Hampshire County Council Item 10

Regulatory Committee

28 November 2001

Claim for the addition to the Definitive Map of a public footpath, from Pound Lane to Footpath 13, at Old Netley in the Parish of Hound

Report of the Director of Arts, Countryside & Community

Contact: Colin Piper Ext. 6043

WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1981

53. Duty to keep definitive map and statement under continuous review

(2) As regards every definitive map and statement, the surveying authority shall -

(b) .... keep the map and statement under continuous review and as soon as reasonably practicable after the occurrence.... of any of [the events specified in sub-section (3)] by order make such modifications to the map and statement as appear to them to be requisite in consequence of that event.

(3) The events referred to in sub-section (2) are as follows -

(b) the expiration... of any period such that the enjoyment by the public of the way during that period raises a presumption that the way has been dedicated as a public path;

(c) the discovery by the authority of evidence which (when considered with all other relevant evidence available to them) shows -

(i) that a right of way which is not shown on the map and statement subsists or is reasonably alleged to subsist over land in the area to which the map relates, being a right of way to which this Part applies;

(ii) that a highway shown in the map and statement as a highway of a particular description ought to be there shown as a highway of a different description; or

(iii) that there is no public right of way over land shown in the map and statement as a highway of any description, or any other particulars contained in the map and statement require modification.

HIGHWAYS ACT 1980

31. Dedication of way as highway presumed after public use of 20 years

(1) Where a way over land, other than a way of such a character that use of it by the public could not give rise at common law to any presumption of dedication, has been actually enjoyed by the public as of right and without interruption for a full period of 20 years, the way is to be deemed to have been dedicated as a highway unless there is sufficient evidence that there was no intention during that period to dedicate it.

(2) The period of 20 years.... is to be calculated retrospectively from the date when the right of the public to use the way is brought into question....

Presumed Dedication at Common Law

Use of a way by the public without secrecy, force or permission of the landowner may give rise to an inference that the landowner intended to dedicate that way as a highway appropriate to that use, unless there is sufficient evidence to the contrary. Unlike dedication under S.31 Highways Act 1980, there is no automatic presumption of dedication after 20 years of public use, and the burden of proving that the inference arises lies on the claimant. There is no minimum period of use, and the amount of user which is sufficient to imply the intention to dedicate will vary according to the particular circumstances of the case. Any inference rests on the assumption that the landowner knew of and acquiesced in public use.

1. Summary

1.1 A local resident has made an application to record a public footpath from Old Netley Recreation Ground to Bursledon Footpath 13. The claim is supported by evidence from local people alleging that they used the path between 1928 and 1997. The claimed route does not connect with a public path at its northern end. To get to the start of the path, users walked across the Recreation Ground on a variety of routes. Half of those who have submitted user evidence have stated that they used the path with the permission of the landowner. The claim is therefore recommended for refusal.

2. Claimant:

2.1 Mr R Dilworth

7 Pound Road

Old Netley

Southampton

SO31 8FF

3. Landowner:

3.1 Mr M M James

Woodlands Farm

Segensworth Road

Titchfield

Hampshire

PO15 5EA

4. Background to the claim

4.1 All of the land in question was in the ownership of the Chamberlayne Estate until 1937. In that year the Estate gave a parcel of land to the Parish Council for use as a playing field, followed by another adjoining field in 1939. The Estate retained ownership of woodland to the south of the new recreation ground.

4.2 Soon after the playing field was opened, an oil pipeline was constructed across the site with a stile placed on the boundary with the woodland to mark the line of the pipe and to enable inspections to take place. This stile enabled the public to gain easy access to the woodland, which was rented out to a variety of tenants.

4.3 The Estate sold the woodland to an absent landlord who did not utilise the land for any great purpose, and it is in this period that public use peaked. The property changed hands again in 1997, this time to a local person who did not accept that the public had a right of way across the land. Barriers were erected across the two access points, and from this time the public have been unable to use the paths as before.

5. Description of the route

5.1 The claim is for a route that starts at the southern edge of the Recreation Ground. However, although this area of land is used by the public, it is not a recorded public highway or open space. There are two pedestrian entrances to the recreation ground, one in the north from Pound Lane and the other in the east from Priors Hill Lane. The claimants have used both routes to get to the "start" of the path, as well as gates at the rear of properties in Pound Road.

