Miss Ashbrook had accused the council of a "perverse and unsustainable" failure to force the landowner to reopen the path, known as Framfield 9.
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But Open Spaces Society general secretary Kate Ashbrook said that the development is earmarked for registered common land which the public has the right to use.
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Miss Ashbrook, who is chairwoman of the Ramblers' Association, led the campaign to re-open the 140-year-old right of way, which had been blocked for more than a decade.