Chris Seeks Assurance About The Burton To Christchurch Path

WQ RiverAvon 30Nov23

Chris Seeks Assurance About The Burton To Christchurch Path

Photo of Christopher ChopeChristopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to ensure that the Avon Valley path between Burton and Christchurch is maintained.

Photo of Robbie MooreRobbie Moore The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Maintenance of public rights of way, including decisions to divert or extinguish them, is a matter for the local authority.

The Environment Agency and Natural England are working with local landowners and South West Water to review future flood risks that may impact assets that cross the flood plain, including the stretch of the Avon Valley path between Burton and Christchurch.

Public access on rights of way and common land in floodplains is regularly affected by winter flooding events. The frequency and duration of such events appears to be changing as a result of climate change, and adapting towards natural flood management needs to consider and balance this alongside rights of public access, public safety as well as land use.

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