Guidance

Common land declarations of exempt works

Declarations of exempt works for common land.

• From: Planning Inspectorate
• Published: 22 July 2015
• Last updated: 16 August 2021 — See all updates

We will no longer be adding ‘Declarations of Exmept Works’ to GOV.UK.

The Planning Inspectorate is responsible for determining applications under the 2006 Act regarding common land in England, and several other pieces of legislation regarding commons and greens. All applications are determined on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

For declarations older than a year please view the National Archive website

2020

• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 30 August 2020 (PDF, 2.49 MB, 2 pages)
• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 31 May 2020 (PDF, 15.2 MB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common – fencing for grazing – 15 May 2020 (PDF, 16.2 MB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Common – fencing for grazing - 30 April 2020 (PDF, 33.5 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common – fencing for grazing – 30 April 2020 (PDF, 32.7 KB, 1 page)
• Chobham Common – fencing for grazing – 30 April 2020 (PDF, 34.2 KB, 1 page)
• Monkwood Green, Worcestershire – Fencing for grazing animals – 16 Jan 2020 (PDF, 208 KB, 1 page)

2019

• Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 25 November 2019 (PDF, 231 KB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common, East Yorks – Fencing for grazing – 22 October 2019 (PDF, 84.6 KB, 1 page)
• Gembling Common, East Yorks - Fencing for grazing – 01 April 2019 (PDF, 101 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common (Marcus Triangle) – Bollards to prevent vehicular access – 26 August 2019 (PDF, 2.03 MB, 1 page)
• Oxshott Heath – Fencing for grazing – 15 July 2019 (PDF, 86.4 KB, 1 page)
• Harpenden Common – Fencing to protect vegetation – 08 July 19 (PDF, 61.4 KB, 1 page)
• Stringers Common – Fencing for grazing – 08 July 2019 (PDF, 72.2 KB, 1 page)
• Therfield Heath – Fencing for grazing - 25 June 2019 (PDF, 546 KB, 1 page)
• Hartridge Common – Fencing for grazing – 23 June 2019 (PDF, 6.05 MB, 1 page)
• Honeymoor Common – Fencing for grazing – 12 June 2019 (PDF, 7.93 MB, 1 page)
• Ockley and Thursley – Fencing for grazing – 25 March 2019 (PDF, 943 KB, 3 pages)
• Hareley, Assley, Inglestone & Hawkesbury – Fencing for grazing – 24 April 2019 (PDF, 3.49 MB, 2 pages)
• Royal Common – Fencing for grazing – 16 September 2019 (PDF, 87.9 KB, 1 page)
• Royal Common – Fencing for grazing – 20 May 2019 (PDF, 87.9 KB, 1 page)

• Ashmoor – Fencing for grazing – 13 May 2019 (PDF, 48.2 KB, 1 page)

• Chobham Common – Fencing to contain grazing animals – 18 April 2019 (PDF, 33.3 KB, 1 page)
• Northam Burrows – fencing in the interests of nature conservation – 27 February 2019 (PDF, 58.4 KB, 2 pages)
• Gembling Grazing Animals 1 May 2019 (PDF, 22.8 KB, 1 page)

2018

• Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 1 November 2018 (PDF, 386 KB, 1 page)
• Huxham Common, Somerset – Fencing for vegetation – 1 December 2018 (PDF, 25.6 KB, 1 page)
• Warton Marsh (Salt Marshes) – Nature Conservation – 12 November 2018 (PDF, 121 KB, 2 pages)
• The Green, Sharlston – Obstacles to vehicular access – 26 August 2018 (PDF, 1.41 MB, 2 pages)
• Oxshott Heath – Fencing for grazing animals – 10 July 2018 (PDF, 118 KB, 1 page)
• Therfield Heath – Grazing animals – 25 June 18 (PDF, 1.53 MB, 1 page)
• Highleadon Common – Bollards – 18 June 18 (PDF, 1.24 MB, 2 pages)
• Royal and Bagmoor Commons – Grazing animals – 14 June 2018 (PDF, 88.7 KB, 1 page)
• Broadstreet Common – grazing animals – 4 June 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Common – grazing animals – 24 May 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Corfe Common – Grazing animals – 17/05/2018 (PDF, 110 KB, 2 pages)
• Chobham common – grazing animals – 3 May 2018 (PDF, 89.3 KB, 1 page)
• Bisley Common – grazing animals – 26 April 2018 (PDF, 148 KB, 1 page)
• Station Moor/Bulbourne Moor – grazing animals – 21 April 2018 (PDF, 154 KB, 1 page)
• Tebay Fell – Fencing for nature conservation – 1 April 2018 (PDF, 329 KB, 3 pages)
• Ockley/Thursley Commons – Grazing animals – 17 April 2018 (PDF, 498 KB, 2 pages)
• Corfe Common – Grazing animals – 17/05/2018 (PDF, 63.5 KB, 1 page)

