Blackburn to Middlesborough permitted routes-not accepted by CrossCountry

[soil]

I don't think the database version of the easements is relevant at all. As to the text version of the easement, I believe that it would apply if we were required to consult negative easements (given the easement applies in both directions).

The fact that the text doesn't match the database, which includes the additional 'Via Yarm' condition, to/from Middlesbrough, shows that the text is just a short description of the real rule, rather than the rule itself. The real target here is the online systems.

Whereas the published Maps are targeted at users, the easements are not.

 

[maniacmartin]

Of course the target is online systems. But the database version isn't referred to anywhere in the NRCoC or Routeing Guide instructions, so I don't consider it to be part of the contract.

 

[pjnathanail]

Thank you for everyone's help confirming validity. I will tell you the outcome when ATOC respond, and hopefully they will agree with our interpretation. XC don't seem to have noticed the easement at all, so I won't mention it because, although it appears that it can have no bearing on the outcome, it is an additional level of complexity to deal with.