Guidance

Common land notices and decisions published in 2023 and 2024

Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023 and 2024

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Published: 19 January 2023
• Last updated: 17 May 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

The Planning Inspectorate is responsible for determining applications under the 2006 Act regarding common land in England, and several other pieces of legislation regarding commons and greens. All applications are determined on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

All Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications within 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are published on a separate page.

Decisions prior to 2019

Hearings and Inquiries

• COM/3316968: PART OF DITSWORTHY WARREN. Hearing postponed - date to be confirmed (MS Word Document, 34.7 KB)
• COM/3329112 Knowl Moor - Hearing 25 June 2024 (PDF, 92.1 KB, 1 page)

2024

• COM/3329754 Mungrisdale, Saddleback, and Bowscale Commons 16 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 4.11 MB)
• COM 3330007 Hackney Downs Decsion 10 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 613 KB)
• COM/3332614 Cockernhoe Village Green decision 7 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 79.5 KB)
• COM/3323550 Edge Common Application decision 7 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 1.37 MB)
• COM/3327738 Merrow Downs Application Decision 03 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 748 KB)
• COM/3323643 Weedon Hill Decision 03 May 2024 (MS Word Document, 357 KB)
• COM/3327735 Lyneham Green, Lyneham, Wiltshire Decision date: 11 April 2024 (MS Word Document, 762 KB)
• : COM/3332044 Shortwood Common, Staines Upon Thames, Surrey, TW18 4NZ Decision date: 5 April 2024 (MS Word Document, 584 KB)
• COM/3329745 Redhill and Earlswood, Land at Linkfield Street, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6BY Decision date: 2 April 2024 (MS Word Document, 656 KB)
• COM/3330933 Land in the Parish of Doddington Decision 26 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 784 KB)
• COM/3325462 Greenburn Common Decision date: 14 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 2.56 MB)
• COM/3330405 Dorney Common, Parish of Dorney, Elton Wick, Windsor, SL4 6JN Decision date: 11 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 686 KB)
• COM 3325376 Langdale & Baysbrown Application Decision 08 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 2.5 MB)
• COM/3327737 FARNDON COMMON, CHESHIRE Decision date: 8 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 647 KB)
• COM/3325292 Longmoor Common, Ennerdale, Cumbria Decision date: 5 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 363 KB)
• COM/3327997 BOSPORTHENNIS COMMON, CORNWALL Decision date: 4 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 587 KB)
• COM/3333418 Crookham Common, Old Thornford Road, Crookham Common, RG19 8EU Decision date: 1 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 2.53 MB)
• COM 3323196 & COM 3323197 Stringers Common 01 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 1.89 MB)
• COM/3325380 Well Street common, London borough of Hackney Decision date: 1 March 2024 (MS Word Document, 1.39 MB)
• COM/3319474 Land At Felixstowe Ferry Common, Suffolk Decision date: 15 February 2024 (MS Word Document, 503 KB)
• COM 3310344 & 3312767 Part of Blackdown Common & Black lion Common 22 February 2024 (MS Word Document, 1 MB)
• COM 3330828 Walton Rise Decision 22 Feburary 2024 (MS Word Document, 556 KB)
• COM/3314044 Breakneck Peters Splash & Ravens Hole Application Decision 12-02-24 (MS Word Document, 1010 KB)
• COM/3323563 Bethecar Moor, Westmorland, Cumbria Decision date: 5 February 2024 (MS Word Document, 1.36 MB)
• COM/3319558 Land at Caradon Hill, Cornwall Decision date: 5 February 2024 (MS Word Document, 717 KB)
• COM/3326940 London Fields Decision date: 29 January 2024 (MS Word Document, 721 KB)
• COM/3324356 Central Parks, Southampton Decision date: 29 January 2024 (MS Word Document, 553 KB)
• COM 3327732 Sparrow Lane Application Decision 24 January 2024 (MS Word Document, 912 KB)
• COM 3309826 Talland Cliff Application Decision 23 January 2024 (MS Word Document, 520 KB)
• COM/3312481 Decision date: 16th January 2024 (MS Word Document, 210 KB)
• COM 3319450 Low Green Nesfield Application Decision 11 January 2024 (MS Word Document, 555 KB)

