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VILLAGE GREEN FORUM

A short briefing on Village Greens
Old Process
Applications pre 6th April 2007		 A short briefing on Village Greens
New Process
Applications after 7th April 2007		 Village Green application forms
(old Procedure)		 Village Green application form
(New Procedure)
Court Judgements Legislation Reference Section Registration Authorities
Campaign Groups Books and Publications Village Green Enforcement The Trap Grounds Case
Letters Help file for completing form 44 Local Inquiry Process Deregistration
Understand What Localities & Neighbourhoods Area Public Open Space Usage Rights After Registration
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Court Judgments and other Precedents
If the case you want is not shown here please ask as we might
have a copy in our archives which we can scan and send to you.

The leave hearing for judicial review in the Sunningwell Case
Keep in mind that this leave application was refused but it eventually reaches the Lords who granted the Village Green Status		 The leave hearing for the Sunningwell case heard before the court of appeal, who granted leave and also refered the case to the House of Lords House of Lords
Sunningwell Judgment		 House of Lords
Beresford Judgment
The High Court - Beresford Judgment
(now overturned by House of Lords)		 NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL EX PARTE PERRY, R v. [1996] EWHC Admin 385 (19th December, 1996) Laing Homes Ltd., R (on the application of) v Buckinghamshire County Council [2003] EWHC 1578 (Admin) (08 July 2003) Cheltenham Builders Ltd. R (on the application of) v South Gloucestershire Distrcict Council [2003] EWHC 2803 (Admin) (10 November 2003)
Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council
(Trap Grounds High Court Judgement - now overturned by Lords)		 Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council
(Trap Grounds Court of Appeal Judgement - now overturned by Lords)		 Oxfordshire County Council v Oxford City Council
(Trap Grounds Lords Judgement)		 Whitmey, R (on the application of) v The Commons Commissioners [2004] EWCA Civ 951 (21 July 2004)
Massey & Anor v Boulden [2002] EWCA Civ 1634 (14 November 2002) Village Green determination for Land that included a beach Attempt to deregister a VG site NORFOLK COUNTY COUNCIL EX PARTE PERRY, R v. [1996] EWHC Admin 385 Bakewell Management Ltd v. Brandwood & Ors [2004] UKHL 14 (1 April 2004)
R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (High Court, 2008) Housden and Another v Conservators of Wimbledon and Putney Commons (Court of Appeal, 2008) R (on the application of Chaston and Chaston) v Devon County Council (High Court, 2007) McLaren v Kubiak
Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd. V Dorset County Council R (on the application of Ashbrook) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (High Court, 2004) Besley v John (Court of Appeal, 2003) Bettison and others v Langton and others (House of Lords, 2001)
R v Secretary of State for the Environment ex parte Billson (High Court, 1998) Lewis, R (on the application of) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council & Anor [2009] EWCA Civ 3 (15 January 2009)
We have not yet included the points raised in this judgement into our briefings, it is important to the question of defering usage of the user to that of the owner.
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Legislation

The Commons Registration Regulations 1969 The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 THE COMMONS REGISTRATION ACT 1965 Section 98 of the Wildlife and Access to the Countryside Act 2000
This amends the Common Registration Act 1965		 The Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Regulations 1990 Statutory Instrument 1990 No. 311
The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2008 (Pilot Scheme) Commons Act 2006 The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (England) Regulations 2007 The Commons (Registration of Town or Village Greens) (Interim Arrangements) (Wales) Regulations 2007 The Deregistration and Exchange of Common Land and Greens (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2007
Inclosure Act 1857 Commons Act 1876 Common Land (Rectification of Registers) Act 1989 Commons Act 1899 The Commons Registration (General) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2003
The Commons Registration (Objections and Maps) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2007
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Letters

The letters in this section are intended to be a resource to be used.
However, commercial publication is prohibited without prior consent.
Please therefore adapt to suit your purpose.

Letter asking for the Inquiry Procedure Rules to be used Statement of Case for use in inquiry process Statement to be put in with application Letter of support to be attached to application Help file for completing form 44
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Reference Section

DEFRA - New Application Forms New Application Forms - Guidance Notes DEFRA Village Green Forum
Government WEB site		 DEFRA DATA BASE OF Village Greens DEFRA - 2006 Act Fact Sheet
DEFRA - Village Green FAQ Office of National Statistics- Searchable information on neighbourhoods and localities Nature Net short briefing on the Trap Grounds case National Archives Office Information on Commons A search facility of village green registries
(commercial - charge £42)
See below for 'free'
list of all registered VGs
Short Paper on the Trap Grounds case by Nicholas Dobson Solicitor Welsh Assembly Village Green Section
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REGISTRATION AUTHORITY WEB SITES

Durham County Council Northamptonshire County Council Cambridgeshire County Council East Sussex County Council Worestershire County Council
Bristol City Council Powys County Council Lincolnshire County Council Herefordshire County Council Thurrock Borough Council
Essex County Council South Tyneside borough council Bedfordshire County Council Isle of Wight County Council Warwickshire County Council
Sulihull Metropolitan Borough Council Gloucestershire County Council Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council Stafford Borough Council
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council Metropolitan Borough of Wigan Somerset County Council London Borough of Richmond

Your Registration Authority will be your County Council, Unitary Council or Metropolitan Borough Council.
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Campaigns Sites

Nature Net - Village Green Forum Crystal Palace Campaign Trouble at Delph - Encroachment on Village Green? Open Spaces Society - Village Green Forum
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Books and Publications

Law of Commons and of Town and Village Greens
UK common land and town and village greens have value for a number of reasons ecological, historical, agricultural, sporting, or recreational. The Law of Commons and of Town and Village Greens offers a practical explanation of the law, dealing with issues such as the classification of common land and rights of common, and the registration of common land and rights of common. This new edition takes account of the UK's Commons Act 2006, which makes significant changes to the regulation and protection of common land. This Act improves the current registration system to provide conclusive evidence of the status of common land, prevents severance of registered right from the land to which it is attached, enables the establishment of statutory commons councils with powers to regulate grazing and other agricultural activities, reinforces existing protections against unauthorized works and development, and clarifies the registration of town and village greens in the light of recent court decisions.
Author - Navjit Ubhi & Barry Denyer-Green : Publisher - Jordans Ltd : £70.00
Our Common Land
The Law and History of Common Land and Village Greens
Author - Paul Clayton : Publisher - Open Spaces Society : £30.00
Getting Greens Registered
A Guide to Law and Procedure for Town and Village Greens
Author - John Riddell : Publisher - Open Spaces Society : £17.00
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© Planning Sanity - August 2008 (can be freely used by local communities within their campaigns.
Publication by third parties is permitted providing acknowledgment of Planning Sanity is given)
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