Still no news about whether the path (L87) was legally closed during the Download Festival in mid June.
Why are Leicestershire County Council dragging their heels on this matter?
We need an answer!
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Showing posts with label download festival. Show all posts
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
Thursday, 1 July 2010
Leicestershire County Council delaying tactics
Above: Castle Donington L87 blocked during the Download Festival
I am still waiting to hear from LCC about the closure of the Donington Path during the Download Festival.
I originally contacted them on 16 June. The Rights of Way Office then passed me on to their Highways Office in Mountsorrel. After hearing nothing from them I wrote to the officer concerned a week later. It has taken a week to acknowledge an email and letter sent to the officer. Today I have received a letter saying that I will have to wait up to 28 days or even longer to receive a reply.
Derbyshire gave me the information for the path on their side of the border in minutes.
Why do the wheels turn so slowly across the county border?
Saturday, 19 June 2010
Donington Path (continued)
The director of the Download Festival says that he has a copy of a temporary closure order for the path on the Leicestershire side. However the Leicestershire ROW officers seem to have not been informed by the county's legal team.
This order does not cover the Derbyshire side though.
This issue is important as there is a history of path closure here which was supposedly dealt with firmly by the Leicestershire Local Access Forum in 2008.
Hopefully some answers will appear next week.
See post 149 here:
http://forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/m4659848-p8.aspx
Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Donington Path Closed Again - Download Festival
The Melbourne to Donington footpath has again been blocked.
I can't find any evidence yet of a temporary closure order on the Leicestershire side and Derbyshire CC have confirmed that none was applied for on their side.
The photo above was taken on Monday on the Derbyshire side which was blocked in two places, Further on, the entrance to Leicestershire was also blocked (see below).
More photos here:
http://tinyurl.com/doningtonpath
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