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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.
When you need to apply for consent, how to apply, and the works that you can do without consent.
How to find out which sort of commons registrations authority you are and how you must maintain your registers.
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.
When and how to tag sheep and goats imported into England, what to record in your holding register and how to report the movement.
Sever rights of common from the property they’re attached to and transfer them to a public body.
How to register historic rights of common and make changes to existing rights during the transitional period.
Application form COV: registration of a freehold estate in commonhold land with unit-holders.
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