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Public & Private Rights of Way
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Can a private right of way and a public right of way co-exist in relation to the same piece of land or are they mutually exclusive?
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Yes they can.
For example, it is perfectly possible for a public bridleway to also allow a legal access as a private right of way for vehicular traffic for a resident who happens to live on that bridleway.
Under normal circumstances, the land-owner would would barred from getting vehicular access to his property, however the private right of way (negotiated either with the land-owner on whose land the public bridleway sits or by some other legal mechanism including prescriptive rights) enables him to do so.
For example, it is perfectly possible for a public bridleway to also allow a legal access as a private right of way for vehicular traffic for a resident who happens to live on that bridleway.
Under normal circumstances, the land-owner would would barred from getting vehicular access to his property, however the private right of way (negotiated either with the land-owner on whose land the public bridleway sits or by some other legal mechanism including prescriptive rights) enables him to do so.
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