attempt to obtain retrospective consent for the unpermitted diversion of a bridleway which was affected by the fencing of a large area of Broxhead Common.”
Guy to Bill Bide Principal ROW Officer HCC Nov. 198215072019
Guy eventually became the Chairman of Headley Parish Council.
Next time: The proposal to divert the bridleways arrives and the Rights of Way Sub-Committee of HCC exclude the public and press!??
It’s vitally important that riders know and maintain their Rights of Way.
If we don’t know and maintain our Rights of Way, we will have less and less land on which to ride.
The problem is knowing our Rights of Way!
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