5.2 From the recreation ground the path enters the woodland at a gap in the hedge line. It passes through the trees, going generally southwards for about 200 metres, before turning to the east to join Hound Footpath 13 at a point opposite a track that used to give access to piggeries. There is a gap in the bank that separates the woodland from the footpath but this is now partly blocked with vegetation.

6. Documentary evidence

6.1 1908 Ordnance Survey 25 inch to 1 mile map

The area of land now occupied by the recreation ground consists of two fields on the south side of the road. Priors Hill Lane is shown as an enclosed track leading to woodland within which are Brick Works. There is no path or track shown on the route of the claimed path.

6.2 1937 Title Deeds

This document records the transfer of land from the Chamberlayne Estate to Hound Parish Council. The land in question is the large field on the south side of Pound Road and is given to the Council for use as a recreation ground.

6.3 1939 Title Deeds

This document records the transfer of a small field sandwiched between the woodland known as Priors Hill Copse and the larger field previously given to the council. The conveyance stipulates that:

"The Parish Council hereby covenants with the Grantor that the Parish Council will forthwith at their own expense erect to the satisfaction of the Grantor and for ever after at the like expense maintain a chestnut paling and wire fence.... along the southern side of the said piece of land hereby conveyed."

The boundary in question is now the southern edge of the recreation ground from which the claimed route runs.

6.4 1962 (7 July) Letter from H Potter to Hound PC

"I desire to bring this matter to the notice of your Council and to formally make claim that a local right of way has been fenced off and wired in. I refer to the piece of woodland adjoining Priors Lane, Old Netley, and located in that area between the allotments and the disused brickyard.

I am aware there is a public footpath which runs alongside this woodland and emerges into Priors Lane, but I make these observations regarding the roadway leading into the old brickyard and the footpath from it leading through those woods which emerges on to the other footpath at a spot further down towards the reservoir that is what has now been fenced off by someone keeping pigs in the woods.

My observations and claims are as follows:

1. To my personal knowledge that way has been open and used by the public for well over twenty years, I have used it for some twenty-eight years at least, and known it open since 1914.

2. No gateway was ever erected at either end to shut it off during the period.

3. The public has used it without interruption for over twenty years.

4. A Court would in the absence of any evidence to the contrary presume that at some time some owner must have dedicated it, even though no evidence exists he ever definitely expressed his intention to do so.

5. No notice has ever been given to the public that it was not a right of way.

I should appreciate your reply to this and what action, if any, your Council decide to take."

6.5 1962 (2 August) Letter from Hound PC to H Potter

".... a report was received from the Footpaths Committee who had investigated your complaint. The Committee are of opinion that no public right of way exists over this land, the Parish Council have never registered this area as a path, as the registered and recognised footpath from Old Netley to the Reservoir runs parallel to the one in question a few yards away. The land is owned by the Chamberlayne Estate and is let by them to a Bursledon resident, and the Committee feel that anyone entering on that site would be trespassing on private property."

6.6 1964 Ordnance Survey 1/2500 map

This map shows the recreation ground on the north side of the woodland. Priors Hill Lane is an enclosed track that leads to the northeast corner of the woods and continues as an open track, through the trees, to the site of the old brick works. There is no path or track shown on the route of the claimed path.

6.7 1984 Minutes of Hound Parish Council

20 February: Priors Hill Copse - Letter requesting that certain tracks in the Copse be designated rights of way. Referred to Footpaths Committee.

12 March: Allotments & Footpaths Committee, Priors Hill Copse - Members of Committee had met with Mr Oxley on site. The Chairman had advised Mr Oxley of the procedure in order for him to make his own application.

7. User evidence

7.1 The claimant submitted 18 standard evidence forms completed by users of the path. For a visual representation of use, please see the chart at the back of this report. The County Council has also received a petition signed by 39 residents of Old Netley. Some of the signatories have also completed user evidence forms. The petition reads:

"We the undersigned have walked through the footpath in the woods at the back of King George's playing field, Old Netley, and would like them reopened to the public as they have been for at least 60 years. We would also like the Council to purchase these woods and preserve them as an ecology park for the people of Old Netley."

