Access to open country within the Causeway Coast & Glens district
Dear Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council,
further to the provisions of the Access to the Countryside (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 (Part III),
I am writing to request information on any 'open country' within your district to which the Council (or its precursors Ballymoney, Coleraine, Limavady, or Moyle Councils) has secured public access.
The above Order defines three mechanisms by which public access to open country may be secured, namely: access agreements (Article 28), access orders (Article 29) and compulsory acquisition (Article 39).
Please could you provide a list within your district of any such: (1) access agreements entered into, (2) access orders made and (3) compulsory acquisitions of land.
For any of the above that exist, please could you provide:
(a) the date enacted, (b) the size of the land in hectares, (c) a map of the land in question, and (d) a copy of the respective access agreement, access order or folio deeds as applicable. Please feel free to redact any personal data of individuals appearing in these records.
For the avoidance of doubt, my request only relates to land within your district that is considered to be 'open country' as per Article 25 of the above Order, not to general amenity land or public parks, or to public footpaths.
Yours faithfully,
Ligand Fields
Dear Sir / Madam,
Further to your correspondence, while your request does include a name and
contact details, we have reason to be believe that it could be a
pseudonym. The Council does acknowledge that this could not be the case
and sincerely apologise for any inconvenience that this could cause, but
because of this we would ask that you provide us with proof of identity.
For instance, a copy of your photo ID or a copy of a household utility
bill.
If you email your proof of identify to
[1][email address], and include the reference number -
RFI/050/24 in the subject of your email. It is important to include the
reference number in the email so that it reaches this case record quickly.
Yours faithfully,
Aileen Devlin
Business Support Assistant
Policy and Community Planning
[2][email address]
[3]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
[4]www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Dear Sir / Madam,
REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION
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Yours faithfully,
Aileen Devlin
Policy & Community Planning
Business Support Assistant
Email: [3][email address]
[4]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
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Good Afternoon
Please see attached correspondence for your attention.
Kind regards
Romana
Romana Khaoury
Information Governance Officer
Email: [1][email address]
[2]Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
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