http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: GERROFFMOILARND - Lord Hopetoun firm blocks public right of way en Fri, 22 May 2026 04:00:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10381#post-113284 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:22:22 +0000 kaputnik 113284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>To be fair, what would we expect them to do when a construction company starts illegally redeveloping their land? </em></p> <p>Sounds like they were in agreement to do it - tarmac the existing right of way, that is, then backed out (or didn't cough up the money) and now both parties have fallen out.</p> <p>The response of fencing off the path and then digging it up benefits no parties and sounds a little bit like an act of nerr-nerr-nee-nerr-nerr on the part of Hopetoun. There a better ways to resolve land disputes than sending the diggers in. (Especially what is just a little bit of land of negligible value and is not in anyway interfering with or damaging the estate's business). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10381#post-113275 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:42:16 +0000 Dave 113275@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>To be fair, what would we expect them to do when a construction company starts illegally redeveloping their land? </p> <p>I'd close it off too under those circumstances (although I don't see why a style couldn't be provided for peds that would still "block" diggers).</p> <p>I suspect they've made a concious choice to try and put pressure on the construction outfit, who are now seen to be endangering residents through illegal development. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10381#post-113274 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:32:27 +0000 cb 113274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Could be this path?: <a href="http://goo.gl/maps/WWkm9">http://goo.gl/maps/WWkm9</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10381#post-113271 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:06:55 +0000 crowriver 113271@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably around here somewhere?</p> <p><a href="http://goo.gl/maps/z2Ig3" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/maps/z2Ig3</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10381#post-113261 Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:47:32 +0000 kaputnik 113261@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/lord-hopetoun-firm-blocks-public-right-of-way-1-2956941">Lord Hopetoun firm blocks public right of way</a></p> <p><em>FURIOUS villagers have slammed an aristocrat after a 100-year old right of way was fenced off following a dispute with local developers.</p> <p>Houston Estates has put up fencing in Kirkliston to stop people using the thoroughfare linking Path Brae to Manse Road – forcing residents to take a huge detour. </em></p> <p>I made a comment on a thread about Dalmeny estate earlier that the former has a better reputation at allowing access than the Hopetoun estate.</p> <p>The above article would support this particular worldview. </p>