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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.
How to set up a commons council to manage common land.
How to find out which sort of commons registrations authority you are and how you must maintain your registers.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
How to register new rights and make changes to existing rights of common.
See the latest data changes from land cover eligibility checks carried out on common land that may affect your Basic Payment Scheme payment or other scheme funding.
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.
The government has published its response to the Independent Review of Protected Site Management on Dartmoor.
Enforcement against unlawful works on common land, including enforcement powers, mediation and action by commoners.
Find out the eligibility requirements for common land or shared grazing for an SFI agreement.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
Overview for people who want to apply to make a change to the registers of common land or the registers of town and village greens.
An independent review on the management of protected sites on Dartmoor has been published today
The results of the public consultation on the operation of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) on the New Forest common have now been published.
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