by Richard Barron | 11 April 2023 | News
You can now download, explore and view records of over 120,000 footpaths traced from Ordnance Survey Six-Inch to the mile maps of Scotland (1888-1913) thanks to a crowdsourcing map transcription project, a collaborative project between Scotways and the National...
by Richard Barron | 24 February 2023 | News
‘it will be essential for the fine political words to be backed up by the provision, by the [Scottish] Executive, of adequate resources to enable local authorities in particular to fulfil their statutory duties.’ScotWays Annual Report 2003 It’s 20 years since the Land...
by Richard Barron | 16 February 2023 | News
Scotland’s National Planning Framework 4 (NPF4), which incorporates new National Planning Policy (NPP), was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 11 January 2023 and, subject to the commencement of certain provisions of the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019, became...
by Richard Barron | 23 January 2023 | News
Monday 23 January 2023 marks 20 years since the passing of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. The Act made radical changes to outdoor access, putting on a statutory basis the right of access to be on, above or below most land and on inland water in Scotland....
by Richard Barron | 29 December 2022 | News
On 20 December 2022 the Inner House of the Court of Session announced its decision on an appeal that attempted to overturn a rebuffed petition for a judicial review of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Core Path Plan review concerning proposed new core...
by Richard Barron | 5 December 2022 | News
ScotWays will close for the festive season on Thursday 22 December 2022 and re-open on Wednesday 4 January 2023. It’s a great time of year to get out and about on a wintry walk to work off the Christmas calories. You can still get advice on outdoor access rights in...
