The Access to the Countryside (Coastal Margin) (England) Order 2010

Descriptions of coastal margin

3.—(1) Land in England is coastal margin for the purposes of Part 1 of the CROW Act (access to the countryside) if it falls within one or more of the following descriptions.

(2) The first description of land is—

(a) land over which the line of an approved section of the English coastal route passes,

(b) land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of that line, and

(c) land which is seaward of the line of an approved section of the English coastal route and lies between land within sub-paragraph (b) in relation to that approved section and the seaward extremity of the foreshore,

if the land within sub-paragraphs (a) to (c), taken as a whole, is coastal land.

(3) The second description of land is land which—

(a) is landward of the line of an approved section of the English coastal route,

(b) is—

(i) foreshore, cliff, bank, barrier, dune, beach or flat, or

(ii) land of any other kind, which is treated by section 15(1) as being accessible to the public apart from the CROW Act, and

(c) when taken together with land within the first description in relation to the approved section, is coastal land.

(4) The third description of land is—

(a) land over which the line of an official alternative route which is for the time being in operation passes, and

(b) land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of that line.

(5) The fourth description of land is—

(a) land over which the line of a temporary route passes, and

(b) land which is adjacent to and within 2 metres either side of that line,

to the extent that the land is within section 55I(4)(d) of the 1949 Act(1) (land over which the owner has agreed the temporary route may pass).

(1)

Section 55I was inserted by section 302 of the 2009 Act.