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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Complete a draft or agreed statement of common ground
Guidance on plan-making.
Report from the Geospatial Commission explores land use challenges and demonstrates where innovative data analysis and evidence can support better land use decisions.
Annexes to the Geospatial Commission report which explores land use challenges and demonstrates where innovative data analysis and evidence can support better land use decisions.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
This Guide is designed to help journalists understand the issues around land policy and land management
Guidance on the examination stage for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.
Find out when and how to appeal if Natural England refuses you consent to carry out an activity on a site of special scientific interest.
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.
Statements delivered by Simon Manley, the UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO and UN, on 22nd and 23rd May 2024 at the WTO in Geneva.
How to find out which sort of commons registrations authority you are and how you must maintain your registers.
This page tells you how to identify common constraints and designations within your forestry project’s proposal area and sets out what you must consider or do in relation to individual constraints.
Find out how to appeal if Natural England serves you with a management notice for works on a site of special scientific interest (SSSI).
Details of how Search for Common Ground is working with the Governance and Transparency Fund - 2012.
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