As long as they are restricting access to only their land I see no problem with it...
But the last quote from DOC was worrying. Either it was poorly worded (and was referring to two separate issues, which it may have been) or it implied that there was unformed access through this farm. Inspite of this they seemed to support denying access for "safety issues"
I would have thought it was on the farmer to keep his stock out of the public accessway, it was really about safety.
If people stick to the legal access and not farm tracks, I don't see any reason for the farmer to try deny access... and instead I am in favour of people demanding access if there is a unformed road present.
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