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Right of way

  • 18-04-2012 02:20PM
    #1
    Newtown Warrior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 79 ✭✭


    Just a quick query after the horse escaped out an open right of way field gate last night (found this morning & was ok).

    As the landowner, is it legal/standard practice to chain lock a gate & provide a key (e.g. in box beside gate) on a farmers right of way?

    Any help appreciated.


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  • #2
    PatQfarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 597 ✭✭✭PatQfarmer


    Newtown Warrior wrote: »
    Just a quick query after the horse escaped out an open right of way field gate last night (found this morning & was ok).

    As the landowner, is it legal/standard practice to chain lock a gate & provide a key (e.g. in box beside gate) on a farmers right of way?

    Any help appreciated.
    Always a tricky one!
    No hard and fast rules, unless they were agreed and written into ROW agreement.
    If not, then there has to be agreement on all sides to a change in the Status Quo.
    If approached correctly, most people will be reasonable about security etc, but there's always one!
    Best of luck.


  • #3
    Farmer Pudsey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,326 ✭✭✭Farmer Pudsey


    Newtown Warrior wrote: »
    Just a quick query after the horse escaped out an open right of way field gate last night (found this morning & was ok).

    As the landowner, is it legal/standard practice to chain lock a gate & provide a key (e.g. in box beside gate) on a farmers right of way?

    Any help appreciated.
    If you put a lock on the gate you have to give a key to anyone that has a right of way accross it there is no reason why you cannot as the legal owner put a lock on the gate.
    It sounds as if you think that someone with a right of way accross left it open rather than starting on a wrong foot with them go and explain that if it happens again that the gate is left open you will put a lock on gate. Also maybe consider a cattlegrid if there ia a lot of traffic in and out.


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