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==Erosion mitigation== The first [[car park]]s on Chobham Common were created in 1936 at Staple Hill and south of the Monument. After the [[Second World War]], the recreational use of the Common grew dramatically. This recreational use developed in an ad-hoc manner with walkers and horse riders creating tracks then abandoning them for new routes as they gullied and became impassable, causing wide scale [[erosion]] of the site. It is also reported that during the 1950s and 1960s visitors regularly took vehicles onto Chobham Common further adding to the problem. An aerial photograph dated 1964 clearly shows severe [[erosion]] problems on Tank Hill and Staple Hill. By the time [[Surrey County Council]] acquired Chobham Common in 1968 there were nine car parks on the area covered by this plan. Initially the Council wished to develop a country park but these plans were soon dropped in favour of informal recreation and nature conservation. [[Erosion]] and disturbance continued to be serious problems through the 1970s and 1980s. While attempts to restrict [[horse riding]] proved unsuccessful, by the late 1980s both walkers and riders were showing a marked preference for the growing network of high quality fire tracks. In 1992, a consultative process began to resolve long running conflicts of interest between horse riders and other users, and to rationalise the [[Right-of-way (transportation)|rights of way]] networks in order to meet the needs of visitors while protecting sensitive habitats and [[species]]. Following a [[public enquiry]] in 1996 the present network of [[Right-of-way (transportation)|rights of way]] and agreed horse rides which incorporates the fire track network was installed. Since then there have been few serious [[erosion]] problems and disturbance has been greatly reduced.
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