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Tycoon loses right-to-roam battle | Tycoon loses right-to-roam battle |
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A millionaire landowner has lost his bid to ban ramblers from entering part of his 70-acre estate in Stirlingshire. | |
Waste disposal magnate Euan Snowie had wanted the Boquhan Estate in Kippen exempt from the 2003 Land Reform Act's right-to-roam provisions. | Waste disposal magnate Euan Snowie had wanted the Boquhan Estate in Kippen exempt from the 2003 Land Reform Act's right-to-roam provisions. |
Stirling Council and the Ramblers' Association fought the case. | Stirling Council and the Ramblers' Association fought the case. |
Sheriff Andrew Cubie said the land sought by the pursuer to be excluded from the act was excessive. Mr Snowie, 39, purchased the estate in 2001. | Sheriff Andrew Cubie said the land sought by the pursuer to be excluded from the act was excessive. Mr Snowie, 39, purchased the estate in 2001. |
In his ruling, Sheriff Cubie said only a small amount of land adjacent to Boquhan House would be inaccessible to the public. | |
The decision comes after bus tycoon Ann Gloag won the right to restrict access to her property in June last year. | |
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The case, which was the first of its kind, granted her the right to keep the public out of 10 acres of her grounds at Kinfauns Castle near Perth. | |
Mr Snowie had previously told Stirling Sheriff Court in evidence that he had encountered "boisterous youths" on his estate. | |
In response, the western gate to Boquhan House was closed to ramblers on 19 September 2005. | |
The grounds, which includes seven properties, one of which is Boquhan House, also contains a tennis court and riding stables. | |
In his submission, Sheriff Cubie characterised Mr Snowie as someone who had "an almost instinctive reluctance to accept that any access taker could be genuine". | |
He added: "Mr Snowie's position appeared to be that if someone was not courteous to him then they could not under any circumstance be a genuine recreational walker." |