Carmarthenshire County Council / Cyngor Sir Gâr

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ID sylw: 5470

Derbyniwyd: 13/04/2023

Respondent ID: 5796

Ymatebydd: Danielle Glaister

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Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

Horse riders from the county and beyond deserve better provision we are vulnerable road users and have shared existing rights of way for decades without issue why is it that now funding s available for cycling and walking a huge population of people are being left out.
Please ensure we get a fair portion of funding and rights of way available to us
1. We should ask that the LDP takes account of this need for land to include horses and carriage drivers on routes for non motorised users.
2. we need land for parking horse transport as if we cant ride to safe sites for riding then we need to be able to park.
3. We are reminded that we are not "transport" but are considered a leisure activity but there is no mention in the LDP specifically about equestrian sports or sites where we can go to to ride safely

Newid wedi’i awgrymu gan ymatebydd:

Amend Policy

Testun llawn:

To whom it may concern

Horse riders from the county and beyond deserve better provision we are vulnerable road users and have shared existing rights of way for decades without issue why is it that now funding s available for cycling and walking a huge population of people are being left out.
Please ensure we get a fair portion of funding and rights of way available to us 1. We should ask that the LDP takes account of this need for land to include horses and carriage drivers on routes for non motorised users. This is so we dont have to transport our horses in vehicles but can access our communities on hoof.
2. Where this isnt possible, we need land for parking horse transport as if we cant ride to safe sites for riding then we need to be able to park. It is just as unsafe for children on ponies to be on the road as it is for children on cycles and the incident statitics for Carmarthenshire from BHS indicate these have doubled. Input your own local issues and say where you want to ride. Examples may be forestry, beaches and parks.
3. We are reminded that we are not "transport" but are considered a leisure activity but there is no mention in the LDP specifically about equestrian sports or sites where we can go to to ride safely. We appear in the Planning Policy technical advice for leisure activities with walking and cycling but there is provision for them embedded in other policy but not for us. The LDP needs to more robustly provide for us as a leisure activity wanting countryside access, access to parks and green space, (not a menage). This requires land allocation in order to ensure we are not discriminated against as is currently happening under the planning policies. For health and well being and future generations of equestrians, we need to recover access we have lost and gain consideration alongside other vulnerable road users. By excluding us under Active Travel as transport, we need provision as leisure users so at the very least, any leisure routes need to include equestrians. Not all routes for walking are public footpaths, so not all routes for horses need to be bridleways. If we cant share a route then an alternative should be provided for us.

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Ein hymateb:

Noted.
Welsh Government Active Travel Guidance (July 2021) Paragraph 1.3.6. This recognises equestrianism as "overwhelmingly for leisure purposes rather than as a mode of transport as it rarely displaces a car journey." Criterion b) of policy TRA2, in contributing to the delivery of the Councils duties under the provisions of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013, recognises the contribution that Improvements, connections and/or extensions to PROW which specifically includes Bridleways can have. Indeed, the policy encourages incorporating them within the site, and/or through financial contributions delivery off-site provision.
Whilst the Plan seeks to recognise and make provision for improvements, connections and/or extensions it is not its role as a land use planning document to identify new networks (including safe off and on road networks) unless specifically identified elsewhere.

It is also not the role of the Revised LDP to deal with matters such as charging to access to other areas, restricted use or road safety. All such matters outside the remit of the Plan and would be considered through other forms of guidance, plans or strategies. In this respect the Plan in its preparation has had regard to other Plans and strategies as well as national planning guidance in developing its content and particularly the Rights of Way Improvement Plan noting the interrelationship of the Plan area's footpaths, bridleways and bye-ways and linked leisure opportunities.