Guidance

Common land notices and decisions published in 2023, 2024 and 2025

Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023, 2024 and 2025

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

2025

2024

2023

2022

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 17 July 2025 show all updates
  1. COM/3299781 decision

  2. Decision added: COM 3336782 Greta Wood

  3. COM/3353753 decision

  4. COM/3363510 decision

  5. Common land decision added 27 June 2025

  6. 4 common land hearing notices added

  7. COM/3345059 and COM/3345054 and COM/3355703 decisions

  8. COM/3352947 decision

  9. COM/3346435 decision

  10. COM/3358919 decision

  11. COM/3353450 hearing start date amended.

  12. COM/3361343 decision

  13. COM/3336312 and COM/3349983 decisions

  14. COM/3356274 & COM/3356279

  15. COM/3343068 St Gennys, Cornwall. Hearing Notice

  16. GRETA WOOD (CL238) hearing notice

  17. COM/3358698 Decision

  18. COM/3349067 decision

  19. COM/3325726 added

  20. COM/3350325 decision

  21. COM/3337337 decision

  22. COM/3329771 Towan Beach Decision

  23. 3 new common land hearings added

  24. COM/3343054 decision

  25. common land decision posted.

  26. OM/3356581 Aldringham Green, Suffolk Decision date: 25 February 2025

  27. COM/3325277 decision

  28. COM/3344390 Powick Hams Common, Powick, Worcestershire Decision date: 27 January 2025 and COM 3349061 Yew Hill Reservoir, Silkstead Lane, Compton and Shawford, SO21 2LG Decision date: 29 January 2025

  29. COM/3334560 and COM 3350284 decision

  30. COM/3355067 decision

  31. decision for COM 3346085 Elstree Common 20 December 2024 added.

  32. Two new hearing notices added under 2024.

  33. Haigh common decision released

  34. COM/3347174 Monken Hadley Common and COM/3327735R Lyneham Green Decisions

  35. COM/3311141 Upton Towans, Cornwall Hearing Notice 21 January 2025, COM/3325277 Curglaze Common, Cornwall Hearing Notice 23 January 2025 and COM/3329763 Hendra Croft, Cornwall Hearing Notice 20 February 2025 added

  36. COM/3347186 decision

  37. New common land decision attached.

  38. 3 common land decisions added.

  39. two common land decisions added.

  40. new common land decision for 10/10/2024 uploaded.

  41. common land decision for Goose Green Common added.

  42. Decision added: COM/3348118 Cranleigh Common, Surrey

  43. COM/3345519, COM/3342529 and COM/3344535

  44. COM/3347300 decision

  45. COM/3327731 added

  46. COM/3324088 Chynhalls Cliff, St Keverne, Cornwall Decision date: 21 August 2024 and COM/3324607 Peter Tavy Great Common Hearing notice 30 October 2024

  47. New decision added: COM/3321045 West Looe Downs Decision date: 15 August 2024

  48. COM/3336779 Burngullow Common Decision date: 12 August 2024 and COM/3330832 Rejerrah Downs Decision date: 12 August 2024

  49. COM/3333979 and COM/3333989, COM/3337492 and COM/3343913 decisions

  50. COM/3325277, COM/3311141 and COM/3337990 - Hearing adjourned COM/3329771 - Hearing postponed

  51. common land decision 19 July added.

  52. COM/3329122 and COM/3334363 decisions

  53. COM/3323299, COM/3334573 and COM/3334565 decisions

  54. COM/3334826 decision

  55. COM/3337705, COM/3329771 and COM/3325297 hearing notices

  56. COM/333457 decision

  57. COM/3303800 decision

  58. COM/3324088 Hearing notice Chynhalls Cliff - file attachment and COM/3337990 Pollurian Cove - file attachment added.

  59. Hearing Notice Rejerra Downs 15-04-24 - file attachment Hearing Notice Curglaze Common 10-05-24 - file attachment Hearing Notice Upton Towans 10-05-24.docx - file attachment Hearing Notice West Looe Downs 15-04-24.docx - file attachment added.

  60. COM/3326946 and COM/3326284 decisions

  61. COM/3329754 decision

  62. COM/3329112 Knowl Moor - Hearing 25 June 2024

  63. decision for Hackney downs added.

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

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

  66. COM/3323643 and COM/3327738 decisions

  67. COM/3332044 and COM/3327735 decisions

  68. COM/3329745 decision

  69. COM/3330933 decision

  70. COM/3325462 decision

  71. COM/3330405 decision

  72. COM/3327737 and COM/3325376 decisions

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

  74. COM/3325380 and COM 3323196 & COM 3323197 decisions

  75. COM/3319474 decision

  76. two common land decisions posted for 22 February 2024.

  77. COM/3314044 decision

  78. COM/3319558 and COM/3323563 decisions

  79. COM/3324356 and COM/3326940 decisions

  80. decision added and title / description changed

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

  82. COM/3312481 Decision date: 16th January 2023

  83. Inline Attachment 77 (descion) added 11 January 2024

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

  85. 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

  86. New common Land decision document added

  87. COM 3294347 added

  88. COM/3317939 decision

  89. COM/3206697R decision

  90. COM/3317951 decision

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

  92. COM 3317297 decision

  93. COM/3312935 decision

  94. COM/3319187 hearing notice added

  95. 2 new decisions published

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

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

  98. COM/3321502 Peckham Rye Decision date: 31 August 2023

  99. COM/3319837 decision

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

  101. COM/3300566 and COM/3300564 decisions

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

  103. 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

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

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

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

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

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

  109. 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

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

  111. 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

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

  113. COM/3309337 Lyneham Green – 11 April 2023 decision

  114. COM/3307623 decision added

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

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

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

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

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

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

  121. COM/3305817 and COM/3303956 hearing notice

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

  123. COM/3296835 decision added

  124. COM/3299566 and COM/3295093 decisions added

  125. First published.

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