2023

• COM 3307244 Sneedhams Green 18 December 2023 (MS Word Document, 304 KB)
• COM 3319187 Farway Common 15 December 2023 (MS Word Document, 509 KB)
• COM 3302826 Bromyard Decision 15 December 2023 (MS Word Document, 286 KB)
• COM 3317298 and COM 3317303 Foulride Common Decisions 13 December 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.14 MB)
• COM 3294347 Redhill & Earlswood Decision 12-12-23 (PDF, 239 KB, 7 pages)
• COM/3317939 Brisley Green, Brisley, Norfolk Decision date: 5 December 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.58 MB)
• COM/3206697R Yateley Common, Yateley, Hampshire Decision date: 10 November 2023 (MS Word Document, 709 KB)
• COM/3317951 Marsden Moor, West Yorkshire Decision date: 08 November 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.07 MB)
• COM 3317297 Sourton Common Decision 19 October 2023 (MS Word Document, 802 KB)
• COM/3312935 Clapham Common – Festival Republic 2024 Decision date: 5 October 2023 (MS Word Document, 249 KB)
• COM 3314450 New Rd Common Decision date: 22 September 2023 (MS Word Document, 668 KB)
• COM 3318049 Trewint Village Green Decision date: 19 September 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.3 MB)
• COM/3313181 Land at Bury Wood Decision date: 7 September 2023 (MS Word Document, 871 KB)
• COM/3291403 Land known as Martha's Well and Beck Bottom Decision date: 22 August 2023 (MS Word Document, 522 KB)
• COM/3313966 St. Breward Decision date: 7 September 2023 (MS Word Document, 573 KB)
• COM/3317299 Hamsterley Village Green Decision date: 7 September 2023 (MS Word Document, 216 KB)
• COM/3321502 Peckham Rye Decision date: 31 August 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.79 MB)
• COM/3319837 Godstone Green Common, Godstone, Surrey Decision date: 31 July 2023 (MS Word Document, 635 KB)
• COM 3288615 Polyphant Green, Polyphant, Cornwall PL15 7PS Decision date: 13 July 2023 (MS Word Document, 7.34 MB)
• COM/3300564 Baigents Hill Decision 04 July 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.15 MB)
• COM/3300566 Picketts Hill Decision 04 July 2023 (MS Word Document, 641 KB)
• COM/3311223 Streatham Common – Temporary Events 2023 and COM/3316215 Streatham Common – AfriFest 2023 Decision date: 8 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.94 MB)
• COM/3311432 Bury Mead Recreation Ground, Stevenage Decision date: 20 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 739 KB)
• COM/3311541 Brockeridge Common, Twyning Decision date: 21 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 236 KB)
• COM/3311552 CL162 Decision date: 22 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.1 MB)
• COM/3311223 and COM/3316215 Streatham Common Decision date: 8 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.94 MB)
• COM/3312124 and COM/3307440 Clapham Common Decision date: 8 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.25 MB)
• COM/3319193 Hackney Marsh, London Borough of Hackney Decision date: 8 June 2023 (MS Word Document, 884 KB)
• COM/3306665 Milford Common, Staffordshire Decision date: 26 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 503 KB)
• COM/3293879 The Bunny Hill, Cornwall Decision date: 24 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 422 KB)
• COM/3287816 The Lizard Green, Cornwall Decision date: 24 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 77 KB)
• COM/3316962 Ingoldisthorpe Common – 17 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 7.13 MB)
• COM/3315579 Hareley and Assley Common – 16 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 6.86 MB)
• COM/3314783 Hackney Downs – 25 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 6.62 MB)
• COM/3314774 Clapton Common – 25 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 13.2 MB)
• COM/3311859 Westside Common – 24 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 541 KB)
• COM/3290856 Kingsmead, Ware, Hertfordshire Decision date: 10 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 821 KB)
• COM/3309398 Burn Moor (Clapham Portion), North Yorkshire Decision date: 3 May 2023 (MS Word Document, 490 KB)
• COM/3303863 Longhorsley – 18 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.89 MB)
• COM/3305817 Creek Stephen Point Application Decision date: 14 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 359 KB)
• COM/3304359 Brockeridge Common Application Decision date: 17 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 667 KB)
• COM/3303956 Great & Little Molunan Application Decision date: 14 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 433 KB)
• COM/3301435 Waterford Marsh Decision date: 19 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.24 MB)
• COM/3309337 Lyneham Green – 11 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 91.1 KB)
• COM/3307623 Great Bookham Common, Surrey Decision date: 5 April 2023 (MS Word Document, 336 KB)
• COM/331674 Land at Southern Green – 29 March 2023 (MS Word Document, 545 KB)
• COM/3313485 Roadside Waste, Hudswell – 22 March 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.46 MB)
• COM/3313278 Manorial Waste, Witchford Common – 2 March 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.49 MB)
• COM/3296303 Gooseholme Common – 27 February 2023 (MS Word Document, 775 KB)
• COM/3309426 The New Forest, Hampshire Decision date: 17 March 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.56 MB)
• COM 3306325 Rye & Hillside Common decision 01 March 2023 (MS Word Document, 2.46 MB)
• COM/3295102 Hawridge and Cholesbury Common – 23 February 2023 (MS Word Document, 802 KB)
• COM/3311421 Blackheath Common – 21 February 2023 (MS Word Document, 531 KB)
• COM/3311427 Clapham Common – 21 February 2023 (MS Word Document, 1.06 MB)
• COM/3304873 Breach Common and St James Common, Shaftesbury, Dorset Decision date: 8 February 2023 (MS Word Document, 567 KB)
• COM/3304252 Backside Common, Bushy Common and Broad Street Common, Guildford, Surrey Decision date: 31 January 2023 (MS Word Document, 231 KB)
• COM/3296835 CL20 and CL46 Decision date: 31 January 2023 (MS Word Document, 12.8 MB)
• COM/3295093 Garway Common, Herefordshire Decision date: 31 January 2023 (MS Word Document, 975 KB)
• COM/3299566 The Green, Beeston, Sandy, Bedfordshire Decision date: 31 January 2023 (MS Word Document, 9.15 MB)
• COM/3300554 Land at Radfall Road – 12 January 2023 (MS Word Document, 319 KB)

