Horse-riders fight ‘excessive’ plans to block lanes over fly-tipping

A national horse-riding organisation has objected to “excessive” plans to retain gates on several lanes hampered by repeated fly-tipping.

The British Horse Society, which has more than 1,200 volunteers, is opposing Amber Valley Council’s plan to retain gates on six roads plagued by fly-tipping.

It says the plans have the effect of unfairly punishing horse-riders from using the public routes, when they are using the lanes for leisure, rather than fly-tipping.

The council’s public space protection orders have been in place for three years and now the authority wants to retain them for a further three years, saying that they have proved an effective deterrent.