Guidance

Common land declarations of exempt works

Declarations of exempt works for common land.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Published: 22 July 2015
• Last updated: 16 August 2021
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  1. 16 August 2021

     No longer added notices to GOV.UK message.

  2. 12 October 2020

     Gembling Common – fencing for grazing - notice added

  3. 4 June 2020

     Gembling Common – fencing for grazing x 2 notices added

  4. 15 May 2020

     Chobham Common, Royal Common and Whitmoor Common

  5. 20 March 2020

     Monkwood Green exemption

  6. 22 January 2020

     Gembling Common, East Yorks - Fencing for grazing – 01 April 2019, Gembling Common, East Yorks – Fencing for grazing – 22 October 2019, Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 25 November 2019

  7. 18 September 2019

     Honeymoor Common, Hartridge Common, Therfield Heath, Stringers Common, Harpenden Common, Oxshott Heath and Royal Common exempt notices.

  8. 7 June 2019

     Ashmoor, Royal Common, Hareley, Assley, Inglestone & Hawkesbury and Ockley and Thursley exemtions added

  9. 30 April 2019

     Chobham Common exempt added

  10. 28 March 2019

      Northam Burrows exempt notice added

  11. 21 March 2019

      Huxham Common, Somerset and Wood Green, Norfolk added

  12. 3 December 2018

      Warton Marsh (Salt Marshes) – Nature Conservation – 12 November 2018

  13. 4 September 2018

      The Green, Sharlston decision

  14. 23 July 2018

      Oxshott Heath decision added

  15. 10 July 2018

      All cases over 1 year old removed following GDPR

  16. 3 July 2018

      Royal and Bagmoor Commons added

  17. 12 June 2018

      Broadstreet Common – grazing animals

  18. 1 June 2018

      Corfe Common – Grazing animals exempt notice added

  19. 25 May 2018

      Monkwood Green, grazing animals exempt notice added

  20. 11 May 2018

      Chobham common, Station Moor/Bulbourne Moor, Whitmoor Common, Bisley Common.

  21. 27 April 2018

      Ockley/Thursley Commons – Grazing animals added

  22. 19 April 2018

      Tebay Fell exempt notice

  23. 1 December 2017

      Wood Green exempt notice

  24. 3 November 2017

      Turville Heath Notice added

  25. 29 September 2017

      New Road, Kendal - bollards to prevent vehicles - decision added

  26. 1 September 2017

      Pound Green - grazing animals, Hedleyhope Fell – grazing animals, Corfe Common – nature conservation added.

  27. 6 July 2017

      Ashmoor Grazing Animals, Bisley Grazing Animals, Chobham Grazing Animals, Gembling Grazing Animals 2017, 2018 & 2019, Monkwood Green Grazing Animals, Oxshott Grazing Animals, Royal Common Grazing Animals, Sheeps Green Nature Conservation, Southampton Nature Conservation, Therfield Grazing Animals, Thursley Grazing Animals, Whitmoor Grazing Animals.

  28. 22 March 2017

      Gunthorpe Common, Bollards added

  29. 15 February 2017

      The green stoke exempt notice added

  30. 13 December 2016

      Lambourne exempt notice added

  31. 25 October 2016

      Wood Green document added

  32. 20 October 2016

      Hartley Wintney document added

  33. 16 August 2016

      New exempt noticed added

  34. 4 July 2016

      Burton fell document added

  35. 13 June 2016

      New exempt notices added

  36. 9 May 2016

      Two exemption notices added

  37. 11 April 2016

      Pound green common exempt work notice added

  38. 24 March 2016

      New exemption added

  39. 3 March 2016

      Exemption notice added

  40. 23 February 2016

      New exempt notice added

  41. 22 July 2015

      First published.

We will no longer be adding ‘Declarations of Exmept Works’ to GOV.UK.

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).

