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.
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.”