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Information and guidance on registering land as a town or village green.
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Find out if you can legally drive across common land or town and village greens to access your property.
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.
Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications.
Find out what visitors can and can't do on greens and how to maintain and de-register your land as an owner or local authority.
How to set up a commons council to manage common land.
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.
How to consult Natural England when proposing changes to your green.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a new event.
Apply to correct mistakes in the registers of common land or of town or village greens
Declarations of exempt works for common land.
Find out how you can apply to change the commons registers to record a historic event.
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