Please note that for the below questions 1, 2 and 3 cattle grids are defined as “a device designed to prevent the passage of animals, or animals of any particular description, but to allow the passage of all or some other traffic, and includes any fence or other works necessary for securing the efficient operation of the said device”..

1. Does the council currently have a policy of removing existing, or not installing new cattle grids? If so, why?
There is no council policy as such

2. Please state the total number of cattle grids the Council is responsible for, the total number of cattle grids removed, number of accidents reported involving cattle grids and number of complaints involving cattle grids, number of requests for removal of cattle grids and number of requests for implementation of new cattle grids in the area the Council is responsible for, in the following years?
a) Number of cattle grids on roads maintained by the council: 4
i. 2020: 4, no accidents or complaints reported, no request for the removal/new installation.
ii. 2021: 4, as above
iii. 2022: 4, as above
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): 4, as above
b) Number of cattle grids removed by the council
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None
c) Number of new cattle grids installed by the council
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None
d) Number of accidents involving animals and cattle grids
i. 2020: None reported.
ii. 2021: As above
iii. 2022: As above
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): As above
e) Number of accidents involving people and cattle grids
i. 2020: None reported.
ii. 2021: As above
iii. 2022: As above
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): As above
f) Number of complaints involving cattle grids
i. 2020: Countryside Services 3
ii. 2021: Countryside Services 1
iii. 2022: Countryside Services 1
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): 0
g) Number of requests for removal of cattle grids
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None
h) Number of requests for implementation of new cattle grids
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None

3. For each of the following calendar years, please state the Council’s total expenditure on cattle grids separating out implementing new ones, repairs to existing ones and removing cattle grids (as per grid below):
a) Expenditure on implementing new cattle grids
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None
b) Expenditure on repairing existing cattle grids
i. 2020: Routine Maintenance works, £500
ii. 2021: Routine Maintenance works, £500
iii. 2022: Routine Maintenance works, £550
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): Routine Maintenance works, £600
c) Expenditure on removing cattle grids
i. 2020: None
ii. 2021: None
iii. 2022: None
iv. 2023 (up until Sept 2023): None