7.2 Mrs L Dilworth of Pound Road

Used path daily from 1937 to 1997. In answer to the question: Did you ever seek permission to use the route? She has written, "Always understood it was open to the public. Only asked permission from Mr Brown, previous owner." In an accompanying note Mrs Dilworth has written "I have used this for about 60 years whenever possible. I have walked my children, grandchildren and now great-grandchildren, as it was ideal for nature walks. Until now we have never been banned from using it."

7.3 Mr R Dilworth of Pound Road

Mr Dilworth has lived in Pound Road, Old Netley most of his life. As a young child his parents used to take him for walks through Priors Hill Copse. To get to the woods they crossed over the recreation ground at the back of their house and climbed over a stile on the southern edge of the playing field. Mr Dilworth believes that the stile was put in to mark the course of the oil pipeline from Hamble to Heathrow and to allow for inspections. Once over the stile there was a well-worn path that went south through the trees and crossed over the track that went from Priors Hill Lane to the old brickworks. From there the path continued south, through the trees, and turned left to come out at a public footpath at a place called Moodys gap. This consisted of a gap in the hedge line opposite a track over the market garden. In the bottom end of the woods, just before the gap, there was a car repair business. As a child Mr Dilworth used this path to get down to the reservoir to do some fishing. There were some gypsies called Bowers who camped on the site of the old brickworks, but otherwise the woodland was not used for any purpose. Mr Dilworth does not recall any signs or notices in the wood that said he should not be there. At some point in the 1960s, Bert Bundy occupied the woodland and the old brickworks, and used the land as a piggery. He did not stop people walking on the path but he did put up a barbed wire fence across the path, along the south side of the track from Priors Hill Lane to the brickworks. Mr Dilworth was a friend of Bert's so he just jumped over the wire and carried on. At this time there were two more used paths through the woodland. One went from the stile and ran just inside the top of the wood to connect with the bottom end of Priors Hill Lane, and the other went from the bottom of the same lane, south to Moodys gap, just inside the woodland. Mr Dilworth had full access to the wood except when the pigs were there. He tried to avoid the pigs because he was afraid of them. Bert Bundy gave up pig keeping and left the site around about 1970. Mr Bundy took the fence down across the path before he went. A development company, called Brown Brothers, then took over the site but they were not local and, other than cutting down some large trees, they did not use the woods for any purpose. One day when Mr Dilworth's mother and sisters were walking on the path they came across two men. They asked them if they were the owners, and when they replied yes, my mother told them that she had been using the path for many years and asked if it was alright for her to continue. The men said yes, they had no objection, so his mother and sisters carried on their way. During the occupation of the land by the Browns, very little changed in the wood. There were still no signs or notices saying the land was private, part of the stile rotted away but otherwise the paths continued to be used as before. Mr Dilworth used to see other local people walking the paths. The adults mostly kept to the main path first described, but the children tended to play over the whole area. Mr Dilworth has always been able to walk across the recreation ground because there is a back gate at the end of his garden. He has never known the recreation ground to be closed off to the public. In about 1997 a local councillor told him that Mr Kimber of Priors Hill Lane had bought the woods. Shortly after, earth was piled up on the recreation ground boundary, by the old stile, and a fence was put up across Moody's gap. This stopped the public using the path completely.

7.4 Mrs M Garrard of Portsmouth Road

Has used the route daily between 1992 and 1997 "because myself and my neighbours have used it over a period of time without being challenged".

7.5 Miss D Haynes of Pound Road

Between 1971 and 1997 used the path more than 10 times a year.

7.6 L Hill of Pound Road

This person claims to have used the path for 70 years between 1928 and 1998 but has not answered other parts of the user form.

