Collection

Public Rights of Way & Common Land

Planning Inspectorate collection on the Public Rights of Way & Common Land we provide

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Published: 10 March 2025
• Last updated: 21 January 2026 — See all updates

A collection of the Public Rights of Way & Common Land areas we deal with and their guidance.

Common Land

• Works on Common land and Deregistering Common Land: guidance
  • 7 August 2025
  • Collection
• Application form to deregister common land or village greens
  • 1 December 2025
  • Form
• Application form for consent to construct works on common land
  • 1 December 2025
  • Form
• Common land notices and decisions published in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026
  • 23 January 2026
  • Guidance

Public Rights of way

• Object to a public right of way order
  • 1 December 2025
  • Guidance
• Rights of Way order information: start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2026
  • 21 January 2026
  • Guidance
• Rights of Way order information: start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2024 and 2025
  • 21 January 2026
  • Guidance
• Rights of way order information: Decisions and maps published in 2026
  • 19 January 2026
  • Guidance
• Rights of way order information: Decisions and maps published in 2023, 2024 and 2025
  • 19 January 2026
  • Guidance
• Schedule 14 direction: apply to the Secretary of State for a direction
  • 10 October 2024
  • Guidance
• Schedule 14 appeal form
  • 16 December 2025
  • Form
• Schedule 14 decisions in 2023, 2024 and 2025
  • 8 January 2026
  • Guidance

Published 10 March 2025

Last updated 21 January 2026 + show all updates

1. 21 January 2026

   Link to 'Rights of Way order information: start date notices, inquiry & hearing notices and rejection letters published in 2026' added

2. 19 January 2026

   Link to Decisions and maps published in 2026 added

3. 10 March 2025

   First published.