{"id":83,"date":"2016-07-28T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow-new\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:52:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T15:52:22","slug":"rights-of-way-improvement-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/rights-of-way-and-planning\/rights-of-way-improvement-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights of Way Improvement Plan and policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Devon County Council is currently carrying out a review of the Public Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Feedback is invited from interested individuals, groups and organisations &#8211; particularly with regards to the objectives and policies. &nbsp;Additional information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/haveyoursay\/consultations\/review-of-objectives-and-policies-of-the-devon-public-rights-of-way-improvement-plan\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon County Council&#8217;s Rights of Way Improvement Plan (known as the RoWIP) has been drawn up in accordance with the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 and takes account of guidance issued by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main objective of the RoWIP is to improve public rights of way and access for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Highways\/ESdwqr4cSEtDltrthjo-LYIBk0mhh3FmUq9FsHZTCZ-fQw?e=7hCHrj\" rel=\"noopener\">Draft Rights of Way Improvement Plan 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Highways\/EfW6be0rZcdCoJEZrlINbCQBF4WfhfR5hYjev1i7kkZPIw?e=IASMLH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rights of Way Improvement Plan 2012<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Highways\/EX6o3T4KxcFOo2JKJZFWdhoBpdR6S0ztswVHLyOU_hup4Q?e=3uMzLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rights of Way Improvement Plan 2005<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/devoncc.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PublicDocs\/Highways\/EX3ZcfzFTGdKkBwqluyP_ssBObOjfAkZHd-hBBRRuxY9zw?e=mYfl8Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Community paths &#8211; a 10 step guide to improving public rights of way in your community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updated policy statements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitive Map Review Policy Statement DM1A\/3 revised and approved 12 November 2019 by the Public Rights of Way Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/democracy.devon.gov.uk\/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=171&amp;MId=3498&amp;Ver=4\" rel=\"noopener\">(minute ref *112) &#8211; see the meeting documents<\/a> (Report HIW\/19\/85) for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Definitive Map Review Policy Statements DM1A and DM1C\/2 revised and approved 26 February 2015 by the Public Rights of Way Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/democracy.devon.gov.uk\/CeListDocuments.aspx?MID=1590&amp;RD=Minutes&amp;DF=26%2f02%2f2015&amp;A=1&amp;R=0\" rel=\"noopener\">(minute ref *PR\/37) \u2013 see the meeting documents<\/a> (Report HCW\/15\/12) for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon County Council is currently carrying out a review of the Public Rights of Way Improvement Plan. Feedback is invited from interested individuals, groups and organisations &#8211; particularly with regards to the objectives and policies. &nbsp;Additional information is available here. Devon County Council&#8217;s Rights of Way Improvement Plan (known as the RoWIP) has been drawn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":71,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 12:11:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2824,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions\/2824"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/prow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}