Renfrewshire Outdoor Access Forum

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All councils have a duty to create at least one outdoor access forum in their area under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.

The purpose of the forum as set out in the legislation is to:

• advise the local authority on matters to do with the exercise of access rights, marking out rights of way or drawing up the Core Path Plan.
• offer help to parties in dispute regarding the exercise of access rights, marking out rights of way, drawing up the Core Path Plan and the use of Core Paths.

The Renfrewshire Outdoor Access Forum meetings take place every three months, at various venues around Renfrewshire. Before this, stakeholder meetings were held for those interested in access in Renfrewshire.

There are currently 18 active members of the forum drawn from:

• land managers
• agencies such as Scottish Natural Heritage and the Paths For All Partnership
• access groups
• walkers
• cyclists
• horse riders
• canoeists
• disability users, and
• community councils.

If you are interested in representing an interest group on the forum, please contact the Planning and Transport department by email :pt@renfrewshire.gov.uk