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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.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
Share a right of common in the register of common land or of town or village greens.
A right of common in gross (a deed) can be attached to a property so that the owner of the property can use the right of common.
Record yourself as the person who is now entitled to use a right of common.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Create a new right of common and record it in the register of common land.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023 and 2024
Amend the register of common land or of town or village greens to reallocate a right of common which is attached to land.
Registering historic events in the registers of common land or of town or village greens.
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 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.
Application form for consent to construct works on common land: Commons Act 2006, Section 38 and the National Trust Act.
The commons listed on this page now have more eligible area to allocate for certain years of the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) 2010 or Uplands Transitional Payment (UTP).
Works on common land and deregistering common or village green land
Change a right of common in the register of common land or of town or village greens.
Common Platform allows the police, judiciary, solicitors, barristers and criminal justice agencies to access and edit case information.
How to register historic rights of common and make changes to existing rights during the transitional period.
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