Land Access

This section contains information to assist with the task of ensuring that land access has been secured for all the areas of land and property that may be used for a competition. It looks at all the matters that need to be considered and researched.

There are standard letters and notices that can be adapted for local use. These are to inform local residents and land users about the staging of an event. As well as obtaining land access it will be necessary to publish on the website details of the areas that are subject to an embargo and the details of what exactly the embargo means.  This also includes any reserve areas as well as the identified competition areas.

Documents

• Guide to land access and permissions
• Biosecurity Guidelines
• Forestry Commision Agreement
• Sample letter to residents
• Sample confirmation of permission for landowners
• Sample notice for local notice boards
• Environmental guide
• Environmental contacts
• Environmental checklist 
• Environmental Leaflet
• Embargoed areas listed on the website
• Rule 14 IOF embargoes.

Environmental Concerns:

(The documents below are all courtesy of IOF website)

• Numerical methods of calculating environmental impacts of sports activities
• Comparison of the environmental impact of orienteering and other off-track recreations in the Dartmoor National Park
• Environmental sustainability project at the World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004
• Research into the ecological impact of orienteering
• The effect of an orienteering event on breeding wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) at Titterstone Clee, Shropshire
• World Champs 2001environmental audit report