OFF-ROAD motorsports could soon face more red tape if measures aimed at tackling the climate and ecological emergency get the go-ahead.

Councillors tasked with coming up with new environmental policies for Herefordshire Council say the damage caused by these temporary events could be addressed if they require planning permission.

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Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst said a motocross track in her ward was going through a woodland where there are protected species such as dormice.

“There was literally nothing that anyone could do.

“The suggestion isn’t that we ban it but that it has planning.”