For declarations older than a year please view the National Archive website

2020

• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 30 August 2020 (PDF, 2.49 MB, 2 pages)
• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 31 May 2020 (PDF, 15.2 MB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 15 May 2020 (PDF, 16.2 MB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Common – fencing for grazing - 30 April 2020 (PDF, 33.5 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common – fencing for grazing – 30 April 2020 (PDF, 32.7 KB, 1 page)
• Chobham Common – fencing for grazing – 30 April 2020 (PDF, 34.2 KB, 1 page)
• Monkwood Green, Worcestershire – Fencing for grazing animals – 16 Jan 2020 (PDF, 208 KB, 1 page)

2019

• Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 25 November 2019 (PDF, 231 KB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common, East Yorks – Fencing for grazing – 22 October 2019 (PDF, 84.6 KB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common, East Yorks - Fencing for grazing – 01 April 2019 (PDF, 101 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common (Marcus Triangle) – Bollards to prevent vehicular access – 26 August 2019 (PDF, 2.03 MB, 1 page)
• Oxshott Heath – Fencing for grazing – 15 July 2019 (PDF, 86.4 KB, 1 page)
• Harpenden Common – Fencing to protect vegetation – 08 July 19 (PDF, 61.4 KB, 1 page)
• Stringers Common – Fencing for grazing – 08 July 2019 (PDF, 72.2 KB, 1 page)
• Therfield Heath – Fencing for grazing - 25 June 2019 (PDF, 546 KB, 1 page)
• Hartridge Common – Fencing for grazing – 23 June 2019 (PDF, 6.05 MB, 1 page)
• Honeymoor Common – Fencing for grazing – 12 June 2019 (PDF, 7.93 MB, 1 page)
• Ockley and Thursley – Fencing for grazing – 25 March 2019 (PDF, 943 KB, 3 pages)
• Hareley, Assley, Inglestone & Hawkesbury – Fencing for grazing – 24 April 2019 (PDF, 3.49 MB, 2 pages)
• Royal Common – Fencing for grazing – 16 September 2019 (PDF, 87.9 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common – Fencing for grazing – 20 May 2019 (PDF, 87.9 KB, 1 page)

• Ashmoor – Fencing for grazing – 13 May 2019 (PDF, 48.2 KB, 1 page)

• Chobham Common – Fencing to contain grazing animals – 18 April 2019 (PDF, 33.3 KB, 1 page)
• Northam Burrows – fencing in the interests of nature conservation – 27 February 2019 (PDF, 58.4 KB, 2 pages)
• Gembling Grazing Animals 1 May 2019 (PDF, 22.8 KB, 1 page)

2018

• Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 1 November 2018 (PDF, 386 KB, 1 page)
• Huxham Common, Somerset – Fencing for vegetation – 1 December 2018 (PDF, 25.6 KB, 1 page)
• Warton Marsh (Salt Marshes) – Nature Conservation – 12 November 2018 (PDF, 121 KB, 2 pages)
• The Green, Sharlston – Obstacles to vehicular access – 26 August 2018 (PDF, 1.41 MB, 2 pages)
• Oxshott Heath – Fencing for grazing animals – 10 July 2018 (PDF, 118 KB, 1 page)
• Therfield Heath – Grazing animals – 25 June 18 (PDF, 1.53 MB, 1 page)
• Highleadon Common – Bollards – 18 June 18 (PDF, 1.24 MB, 2 pages)
• Royal and Bagmoor Commons – Grazing animals – 14 June 2018 (PDF, 88.7 KB, 1 page)
• Broadstreet Common – grazing animals – 4 June 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Common – grazing animals – 24 May 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Corfe Common – Grazing animals – 17/05/2018 (PDF, 110 KB, 2 pages)
• Chobham common – grazing animals – 3 May 2018 (PDF, 89.3 KB, 1 page)
• Bisley Common – grazing animals – 26 April 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Station Moor/Bulbourne Moor – grazing animals – 21 April 2018 (PDF, 154 KB, 1 page)
• Tebay Fell – Fencing for nature conservation – 1 April 2018 (PDF, 329 KB, 3 pages)
• Ockley/Thursley Commons – Grazing animals – 17 April 2018 (PDF, 498 KB, 2 pages)
• Corfe Common – Grazing animals – 17/05/2018 (PDF, 63.5 KB, 1 page)

2017

• Wood Green – grazing animals – 8 November 2017 (PDF, 45.5 KB, 1 page)
• Turville Heath – Grazing Animals – 3 October 2017 (PDF, 1.3 MB, 1 page)
• New Road, Kendal - bollards to prevent vehicles – 26 September 2017 (PDF, 350 KB, 1 page)
• Hedleyhope Fell – grazing animals – 20 August 2017 (PDF, 187 KB, 1 page)
• Pound Green - grazing animals – 11 August 2017 (PDF, 10.8 MB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Grazing Animals 6 June 2017 (PDF, 174 KB, 1 page)