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Sign in to the Rural Payments service to make a rural payments claim or update your details. Find out how to register for an account.
Rights of way and right to roam - access rights of way, open access and permissive access land, use common lands, the Countryside Code, report problems.
You have the right to access some land for walking or certain other…
You can walk on all public rights of way. Some public rights of way are…
You can access some land across England without having to use paths - this…
You may be able to access private land if the landowner has agreed to let…
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Application form to purchase a River Thames lock and weir fishing permit.
Find nature reserves, national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and green spaces
Rural Development Programme for England - funding and current schemes.
Application form for consent to construct works on common land: Commons Act 2006, Section 38 and the National Trust Act.
Appeal a decision by your local council to reject your application for a right of way - how to appeal, what documents to submit, who can comment on your appeal and how long it takes.
Appeal a hedgerow notice - deadlines, how to appeal and how long it takes to get a decision
When an order making authority submits an order for determination, they also need to provide a number of supporting documents.
Single application form which allows for both highways statements and declarations, and landowner statements.
Record yourself as the person who is now entitled to use a right of common.
Application form to apply to register land as a town or village green.
Application form to deregister, or to deregister and exchange, common land or town or village greens.
Expressions of interest for a project which aims to improve people’s mental health through green social prescribing.
Use this form to tell us about an activity you have taken part in on behalf of your CSFF group.
Direct Debit form for payment of Rye Harbour dues.
Use this form to tell us that you want to request a change of facilitator for your CSFF group
Schedule 14 appeal form and guidance: Anyone who has made an unsuccessful application to a local highway authority for an order to modify the area's definitive map and statement can appeal the decision.
Removing or transferring common land and town or village green to other land given in exchange as a result of a statutory disposition.
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