We asked, you said, we did

We asked

We asked for your views on the draft Public Path Orders (PPO) policy, which sets out the council’s approach to requests for changes to Public Rights of Way (PRoW) across the borough, including the criteria, requirements, approach to processing applications and charges.

You said

We had a total of 21 responses and overall the feedback was positive. The results include:

• over 93% of those responding were Barnet residents
• over 76% agreed that the proposed PPO policy made clear the process for adding, changing and removing PRoW
• two thirds of respondents agreed that the proposed PPO policy clarified the council’s approach to maintain open paths and extinguishing blocked paths
• over 80% agreed that the proposed minimum widths were sufficient
• 57.14% agreed that the PPO policy made it clear the grounds on which interested parties can request additions, changes and removals of PRoW.
• 68.75% greed that the process for dealing with council generated orders was appropriate
• over 57% agreed that the determination process is fair to both applicants and PRoW users. 14% disagreed
• 46.67% agreed that the proposed charges were a fair reflection of the work involved for the council.

Comments overwhelmingly welcomed the new policy, although some mentioned that the policy could be easier to understand.

We did

The responses demonstrated that residents consider Barnet Council to be fair, considerate and clear in what we are trying to achieve, although some improvements are required in making the policy easier to understand by removing jargon.

The council has agreed to adopt the PPO Policy.