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What rights exist to drive over a bridle path?
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Access to our client's property is via a public bridle path constructed of tarmac. According to the Local Authority, this is maintained to an "acceptable public standard" (although not the standard of publicly maintainable highway).
Our client uses their car on this public bridlepath (as did previous owners), but are agricultural vehicles permitted to use the bridle path should our client wish to ever drive them given the lower maintenance standard?
Also, in what circumstances can a public bridle path be downgraded/removed from the care of a Local Authority?
Original date of publication 25 January 2012, republished 13 July 2015
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