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Keep lanes open
Motor vehicle access to England and Wales's rights of way network already sits on a small, legally established slice of it, the large majority of the network is footpaths, bridleways and restricted byways used by walkers, cyclists and horse riders every day, and that's not something this page or Holloway is asking to change. What we're asking is simpler: that the lanes already legally open to motor vehicles stay open, that decisions to close or restrict one are made on real evidence, and that riders do their part to make that case easy to support.
Holloway maps lanes and helps you plan a ride. It isn't an access-protection organisation, and it isn't trying to become one. The Trail Riders Fellowship and GLASS both exist specifically to defend and maintain the rights of way network for motor vehicle users, with local representatives, legal expertise and decades of relationships with councils that a single rider (or a mapping app) simply doesn't have. If you can only join one thing, make it one of these, not a Holloway subscription.
National membership organisation for green lane motorcyclists, with local groups and their own Green Road Map. trf.org.uk
National not-for-profit protecting and promoting responsible motor vehicle use of unsurfaced roads and green lanes, founded 1995. glass-uk.org
Almost never a single complaint. Usually one of a small number of real, recurring causes: surface damage from use in wet conditions (which is exactly why seasonal winter closures exist on chalk and downland routes), a specific safety incident, sustained erosion, or a council reviewing a Traffic Regulation Order as part of a wider access plan. Understanding which of these applies to a lane you care about is the first step to writing anything useful about it, which is why the templates page splits into scenarios rather than offering one generic letter.