Here is an index of responses by the Society to Government Consultation Documents. All the response letters are provided in the form of Adobe Acrobat PDF files (to make display accurate and quick).

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1. PUBLIC ACCESS PROVISIONS

2. PLANNING, incl. Waste Management, Minerals

3. AIR TRAFFIC

4. RENEWABLE ENERGY, e.g. WINDFARMS

1. PUBLIC ACCESS PROVISIONS

Mendip Society response on date CONSULTATION ON REGULATIONS FOR DEDICATION OF ACCESS LAND UNDER s.16 OF THE CROW ACT 2000   22 Feb 2002 CONSULTATION PAPER ON DRAFT GUIDANCE TO LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES ON THE PREPARATION OF RIGHTS OF WAY IMPROVEMENT PLANS   22 Feb 2002 DEFRA CONSULTATION ON DRAFT REGULATIONS FOR EXCLUSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF ACCESS IN RELATION TO CROW ACT OPEN ACCESS and associated COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY CONSULTATION ON PROPOSALS FOR DRAFT GUIDANCE ON THE ABOVE   24 Feb 2002 OPEN COUNTRY IN THE MENDIP HILLS THAT THE SOCIETY CONSIDERS SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE OPEN ACCESS MAPS BEING COMPILED BY THE COUNTRYSIDE AGENCY UNDER THE COUNTRYSIDE AND RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 2000   May 2002 CROW ACT 2000: CONSULTATION ON ACCESS MAPS: CENTRAL SOUTHERN ENGLAND MENDIP HILLS   08 Oct 2002 PROTOCOL FOR RESTRICTIONS ON PROW AND ACCESS TO OPEN COUNTRY IN THE EVENT OF FMD OR SIMILAR OUTBREAK                                page 1               page 2   13 July 2003 USE OF MECHANICALLY PROPELLED VEHICLES ON Rights of Way   09 Jan 2004 CROW ACT 2000 S 6(3) MENDIP HILLS AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY APPEAL BY: Mr R King SITE AT: Two Fields to the East of Bradley Cross Farm, on the Western Edge of a larger area of Open Country, East of Bradley Cross, Cheddar This appeal was withdrawn April 2004.   25 Feb 2004 CROW ACT 2000 S 6(3) MENDIP HILLS AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY APPEAL BY: M W A and L J Parsons SITE AT: Land at Batcombe Hollow, north-east of Batcombe Farm, off the upper Draycott Road, Cheddar This appeal was allowed June 2004   25 Feb 2004 REGULATIONS ABOUT PUBLIC PLACES UNDER S.42 OF THE CROW ACT 2000   17Apr 2004 PROPOSALS FOR REGULATIONS ON APPEALS AGAINST ACCESS AUTHORITY NOTICES REQUIRING LANDOWNERS TO ALLOW, PROVIDE OR MAINTAIN PHYSICAL ACCESSES (STILES, GATES, GAPS ETC) TO ENABLE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OPEN COUNTRY UNDER S38 OF THE CROW ACT 2000   17 Apr 2004

2. PLANNING

Mendip Society response on date CONSULTATION PAPER ON DRAFT GUIDANCE TO LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES ON THE PREPARATION OF RIGHTS OF WAY IMPROVEMENT PLANS   22 Feb 2002 Planning Green Paper Planning: Delivering a Fundamental Change   10 Mar 2002 Consultation Paper: New Parliamentary Procedures for Major Infrastructure Projects   10 Mar 2002 Haskins Review 01 Dec 2003 Draft PPS3 - Mendip Society Comments 16 May 2004 Draft Planning Policy Statement 9 (PPS9) Biodiversity and Geological Conservation 10 Oct 2004 DRAFT PPS10 PLANNING FOR SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT 15 Jan 2005 DRAFT MINERALS POLICY STATEMENT 1: PLANNING AND MINERALS 12 Jan 2005

3. AIR TRAFFIC

Mendip Society response on date THE FUTURE OF AIR TRANSPORT   09 Oct 2002

4. RENEWABLE ENERGY

Mendip Society response on date Letter of 01 April 2003 from Ecotricity, proposing construction of windturbines near Green Ore Mendip Society response   22 Apr 2003 Comments on DRAFT PPS 22 RENEWABLE ENERGY 13 Jan 2004