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As the owner or occupier of land with a public right of way across it, you must keep the route visible and not obstruct or endanger users.
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.
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.
How to create and implement a conservation covenant agreement to preserve your land in England.
Single application form which allows for both highways statements and declarations, and landowner statements.
How land managers, developers, local planning authorities and responsible bodies can enter into a legal agreement for biodiversity net gain.
How to register new rights and make changes to existing rights of common.
Find out if you can legally drive across common land or town and village greens to access your property.
Sets out key principles in understanding viability in plan making and decision taking.
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of agricultural premises once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.
As an owner or manager of land in the coastal margin, find out about your responsibilities and how to manage public access.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Steps land managers can take to sell biodiversity units to meet their biodiversity net gain (BNG) requirements.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
How to sell biodiversity units to developers for biodiversity net gain: explore the market, register a gain site and record allocations.
Find out if your land is eligible for an SFI agreement.
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