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Sever rights of common from the property they’re attached to and transfer them to people specified in an order made by the Secretary of State.
Amend the register of common land or of town or village greens to reallocate a right of common which is attached to land.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
How to register new rights and make changes to existing rights of common.
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.
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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).
Fees for common applications, for example Scale 1 and Scale 2 transactions, charges of registered land, leases, large scale and fixed fee applications.
How to set up a commons council to manage common land.
Complete a draft or agreed statement of common ground
Record the transfer of ownership of a right of common in gross in the register of common land or of town or village greens.
Works on common land and deregistering common or village green land
How to find out which sort of commons registrations authority you are and how you must maintain your registers.
Correct mistakes in commons registers, including adding or removing buildings or land, and registering greens wrongly recorded as commons.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Judge Professor Robert Abbey on 17 April 2023
How to register historic rights of common and make changes to existing rights during the transitional period.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a historic event.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications within 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Removing or transferring common land and town or village green to other land given in exchange as a result of a statutory disposition.
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