The Green Party in Exeter has welcomed a Supreme Court ruling which means that wild camping will be allowed to continue on Dartmoor. The court ruled that a multimillionaire landowner was wrong to ban it on his land [1]
Green councillor for Heavitree in Exeter, Catherine Rees, who has supported the campaign for wild camping on Dartmoor and joined the rally outside the Supreme Court last October, said:
“I am so delighted and relieved by this decision. The Supreme Court ruling will be welcomed by so many people – those who want to be able to wild camp on Dartmoor and those who support the right to do so.
“I hope this is a turning point and the government now passes a Right to Roam Act, to protect and extend public rights of responsible access to nature across England, as they promised before the election. I would love people across the country to have the same right to connect with nature and sleep under the stars as we have on Dartmoor.”