CharlieT Posted October 18, 2013 Report Share Posted October 18, 2013 If your not sure check the law ! Most rural roads (highways) tended to be owned by the district councils and now the highway authority, only when a highway is extinguished and not owned by the highway authority does it revert to the adjacent landowner. Airspace to a reasonable height belongs to the landowner and as such the landowner can sue for trespass, see Kelsen v Imperial Tobacco Co. As well as the surface you also own the subsoil, so beware your bullet goes in no further than that !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 Yes - dangerous to respond without thinking through the question. There will be antis reading this and what may seem very safe and lawful to experienced shots could cause others to call for more restrictions. On several rural shoots in E/Anglia we peg near roads and drive game across the road. Only once in past 40/50years have I encountered a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boristhedog Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) A few of the points raised here have suggested that Councils own roads. Is that really so? I thought, and I stand to be corrected, that Councils 'adopted' the surface of roads for maintenance etc but ownership remains with whoever owns the land on the side, up to the centre of the road. This doesn't help the discussion about the legallity of shooting over a road but at least, if your permission covers both sides, ensures that you're not shooting over land that you do not have permission for. Edited October 19, 2013 by Boristhedog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted October 19, 2013 Report Share Posted October 19, 2013 A few of the points raised here have suggested that Councils own roads. Is that really so? I thought, and I stand to be corrected, that Councils 'adopted' the surface of roads for maintenance etc but ownership remains with whoever owns the land on the side, up to the centre of the road. This doesn't help the discussion about the legallity of shooting over a road but at least, if your permission covers both sides, ensures that you're not shooting over land that you do not have permission for. Ownership gets complicated, there is no hard and fast rule. As an example I own the lane running along the top side of our farm, I own the land either side and the land the road runs along has never been purchased by the "council". About a mile further down the lane I only own half as I only own the land on one side. However, in the village the road that junctions of "my" lane belongs to the council as they bought the land when it was developed and therefore own the land under the road.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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