Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council

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-> Jim Knight MP

Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council

Incorporating the parishes of Castleton, Goathill, Oborne & Poyntington.

Clerk: M. A. Fraser MA

Church Farm Cottage

Oborne

SHERBORNE DT9 4JY

01935 816537

Email: michael.fraser1@btopenworld.com

 Web Site: www.yeoheadpc.co.uk

4^th September 2005.

Mr Jim Knight, M.P.,

House of Commons,

Westminster,

London SW1A 0AA

Dear Mr Knight,

Yeohead & Castleton Parish Council has expressed its formal objection to an application lodged with Somerset County Council by the Trail Riders Federation to classify certain lanes between the villages of Poyntington, Dorset and Milborne Wick, Somerset as Byways Open to all Traffic.

The council is pleased to note in the news release of 29^th January 2005, GOVERNMENT ACTS TO GIVE CLARITY TO USERS OF 'GREEN LANES', that the Government intends to act to ensure that lanes such as those in our area cannot be inappropriately used by motorised vehicles.

However, we would be grateful for your advice that the legislation referred to in this news release will be as strong, or stronger, than an amendment that we understand is to be tabled to give County Councils the explicit power to impose a Traffic Regulation Order on a BOAT which is not used as access to a home by anybody, a situation that applies in this instance.

Yours sincerely,

Michael A. Fraser

Parish Clerk

Please contact us at:-

Mike Fraser, The Parish Clerk, Church Farm Cottage, Oborne, Dorset, DT9 4JY

Tel: 01935 816537

Email: michael.fraser1@btinternet.com

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