Surrey TRO Petition

Surrey TRF have just launched a petition, to call upon Surrey County Council to improve the objectivity, impartiality and integrity of decision making on Rights of Way issues in Surrey.
This follows the recent and ongoing attempts by Councillors on the Guildford Local Committee, to make Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) on Byways Open to All Traffic in Surrey, to prohibit law abiding motorists from using two particular rights of way in Surrey. This is despite the Council Officials writing detailed reports, concluding TROs were not appropriate and did not meet the councils own TRO Policy - on three occasions; and despite over 1000 letters of objection. The fact that local
Parish Councillors lived on or near the roads in question did not have to be declared; Councillors were free to peddle prejudice and were not impartial nor based decisions on evidence. Whilst we're not there yet, but with a lot of effort, we're on the way to winning the battle over the TROs and ensuring the rule of law prevails.

Over the longer term TRF want to clean up the process so it is open, transparent, based on evidence and ensure that decisions are made by Councillors who are impartial and don't have vested undeclared interests.

Please sign the petition and circulate the link to anyone else you feel may be interested in signing.

Surrey County Council - Petition to: We call upon Surrey County Council to improve the objectivity, impartiality and integrity of decision making on Rights of Way issues, by introducing a Code of Best Practice in Rights of Way issues, similar to the

Signed!

Tossers want to put TRO's on two more lanes now. http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f13/two-surrey-tros-150887.html

Also signed...

Not from Surrey but hey I might want to move there someday when I earn ****loads more money than what I does now!

Please note that there has been a change to the meeting details for the
petition on Rights of Way.

A response to the petition will now be given at the meeting of the Planning
& Regulatory Committee on Wednesday 7 September at 10.30am at County Hall,
Kingston.

Petition information - Surrey County Council - Petition to: We call upon Surrey County Council to improve the objectivity, impartiality and integrity of decision making on Rights of Way issues, by introducing a Code of Best Practice in Rights of Way issues, similar to the

Petition update 3, 28 September 2011

This petition was considered by the Planning and Regulatory Committee at its meeting on 7 September 2011. The Chairman of the Committee responded to the petition as follows:

"The Planning and Regulatory Committee is always grateful to hear the views of Surrey residents in regard to its procedures. I welcome this submission from Michael Wheaton.

We take on board the suggestions. Countryside Access Officers will review the Code of Best Practice in Planning Procedures in consultation with me, the vice chairman and Local Committee Chairmen, with a view to incorporating a similar code for rights of way issues. When a draft is completed it will be taken back to the Planning and Regulatory Committee for approval."