2022

• COM/3300759 & COM/3300763 Charlton Common – 14 December 2022 (MS Word Document, 680 KB)

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 17 May 2024 + show all updates

1. 17 May 2024

   COM/3329754 decision

2. 14 May 2024

   COM/3329112 Knowl Moor - Hearing 25 June 2024

3. 10 May 2024

   decision for Hackney downs added.

4. 7 May 2024

   New decision published: COM/3332614 Cockernhoe Village Green decision 7 May 2024

5. 7 May 2024

   New decision published: COM/3323550 Edge Common Application decision 7 May 2024

6. 3 May 2024

   COM/3323643 and COM/3327738 decisions

7. 15 April 2024

   COM/3332044 and COM/3327735 decisions

8. 5 April 2024

   COM/3329745 decision

9. 27 March 2024

   COM/3330933 decision

10. 18 March 2024

    COM/3325462 decision

11. 13 March 2024

    COM/3330405 decision

12. 8 March 2024

    COM/3327737 and COM/3325376 decisions

13. 7 March 2024

    COM/3333418, COM/3327997 and COM/3325292 decisions

14. 1 March 2024

    COM/3325380 and COM 3323196 & COM 3323197 decisions

15. 29 February 2024

    COM/3319474 decision

16. 22 February 2024

    two common land decisions posted for 22 February 2024.

17. 15 February 2024

    COM/3314044 decision

18. 5 February 2024

    COM/3319558 and COM/3323563 decisions

19. 30 January 2024

    COM/3324356 and COM/3326940 decisions

20. 24 January 2024

    decision added and title / description changed

21. 23 January 2024

    document attachment (decision) 80 added. 2023 changed to 2024 on attachment 79.

22. 17 January 2024

    COM/3312481 Decision date: 16th January 2023

23. 11 January 2024

    Inline Attachment 77 (descion) added 11 January 2024

24. 18 December 2023

    decision added, COM 3307244 Sneedhams Green 18-12-2023.

