There's been a suggestion that OSMUK lobbies for the statutory right to receive copies of the legal orders which change Public Rights of Way as it can be slow for any official changes to make their way onto the Definitive Map and then be picked up by mappers. There is already legislation that allows various organisations the right to receive copies of the legal orders that effect changes to Public Rights of Way. The list is contained in Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside (Definitive Maps and Statements) Regulations 1993: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/12/schedule/6/made
These are: Auto-Cycle Union British Horse Society Byways and Bridleways Trust, Open Spaces Society Ramblers Association British Driving Society Cyclists Touring Club Peak and Northern Footpaths Society Chiltern Society Welsh Trail Riders' Association The Board has discussed this and agreed we should do it. I've volunteered to lead this activity. We think that we would need to convince the relevant Secretary of State that it was a good idea, and get them to amend/re-issue the Statutory Instrument linked above that includes the list. From the introductory text, it looks like it's jointly the Secretaries of State for the Environment and Wales. My thinking on how we should approach this is first to contact each of the organisations who are already on the list and ask 1. Were they added at the time the legislation was passed or subsequently? 2. If subsequently, do they know the procedure? 3. How is the data provided to them? 4. What licence terms does it have? 5. If it's open data would they be willing to share it with us until we get on the list? If anybody has any knowledge or experience of this legislation or any contacts at these organisations or any other ideas on how to approach this campaign we'd love to know either here or on the OSMUK Loomio <https://www.loomio.org/g/M3fz1PkQ/openstreetmap-uk> discussion site. Regards Brian
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