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Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
The commons listed on this page now have more eligible area to allocate for certain years of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) 2010 or Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP).
How to know if land is common land, commoner and landowner rights over the land, and the groups you can set up to manage it.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
Removing or transferring common land and town or village green to other land given in exchange as a result of a statutory disposition.
Complete a draft or agreed statement of common ground
Application form for consent to construct works on common land: Commons Act 2006, Section 38 and the National Trust Act.
Tell the Rural Payments Agency if your Environmental Stewardship agreement includes shared grazing or common land (form es22 (CLA4)).
Find out the eligibility requirements for common land or shared grazing for an SFI agreement.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications.
Works on common land and deregistering common or village green land
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Record the transfer of ownership of a right of common in gross in the register of common land or of town or village greens.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications within 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Read about temporary adjustments to agri-environment scheme options and actions in 2024 due to wet weather.
Form to surrender or extinguish a right of common from the register of common land or of town or village greens.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023 and 2024
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
When and how to tag sheep and goats imported into England, what to record in your holding register and how to report the movement.
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