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Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, Indefinite Section 28 Direction five-year review (2022)

A five-year review of Ministry of Defence sites which apply Indefinite Direction under Section 28 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CROW) 2000.

Last fetched 03 May 2026 · gov.uk

Detail

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is undertaking a review of Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites which use an Indefinite Direction under Section 28 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (‘the Act’) to exclude open access designation for the purposes of defence or national security.

The following documents identify each MOD site covered by a section 28 Direction, along with the associated justification for the ongoing requirement.

Ways to respond

All representations, observations or comments are to be sent:

by email to DIOTS-ACCESS@mod.gov.uk
by post to DIO Senior Public Access and Recreation Advisor, Bdg 88 – Westdown Camp, Tilshead, Wiltshire, SP3 4RS

Documents

Additional information about the Section 28 review Hamworthy s28 mapapplication/pdf Hamworthy direction justification formapplication/pdf Predannack s28 mapapplication/pdf Predannack direction justification formapplication/pdf Yoxter s28 mapapplication/pdf Yoxter direction justification formapplication/pdf Willsworthy s28 mapapplication/pdf Willsworthy direction justification formapplication/pdf West Moors s28 mapapplication/pdf West Moors direction justification formapplication/pdf Upton Scudamore s28 mapapplication/pdf Upton Scudamore direction justification formapplication/pdf Millpool range direction justification formapplication/pdf Millpool range direction justification formapplication/pdf Pippingford Park s28 mapapplication/pdf Pippingford Park direction justification formapplication/pdf Ash range s28 mapapplication/pdf Ash ranges direction justification formapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area direction justification formapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: the Old Vicarage s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Sunnyhill s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Scotland Common s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Lydden s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Cold Blow s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Boyington s28 mapapplication/pdf East Kent dry training area: Arpinge s28 mapapplication/pdf Bowes Moor s28 mapapplication/pdf Bowes Moor direction justification formapplication/pdf Battle Hill s28 mapapplication/pdf Battle Hull direction justification formapplication/pdf Spadeadam s28 mapapplication/pdf Spadeadam direction justification formapplication/pdf Feldom range s28 mapapplication/pdf Feldom range direction justification formapplication/pdf Woodbridge s28 mapapplication/pdf Woodbridge direction justification formapplication/pdf Stanford Northern Extension s28 mapapplication/pdf Stanford Northern Extension direction justification formapplication/pdf Stanford Grimes Graves s28 mapapplication/pdf Stanford Grimes Graves direction justification formapplication/pdf Stanford Bridgham Heath s28 mapapplication/pdf Stanford Bridgham Heath direction justification formapplication/pdf Stanford Barnham s28 mapapplication/pdf Stanford Barnham direction justification formapplication/pdf