25. 15 December 2023

    COM 3302826 Bromyard Decision 15 December 2023 - file attachment COM 3319187 Farway Common 15 December 2023 - file attachment added to document on 15 December 2023

26. 13 December 2023

    New common Land decision document added

27. 12 December 2023

    COM 3294347 added

28. 7 December 2023

    COM/3317939 decision

29. 10 November 2023

    COM/3206697R decision

30. 9 November 2023

    COM/3317951 decision

31. 2 November 2023

    COM/3316968: PART OF DITSWORTHY WARREN. Hearing postponed - new date to be confirmed

32. 20 October 2023

    COM 3317297 decision

33. 11 October 2023

    COM/3312935 decision

34. 29 September 2023

    COM/3319187 hearing notice added

35. 22 September 2023

    2 new decisions published

36. 18 September 2023

    Hearing notification added for COM/3316968: PART OF DITSWORTHY WARREN

37. 11 September 2023

    COM/3317299 , COM/3313966, COM/3291403 and COM/3313181 decisions added

38. 1 September 2023

    COM/3321502 Peckham Rye Decision date: 31 August 2023

39. 2 August 2023

    COM/3319837 decision

40. 20 July 2023

    COM 3288615 Polyphant Green, Polyphant, Cornwall PL15 7PS Decision date: 13 July 2023 decision

41. 5 July 2023

    COM/3300566 and COM/3300564 decisions

42. 23 June 2023

    COM/3311552, COM/3311541 , COM/3311432, COM/3311223 decisions added

43. 14 June 2023

    COM/3314044: Breakneck, Peter’s Splash & Raven’s Hole Beaches, Cornwall. Hearing date 3 August 2023, COM/3309826: Talland Cliff, Cornwall. Hearing date 8 August 2023, COM/3313966: St Breward Common, Cornwall. Hearing date 10 August 2023

44. 12 June 2023

    COM/3319193 COM/3312124 and COM/3307440 COM/3311223 and COM/3316215 decisions

45. 30 May 2023

    COM/3287816, COM/3293879 and COM/3306665 decisions

46. 25 May 2023

    COM/3311859, COM/3314774 , COM/3314783, COM/3315579 and COM/3316962 decisions

47. 19 May 2023

    COM/3307244 hearing notice added and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 hearing notice updated

48. 12 May 2023

    COM/3290856 Kingsmead, Ware, Hertfordshire Decision date: 10 May 2023

49. 10 May 2023

    COM/3291403 – Martha’s Hill & Beck Bottom (CL190) – The hearing will begin at 10am on Tuesday 4 July and COM/3309398 Burn Moor (Clapham Portion), North Yorkshire Decision date: 3 May 2023

50. 27 April 2023

    COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 North Common and Chailey Common – Hearing 6 June 2023 updated

51. 25 April 2023

    COM/3313181 Bury Wood – Hearing 1 August 2023, COM/3312935 – Clapham Common (CL73) – The virtual public inquiry will begin at 10am on Tuesday 13 June and COM/3303863 decision

52. 20 April 2023

    COM/3301435, COM/3303956, COM/3304359 and COM/3305817 decisions

53. 13 April 2023

    COM/3309337 Lyneham Green – 11 April 2023 decision

54. 6 April 2023

    COM/3307623 decision added

55. 29 March 2023

    COM/3296303, COM/3313278, COM/3313485 and COM/331674 Decisions

56. 27 March 2023

    Broxhead Common (CL147), Hampshire Land at Picketts Hill, Headley and Broxhead Common (CL147), Hampshire Land at Baigents Hill, Headley hearing ntoices

57. 21 March 2023

    COM/3309426 decision added and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 hearing notice updated

58. 8 March 2023

    COM 3306325 Rye & Hillside Common decision 01 March 2023 and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 North Common and Chailey Common – Hearing 6 June 2023

59. 27 February 2023

    COM/3311427, COM/3311421 and COM/3295102 decisions

60. 14 February 2023

    COM/3287816 - Land at Lizard Green (CL220) - The hearing will begin at 10am on Wednesday 17 May 2023

61. 13 February 2023

    COM/3305817 and COM/3303956 hearing notice

62. 9 February 2023

    COM/3304252 and COM/3304873 Decision and COM/3277613 hearing notice

63. 31 January 2023

    COM/3296835 decision added

64. 31 January 2023

    COM/3299566 and COM/3295093 decisions added

65. 19 January 2023

    First published.