2017

• Wood Green – grazing animals – 8 November 2017 (PDF, 45.5 KB, 1 page)
• Turville Heath – Grazing Animals – 3 October 2017 (PDF, 1.3 MB, 1 page)
• New Road, Kendal - bollards to prevent vehicles – 26 September 2017 (PDF, 350 KB, 1 page)
• Hedleyhope Fell – grazing animals – 20 August 2017 (PDF, 187 KB, 1 page)
• Pound Green - grazing animals – 11 August 2017 (PDF, 10.8 MB, 1 page)
• Whitmoor Grazing Animals 6 June 2017 (PDF, 174 KB, 1 page)

Published 22 July 2015
Last updated 16 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 16 August 2021

   No longer added notices to GOV.UK message.

2. 12 October 2020

   Gembling Common – fencing for grazing - notice added

3. 4 June 2020

   Gembling Common – fencing for grazing x 2 notices added

4. 15 May 2020

   Chobham Common, Royal Common and Whitmoor Common

5. 20 March 2020

   Monkwood Green exemption

6. 22 January 2020

   Gembling Common, East Yorks - Fencing for grazing – 01 April 2019, Gembling Common, East Yorks – Fencing for grazing – 22 October 2019, Wood Green, Norfolk – Fencing for grazing – 25 November 2019

7. 18 September 2019

   Honeymoor Common, Hartridge Common, Therfield Heath, Stringers Common, Harpenden Common, Oxshott Heath and Royal Common exempt notices.

8. 7 June 2019

   Ashmoor, Royal Common, Hareley, Assley, Inglestone & Hawkesbury and Ockley and Thursley exemtions added

9. 30 April 2019

   Chobham Common exempt added

10. 28 March 2019

    Northam Burrows exempt notice added

11. 21 March 2019

    Huxham Common, Somerset and Wood Green, Norfolk added

12. 3 December 2018

    Warton Marsh (Salt Marshes) – Nature Conservation – 12 November 2018

13. 4 September 2018

    The Green, Sharlston decision

14. 23 July 2018

    Oxshott Heath decision added

15. 10 July 2018

    All cases over 1 year old removed following GDPR

16. 3 July 2018

    Royal and Bagmoor Commons added

17. 12 June 2018

    Broadstreet Common – grazing animals

18. 1 June 2018

    Corfe Common – Grazing animals exempt notice added

19. 25 May 2018

    Monkwood Green, grazing animals exempt notice added

20. 11 May 2018

    Chobham common, Station Moor/Bulbourne Moor, Whitmoor Common, Bisley Common.

21. 27 April 2018

    Ockley/Thursley Commons – Grazing animals added

22. 19 April 2018

    Tebay Fell exempt notice

23. 1 December 2017

    Wood Green exempt notice

24. 3 November 2017

    Turville Heath Notice added

25. 29 September 2017

    New Road, Kendal - bollards to prevent vehicles - decision added

26. 1 September 2017

    Pound Green - grazing animals, Hedleyhope Fell – grazing animals, Corfe Common – nature conservation added.

27. 6 July 2017

    Ashmoor Grazing Animals, Bisley Grazing Animals, Chobham Grazing Animals, Gembling Grazing Animals 2017, 2018 & 2019, Monkwood Green Grazing Animals, Oxshott Grazing Animals, Royal Common Grazing Animals, Sheeps Green Nature Conservation, Southampton Nature Conservation, Therfield Grazing Animals, Thursley Grazing Animals, Whitmoor Grazing Animals.

28. 22 March 2017

    Gunthorpe Common, Bollards added

29. 15 February 2017

    The green stoke exempt notice added

30. 13 December 2016

    Lambourne exempt notice added

31. 25 October 2016

    Wood Green document added

32. 20 October 2016

    Hartley Wintney document added

33. 16 August 2016

    New exempt noticed added

34. 4 July 2016

    Burton fell document added

35. 13 June 2016

    New exempt notices added

36. 9 May 2016

    Two exemption notices added

37. 11 April 2016

    Pound green common exempt work notice added

38. 24 March 2016

    New exemption added

39. 3 March 2016

    Exemption notice added

40. 23 February 2016

    New exempt notice added

41. 22 July 2015

    First published.