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Ail Gynllun Datblygu Lleol Adneuo Diwygiedig Sir Gaerfyrddin
ID sylw: 5489
Derbyniwyd: 13/04/2023
Ymatebydd: Catherine Hoyt
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Carmarthenshire County Council are generally not supportive or sympathetic to the needs of equestrians in Carmarthenshire. The untackled problems with PROWS, the non inclusion of equestrians in new paths being created and the lack of provision for parking in the very few green spaces that allow us to ride.
Two weeks ago we had two serious equestrian accidents in Trimsaran, with one horse fatality. This is on top of the already doubling in traffic incidents in Carmarthenshire last year from the previous year. Please can the Council start to take our needs seriously before we lose a rider to a car accident. I know many riders who won’t buy a permit for the safe forest because of the parking issues. We need safe places to ride and safe places to park.
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> Carmarthenshire County Council are generally not supportive or sympathetic to the needs of equestrians in Carmarthenshire. The untackled problems with PROWS, the non inclusion of equestrians in new paths being created and the lack of provision for parking in the very few green spaces that allow us to ride. Two weeks ago we had two serious equestrian accidents in Trimsaran, with one horse fatality. This is on top of the already doubling in traffic incidents in Carmarthenshire last year from the previous year. Please can the Council start to take our needs seriously before we lose a rider to a car accident. Please take our concerns seriously, I know many riders who won’t buy a permit for the safe forest because of the parking issues. We need safe places to ride and safe places to park.
> Your Sincerely
> Catherine Hoyt
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.