7.7 Mr A Holland of Portsmouth Road

Mr Holland moved to Pound Road in 1939. When he first lived there, half the field at the back of his house was used for growing strawberries, and the other half was used as a small holding owned by a Mr Knowlton. The woodland called Priors Hill Copse, beyond the smallholding, was owned by the Chamberlayne Estate. The fields were then donated by Edith Chamberlayne to the parish council and converted into a recreation ground and opened for public use in about 1940. At about the same time Shell-Mex put in a pipeline to carry oil from Hamble to Odiham airfield. Where the pipeline crossed the boundary between the woods and the recreation ground, they placed two white marker posts made like stiles with metal and wood bars between them. People were able to climb over this stile and get into the wood. Once in the wood there was a warren of paths, and as a child Mr Holland walked them all. He used the paths through Priors Hill Copse to get to school in Butlocks Heath, to go fishing at the Reservoir at the bottom of the wood, and to visit Mr Hodder at the brickworks. The fields to the east of the woodland were used as a market garden and were ploughed right up to the edge. This meant that he had to walk right through the wood if he wanted to get to the reservoir or school. At a later date, a gap was made in the hedge, half way down the east side of the woods, that people used to connect with the public footpath down the side of the field. This point was called Mooneys gap which was made by Mr Hodder and his son so they had a quick way into the Brickyard. The gap was made sometime between 1914 and 1939. Mr Hodder gave up the brickworks in about 1948. It was then used for storing timber. A Mr Page used to keep pigs in the woods but he did not stop Mr Holland using the paths. Mr Page kept the pigs fenced in the main area of the trees, leaving the paths free for walking. Later on Bert Bundy kept pigs at the brickyard site but the animals were kept in sties and this did not interfere with Mr Holland's use of the paths. In 1956 Mr Holland moved to his present house, which also backs on to the recreation ground. As an adult he continued to walk the paths through Priors Hill Copse. There were no signs on the trees to say that the land was private or that he shouldn't be there. In about 1990 the Chamberlayne Estate sold all of Priors Hill Copse to the Brown Brothers. Other than some trees and undergrowth being removed, the land was not used for any purpose. It was not fenced in and there were no notices to say it was private. Local people carried on using the paths as before, and nobody stopped them. A few years ago Mr Kimber of Priors Hill Lane bought the woodland from the Browns. Mr Kimber pushed bracken and scrub over the gaps using a tractor and shovel and at the same time he put up notices at the entrances to the woods. Mr Holland has not walked the paths through the wood since this happened.

7.8 Mrs H Hunwick of Pound Road

Mrs Hunwick used the path 200 times a year, between 1966 and 1997, as a "short cut walk to the main path". She did not ask permission nor was she stopped from using the path until Mr Kimber bought the wood in 1997.

7.9 Mrs A Lovell of Pound Road

Mrs Lovell used the route about 320 times a year between 1953 and 1997. She asked Mr Brown, the previous owner, for permission to use the path. She was only stopped when Mr Kimber placed bushes across the entrances.

7.10 Mr M Lovell of Weston

Used the path on a daily basis from 1977 to 1998. Asked Mr Brown for permission to use the path in 1982.

7.11 Mr C Mabey of Pound Road

Used the path at weekends between 1973 and 1997. Asked permission from Mr Brown to use the path.

7.12 Mrs D Mabey of Pound Road

Used the path about 3 times a week between 1960 and 1997 to "visit friends and shops". Asked Mr Brown for permission to use the route. Mrs Mabey has been interviewed regarding her use of the path but has not returned a signed statement.

7.13 Mr P Mabey of Pound Road

Used the path between 3 and 4 times a week from 1960 to 1997. Asked permission from Mr Brown to use the path. Mr Mabey has been interviewed regarding his use of the path but has not returned a signed statement.

7.14 Mrs Marshall of Pound Road

Used the path between 1954 and 1997 but has not specified frequency. Stopped by branches and earth across the access points.

7.15 Mrs J Moody of Cunningham Gardens

Used the route virtually every day between 1952 and 1997 "to get to school and pleasure". Asked Mr Brown for permission to use the path.

7.16 Mr I Steele of Portsmouth Road

Mr Steele used the path to walk his dogs every day from 1988 to 1998. Did not ask permission.

7.17 Mrs L Steele of Portsmouth Road

Mrs Steele's use is identical to her husbands.

7.18 Jean Sutton of Pound Road

Used the path "very often" between 1950 and 1997. Asked permission from Mr Brown.

7.19 Mr J Taylor of Portsmouth Road

Mr Taylor walked the path daily for pleasure from early 1970s to 1997.

8. The landowners

8.1 Mr R Brown 1976-1996

Contact has been established with Mr Brown and in a brief letter he confirms that he owned the woodland between 1976 and 1996. He says "When I acquired the property there was not a path, the path quite clearly ran along the eastern outside of the hedge, it was only after I had done the clearance that people, mainly dog walkers, started to use the open space on the woodland side of the hedge. The previous owner had kept pigs in the wood and there was not a footpath through there." Mr Brown has been asked to supply further information but he has not responded.

