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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.
The government has a programme of reform to improve the quality of social housing. Every month, progress on our commitments will be shared on these pages, as part of our commitment to respond to the tragic death of 2 year...
Fees for common applications, for example Scale 1 and Scale 2 transactions, charges of registered land, leases, large scale and fixed fee applications.
On 14 November 2024, the Chancellor set out in a speech at Mansion House the government’s vision to grow and enhance the competitiveness of the UK’s world-leading financial services sector.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023, 2024 and 2025
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.
Create a new right of common and record it in the register of common land.
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.
Sever rights of common from the property they’re attached to and transfer them to a public body.
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