ON FRIDAY LAST AND POSTED IN GUARDIAN BY HELENA HORTON
ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE
RIGHT TO ROAM IN ENGLAND LOST IN DARTMOOR
COURT CASE
The right to wild camp in England and Wales has been lost, after a wealthy landowner successfully brought a case against Dartmoor national park, the last place it was possible without seeking permission.
The park authorities are understood to be consulting with lawyers and strengthening their case before appealing against the decision, which has dismayed nature lovers and right-to-roam campaigners across the country. In response to the case, the Labour party has vowed that if it wins power, it will expand the right to roam and wild camp across England.
Alexander Darwall, a hedge fund manager and Dartmoor’s sixth-largest landowner, brought the case against the national park, arguing that the right to wild camp on the moors never existed. Darwall, the owner of the 1,619-hectare (4,000-acre) Blachford estate on southern Dartmoor, offers pheasant shoots, deerstalking and holiday rentals on his land.
NB. THERE WILL BE MORE TO COME. MAYBE NOT ALL IS LOST ANYWAY
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