8.2 Mr R Kimber 1996-2000

Mr Kimber has declined to be interviewed because he no longer has an interest in the woodland. However, by telephone he has offered the following information:

Mr Kimber moved to the house called Brackley Patch, at the end of Priors Hill Lane, in about 1985. At that time a Mr Brown owned the woodland behind the house. In 1996 Mr Kimber bought the wood from Mr Brown but soon after experienced problems with people wandering on the paths through the wood and dumping rubbish. Mr Kimber stopped people entering his land by blocking the entrances with earth mounds and putting up notices that said "Private property - no public right of way or dumping". These notices replaced older ones that had similar wording. Because of the problems with encroachment, Mr Kimber sold the woodland to a Mr James.

8.3 Mr James 2000-present

A letter was sent to Mr James at the address given on the Land Registry documents dated January 2001. However, the Post Office returned the letter unopened with the annotation "Addressee has gone away".

9. Consultations with other bodies

9.1 Eastleigh Borough Council

No reply

9.2 Hound Parish Council

Mr John Taylor, a member of Hound Parish Council, has been interviewed and offers the following information:

"I have been a Parish Councillor in Hound since 1982 and during that time I have taken a particular interest in the footpaths of the area. Hound Parish Council owns and manages the recreation ground at Old Netley that is known as King George's Field. There are two pedestrian access points to the Recreation Ground, one from Pound Road and the other from Priors Hill Lane. The Parish Council has not, to my knowledge, stopped the public from getting access to the ground on foot except for special events, such as carnivals, when they would be charged an entrance fee. On the south side of the Recreation Ground is an area of woodland known as Priors Hill Copse. A Mr Raymond Brown used to own the woods but he did not live locally and did not use the land for any particular purpose. He then sold the land about 6 or 7 years ago to Mr & Mrs Kimber who live in the end house in Priors Hill Lane. The area of land to the south of that owned by the Kimbers used to be used as a piggery until about 10 or 15 years ago. The only access to this site was on a track which led from Hamble Lane, across the field, and into the wood.

In the late 1980s a resident of Old Netley made an approach to the Parish Council to establish a path through the northern end of Priors Hill Copse. There was a maze of paths in the wood made by animals and people, and it was proposed to have a circular path in the woodland starting and finishing at the end of Priors Hill Lane. A site meeting was held with local parish councillors (including myself) and the resident, but the meeting came to an abrupt end when the councillors discovered that their discussions were being tape-recorded. The landowners of the northern part of Priors Hill Copse have, on several occasions, complained to the Parish Council about the public dumping rubbish and gaining unauthorised access to the woodland. The Parish Council did not get involved in the disputes over Priors Hill Copse. However, in 1996 or 1997 Mr & Mrs Kimber asked the Parish Council to erect fencing on the boundary between the recreation ground and the woodland, to stop people walking into the woodland and dumping rubbish. As a result, I think the Parish Council put up chestnut paling fence along the boundary."

9.3 Councillor K House - local member

Cllr House has replied to say that he has no relevant information on this path.

9.4 The Ramblers Association

Replied by telephone to say that they are trying to gather evidence of use from local members. No information received to date.

9.6 County Surveyor

Highways in Eastleigh are administered by the Borough Council through an agency agreement; therefore the County Surveyor has no comments.

9.7 County Planning Officer

The Officer representing the Environment Group writes:

"The proposed route of this footpath actually passes through part of Priors Hill Brickworks Site of Interest for Nature Conservation (SINC), which lies to the north of Priors Hill Copse. The site was designated as a SINC under criteria 1D (Pasture woodland/wooded common). Having spoken to the ecologist at Eastleigh Borough Council, it would appear that much of the site has recently been cleared by the landowner, although a remnant of more mature oak woodland remains in the north part of the site. The clearance included a number of trees with TPOs.

The majority of the land is a former brickworks site, which was partly used for the extraction of sand and gravel. The aerial photograph from last year reveals the existence of a desire line path along most of the proposed route. This would pass through a strip of mature oak woodland before crossing what is now cleared land, but which was a mixture of heathy grassland and mixed scrub and willow carr.

