Landmark Chambers

This Practice Note provides guidance on the application procedure for TVGs. It covers: who can apply, exclusions from the right to apply (‘trigger events’), the application requirements including required supporting evidence, the time limits for registration and landowner’s statements.

This Practice Note covers: the background for registration of town and village greens (TVGs) under both the Commons Registration Act 1965 (CRA 1965) and the Commons Act 2006 (CoA 2006), the 1965, 2014 and pioneer commons registration authorities and the introduction of separate processes for pioneer and non-pioneer areas, the content of TVG registers and how the TVG register can be amended by way of correction, rectification and deregistration in England and Wales, in both the pioneer and non-pioneer areas.

This Practice Note provides guidance on the characteristics and requirements of town and village greens (TVGs). It explains: the legislative context and provisions of the Commons Act 2006; and the statutory requirements for registration, including the burden of proof, lawful sports and pastime, discounted use and meaning of ‘significant number of inhabitants’ and ‘as of right’.

This Practice Note explains the importance of sites inscribed as World Heritage Sites (WHSs) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). It covers the number and location of WHSs; protection of WHS settings; and how WHSs are taken into account in the planning system in terms of permitted development rights, planning application requirements and what considerations apply to the determination of applications for development of or near WHSs.