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This guide summarises the range of community rights opportunities available to people.
The guidance explains the neighbourhood planning system introduced by the Localism Act, including key stages and considerations required.
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.
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Common land, village greens and right to roam - find out your rights
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.
This guidance provides further explanation of the legislative framework for the Community Right to Challenge.
This guidance aims to help people develop and manage communities of practice across government.
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