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16-668: UCR may refer to: Unclassified county road, an obsolete term for a green lane (road) in England and Wales Under color removal in printing Unified Cornish Revised , a variety of the Cornish language Uniform Crime Reports Union centriste et républicaine ( Centrist and Republican Union ), group of the French senate Unión Cívica Radical ( Radical Civic Union ), an Argentine political party Unión Cordobesa de Rugby , body that rules

32-537: A balance of user, landowner and other interests, to give advice on development of access land and of the path network; the policy of footpath improvement would be set out in a Rights of Way Improvement Plan (RoWIP). A more extensive Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 was enacted by the Scottish Parliament which formalised the Scottish tradition of unhindered access to open countryside, provided that care

48-521: A considerably more extensive network still available to vehicular users. It is calculated that before the CRoW Act approximately 5% of the national rights of way network was open to vehicular use, while post-CRoW this has halved to around 2 to 3%. The various users of rights of way disagree (often passionately) about the other users' rights. Walkers' groups (such as the Ramblers' Association ) advocate

64-469: A method of generating health care prices Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UCR . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UCR&oldid=1149650296 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

80-626: Is being conducted under the Act. Again, this is being conducted in a staged manner, which can produce anomalies – of the two administrative areas of the County of Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire was revised in the Southern area and the rest of Gloucestershire in the Midlands. Some long-standing areas of dispute became accessible under the Act – these include Chrome Hill and Parkhouse Hill in

96-501: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Green lane (road) In particular, a green lane is unmetalled, and may be so infrequently used that there is no wearing of the surface, allowing vegetation to colonise freely, hence "green". Many green lanes are ancient routes that have existed for millennia, such as hollow ways , drover's roads , ridgeways and even ancient trackways . Under modern public rights-of-way (PROW) law,

112-589: Is significant as RUPPs allowed motorised vehicular access, while restricted byways do not. This change resulted in some conflict between user groups. Some highway authorities neglected to carry out their responsibilities under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 . This has meant that some counties, e.g. Somerset, have minimal off-road rights of way available to motorised vehicles, while other counties, e.g. Kent and Wiltshire, have

128-763: The Peak District . The Countryside and Rights of Way Act also made some changes in respect of nature conservation, in particular to Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 . The three main changes are: the maximum penalty is now a term of imprisonment instead of a fine; the Secretary of State can designate "wildlife inspectors" who have a range of powers under the Act; offences of disturbing certain birds and animals are extended to cover reckless as well as intentional acts. The act gave power to create local access forums (commonly referred to as 'LAFs'), comprising

144-481: The Ramblers' Association and its predecessors, on certain upland and uncultivated areas of England and Wales. This element of the act was implemented in stages as conclusive maps of different regions were produced. The act refers to areas of ' mountain , moor , heath and down ' in addition to registered common land ; not all uncultivated land is covered. A staged review of public rights of way , including limited rights to create new public footpaths where needed,

160-722: The Island the Green Lanes in the West and in the East do not link up. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37), known informally as the CRoW Act or "Right to Roam" Act , is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament affecting England and Wales which came into force on 30 November 2000. The Act implements the so-called " right to roam " (also known as jus spatiandi ) long sought by

176-460: The appearance of byways. As these routes are maintained at public expense, along with the rest of the highway network, it is presumed that these routes are open to all traffic. They are not shown on the definitive map . The Countryside Act 1968 required all highway authorities to reclassify RUPPs in their area—occasionally as footpaths but in practice generally as bridleways, unless public vehicular rights were demonstrated to exist, in which case

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192-550: The basis that a road is just that, regardless of the type of surface. In Jersey , a Green Lane is a road designated as priority for pedestrians, cyclists and horse-riders to which a 15 mph (24 km/h) speed limit applies. The first Green Lanes were introduced in St Peter in 1994. All parishes , except St Saviour and Trinity , have since joined the Green Lane network, but since St Saviour and Trinity adjoin across

208-451: The expression "green lane" has no legal meaning. Instead, there are four different types of public right of way, listed below, in addition to public roads: An unclassified county road (UCR) is an obsolete expression and is no indication of a right of way, although they may be maintained and repaired at public expense by local highway authorities. The surfaces of these routes can vary from broken tarmac and gravel to only grass, often having

224-640: The game of rugby union in Córdoba, Argentina Torneo de Córdoba , a rugby union club competition organised by UCR University Center Rochester in Minnesota University of California, Riverside University of Costa Rica University College Roosevelt , Middelburg, The Netherlands Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper , an environmental advocacy organization in Georgia, USA Urea-creatinine ratio Usual, customary and reasonable ,

240-615: The removal of vehicular rights on BOATs. Cyclists' and equestrians' groups fear for their rights, while vehicular use of public rights of way is increasingly being seen as unacceptable and has been targeted for further restrictions. The rights of vehicle users are represented by the Green Lane Association, also known as GLASS, All Terrain UK and the Trail Riders Fellowship, who oppose these restrictions on

256-472: The road was classified as a byway open to all traffic. This process involved extensive research into historic usage and often public enquiries. Section 47 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 set a time limit of 2026 for every highway authority to complete the reclassification exercise. The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (NERC) changed the deadline to 2 May 2006. This change

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