How to Remove Public Footpath

N1AK

captainhindsight wrote: »

Its not public land, its a public right of way.

And they aren't walking through 'your' garden any more than it is public land, which is the point I was making

captainhindsight wrote: »

Are you really asking why i'm asking on here? just one persons experience 30 years ago isnt much help, i'm asking for people who have done this recently.

Yes. Because you seem to be spending 90% of your time arguing about how what you want to do isn't anti-social, then being surprised that this is what the conversation has focused on.

MSE isn't likely to be the best place to get advice on this. There are plenty of forums around that will have more readers with experience in these matters. Just google the subject and you'll hit some. You'll invariably find that the advice is that moving it is unlikely, and it's a lot of effort to try. The few examples I can find relate to moving paths from through fields to along the edge of the same field, where the path was genuinely unsafe or where the new path is better and has support from walkers/ramblers.

moneyistooshorttomention

captainhindsight wrote: »

I would love for you to find a property on right move in a rural location with working farm attached with minimum 150 acres (these were my requirements while looking for a property) without a footpath close to the house in north staffordshire/north derbyshire but not in the peak district

Is that what you call "shooting yourself in the foot"?:rotfl:

You yourself have just admitted that buying a place with loads of land and without a public footpath close to the house is extremely difficult.

As I said before, you knew when you bought the house and decided it was a downside you could live with.

We all have to live with downsides to the house we buy. This is obviously the one you got.

captainhindsight_2

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

In that case the precedent here is that all previous owners of this house accepted that the public footpath goes there, so why is one 20th/21st century owner/temporary custodian of the path complaining when it would appear previous ones haven't?

If you have such a large amount of land, why begrudge a few walkers walking along a little footpath through a small part of it? Many of these walkers will have little or no land of their own and it might be that the only chance they get of having some access to Nature is to walk along public footpaths occasionally.

I have accepted this, until people started using it... lol. I wasnt bothered by it because it is rural and far away from any attractions or places of interest.

It would be nice to move it before i have any children, as I wouldn't want strangers walking through my garden.

And I will move it with legal advice, I was just asking about peoples experiences and all i got was abuse... lol.

N1AK

captainhindsight wrote: »

I would love for you to find a property on right move in a rural location with working farm attached with minimum 150 acres (these were my requirements while looking for a property) without a footpath close to the house in north staffordshire/north derbyshire but not in the peak district

He's not your estate agent. If that's the property you want then that's the price you pay. I'd love a top floor penthouse in Westminster for £150,000 but I doubt he'll find me that either. How unfair life is!

Gordon_Hose

Not liking the answers you get to your question isn't abuse lol

captainhindsight_2

i give up, by money saving experts I expected responses from some informed people about their experiences of dealing with these issues. I was clearly very mistaken...

captainhindsight_2

N1AK wrote: »

He's not your estate agent. If that's the property you want then that's the price you pay. I'd love a top floor penthouse in Westminster for £150,000 but I doubt he'll find me that either. How unfair life is!

its called proving a point, he is clearly very ill informed about rural property

Gordon_Hose

captainhindsight wrote: »

i give up, by money saving experts I expected responses from some informed people about their experiences of dealing with these issues. I was clearly very mistaken...

I doubt it is a common problem for most people.

captainhindsight_2

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

I doubt it is a common problem for most people.

hence using that nifty tool the internet to connect with people from all over the UK

moneyistooshorttomention

N1AK wrote: »

He's not your estate agent. If that's the property you want then that's the price you pay. I'd love a top floor penthouse in Westminster for £150,000 but I doubt he'll find me that either. How unfair life is!

I'd love a property back in my home area that has been on the market for months. It manages to have both lovely surroundings/a view I would never lose (ie because the owner of that house owns the land providing the view) and its conveniently located. What's not to like?

The pricetag of over £500,000 is what not to like in my case. I cant even dream of paying that and couldn't afford to pay the Council Tax on a house like that if I had it.

So, downsides to the one I actually bought are:

- air traffic sound
- road traffic sound in the garden sometimes
- the next door neighbour
- I'd like a 3rd bedroom and a bigger bathroom
- I'd like the climate of my home area and not this area's climate

Like I said, we all get downsides to our place and we all look ruefully at the downside/s and wish they weren't there. Bar buying a private island (at which point you could be at risk of rising sealevels flooding you out and would certainly have problems buying goods and services required) that's how life is.