As the path would appear to already be in existence and due to the actions of the landowner in clearing much of the area (and thus damaging any ecological interest), we would not object to the dedication (sic) of the footpath. The presence of a designated right of way on the land might, in fact, help preserve the SINC from later development, which could be in the landowner's future agenda."

10. Analysis of the evidence

10.1 Before the Second World War the Chamberlayne Estate owned the woodland crossed by the claimed path. Within the wood was a brick works with access along a track that led to the private road now known as Priors Hill Lane. The 1908 Ordnance Survey Map does not show a path on the claimed route, although there is another path going south from Priors Hill Lane leading to a Reservoir.

10.2 In 1937 and 1939 the Chamberlayne Estate gave two fields to the north of the woodland, to the Parish Council, for use as a playing field. Soon after the new recreation ground came into use, an oil pipeline was constructed across the land. A stile was put in on the boundary with the woodland to mark the alignment of the pipe, and to enable inspections to be carried out. This stile enabled the public to gain easy access to the woodland and use of the path starts from this time.

10.3 After the war, the Chamberlayne Estate rented out the woodland to tenants who used the land for a variety of purposes. This activity did not greatly inhibit the public from gaining access to the land, although there were at times various fences to control pigs. During the 1950s and 60s, three main paths were physically established on the ground, of which the claimed route was one. It seems likely that there were also other minor paths used mainly by children at play.

10.4 The first time that it was alleged that the public had acquired a right of way through the woods was in 1962 in the letter from Mr Potter to the Parish Council. However, the footpath that Mr Potter claimed as a right of way is not the same as the route being applied for today. His path went from the roadway leading into the old brickyard, and not from the recreation ground boundary. The Parish Council rejected Mr Potter's allegation of a public path but it must be noted that they did not own any of the land crossed by the claimed route.

10.5 The Ordnance Survey large-scale map of 1964, just two years after Mr Potter's allegation, does not show any paths within the area of woodland, with the exception of the track from Priors Hill Lane to the now disused brick works. It is likely that the surveyor was confronted by a large number of informal paths within the woods and decided to not to show any of them. If there had been one main path at this time the surveyor would have been obliged to show it.

10.6 The question of a public right of way in the copse came up again in 1984. This time a Mr Oxey made the same allegation to the Parish Council but it is not clear precisely which route was being claimed. The Parish Council did not refute the existence of a right of way but did not wish to support the allegation. It decided to let Mr Oxey fight his own case, although he did not pursue the matter.

10.7 Public use of the paths came to an abrupt halt in 1997 soon after Mr Kimber bought the property. He took decisive action to prevent the public from using the paths by blocking the access points with branches and mounds of earth and at the same time notices displaying informing the public that they had no right of way. Although Mr Kimber is of the opinion that the new signs replaced older ones, of a similar nature, the users do not recall seeing any notices.

10.8 It is not possible to identify a commonly used route across the Recreation Ground that enabled the walkers to gain access to the northern end of the wood. Some of the claimants undoubtedly used the two pedestrian access points but others, who lived in Pound Road, used gates at the rear of the properties. It is arguable that this lack of a common access is irrelevant because the Recreation Ground could be viewed as a public place. The fact that the claimed route is a cul-de-sac does not, by itself, preclude it from becoming a right of way.

10.9 There is probably sufficient evidence of use of the claimed route in the period 1977 to 1997 for it to be considered by the public at large. Within this time band, people used this path without force or secrecy. However, a significant number of people relate that they used the path with the permission of Mr Brown who owned the land at this time. When this use is discounted it leaves just seven people who used the path for 20 years without permission. In an urban environment such as Old Netley, this is insufficient level of use for the path to be considered public.

11. Conclusions

11.1 The public's right to use the path was brought into question by the blocking of the access points in 1997. Therefore the relevant period of use is from 1977 to 1997.

11.2 Within this period there is good evidence that the public were using a path through the woodland, from the recreation ground to Footpath 13.

11.3 To get to the start of the path on the boundary of the recreation ground the users walked on a variety of routes.

11.4 The claimants were using this path without force and without secrecy but almost half relate that they asked permission of the landowner in the period before 1996.

11.5 Use of the path, without the permission of the landowner, is insufficient for it to be considered to be by the public at large.

RECOMMENDATION

That the application from Mr Dilworth be refused

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