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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.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a historic event.
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 register historic rights of common and make changes to existing rights during the transitional period.
This is a brief factual explainer of how commonhold works. For more information, you may wish to visit the website of the Leasehold Advisory Service.
This notice provides a glossary of Scottish land law terms.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications.
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.
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