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Session 5

Registration: Commons Act 2006, part 1

The opportunities under the Commons Act for correcting the register, and the registration of

lost commons and how to go about it

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Why is this important?

To add extra land for public access

The land gains additional protection

Local knowledge invaluable

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Nine Pioneer Areas

Blackburn with Darwen borough Cornwall county Cumbria Devon county Herefordshire district Hertfordshire county Lancashire county Kent county North Yorkshire

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Applications

Applications under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006

Making an application

Decide what type of application you want to make

Contact your registration authority to obtain the relevant application form

Complete the application, including evidence, maps

Submit application form to your commons registration authority

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Type of application

Part 1 enables applications to amend the registers of common

land and town and village greens To record new events section 6 – 15 To record historic events To rectify the register - Non registration and

mistaken registration From October 2014 section 19(2)(a) and

paragraphs 6-9 schedule 2 are in force

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Registering land as common land - 1

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Registering land as common land - 2

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Application underschedule 2 (4)

All the forms available on the CRA websites in the nine pioneer areas are a standard format, ten partsFour are of particular importancePart 5: Reason for applying to correct the registerPart 6: Description of the landPart 8: List of supporting documentationPart 9: Other information relating to the application information

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Schedule 2 (4)

Commons Act 2006: Schedule 2(4)

See information sheet in folder

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Criteria

1. Provisional registration, objection and cancellation

2. Manorial status3. Current status as ‘waste land of a

manor’4. List of supporting documents

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Cornwall – Carmine Common

First decision made under Schedule 2 (para 4)

Land has been added to the common land register

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Guidance

OSS information sheets: http://www.oss.org.uk/what-we-do/publications/free-publications-and-information-sheets/

http://www.oss.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/A8-New-Opportunity-to-rescue-lost-commons.pdf

Planning Inspectoratehttp://www.planningportal.gov.uk/planning/countryside/commonland/decisions

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Guidance

Defra:https://www.gov.uk/common-land-management-protection-and-registering-to-usehttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/245692/pb13660-applicants-pilot-guidance.pdf

Commons re-registration website: www.commonsreregistration.org.uk.