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We have issued a reminder of the impending deadline in one year’s time (15 March 2027) for applications to deregister common land in England.
Common land at Nesfield, North Yorkshire, registered in 2024 following an application by the Open Spaces Society. Photo: Open Spaces Society
Under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006, applica...
‘The government’s proposed planning policy will strike a fatal blow to the creation of new village greens and does nothing to safeguard and improve people’s vital access to nature.’ So declares Helen Monger, one of our case officers.
Building site near Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, in 2024. A new ...
The long-delayed access to nature green paper must address the gross inequalities in public contact with the outdoors, says our general secretary Kate Ashbrook. The green paper was announced in the government’s Environmental Improvement Plan in December 2025—but regrettably given no priority.
Kate writes in her Opinion in the spring issue of Open Space, our members’ ma...
We have compelled the Planning Inspectorate to adopt new internal guidelines on the maps used for common-land applications.
In October 2024 Moreton C Cullimore (Gravels) Ltd, represented by Burges Salmon LLP, applied to the Planning Inspectorate under section 16 of the Commons Act 2006 to deregister and replace a hectare of Lower Cow Pasture, part o...