In February 2014 an application was made to HCC by a local resident to have Rope Yarn Lane added to the Definitive Map as a Restricted Byway. In February 2016 the Hampshire County Council Regulatory Committee unanimously agreed that Rope Yarn Lane should be designated a Restricted Byway. An objection to the HCC decision resulted in a Planning Appeal Hearing at Winchester in August 2017. As a result of the Hearing the Planning Inspector made an interim order that Rope Yarn Lane should be recorded as a Bridleway rather than a Restricted Byway. Objections to the Inspectors decision to classify Rope Yarn Lane as a Bridleway has resulted in a further appeal with HCC making the case, with others that it should be a Restricted Byway. It has been agreed that this further challenge should be resolved by of an exchange of written representations. That is where things stand at the moment and we await the dates for the next steps from the Planning inspectorate.
In February 2014 an application was made to HCC by a local resident to have Rope Yarn Lane added to the Definitive Map as a Restricted Byway. In February 2016 the Hampshire County Council Regulatory Committee unanimously agreed that Rope Yarn Lane should be designated a Restricted Byway. An objection to the HCC decision resulted in a Planning Appeal Hearing at Winchester in August 2017. As a result of the Hearing the Planning Inspector made an interim order that Rope Yarn Lane should be recorded as a Bridleway rather than a Restricted Byway. Objections to the Inspectors decision to classify Rope Yarn Lane as a Bridleway has resulted in a further appeal with HCC making the case, with others that it should be a Restricted Byway. It has been agreed that this further challenge should be resolved by of an exchange of written representations. That is where things stand at the moment and we await the dates for the next steps from the Planning inspectorate.