Statutory register common lands & Village Greens

Online Form: Common Land & Village Greens

As a Commons Registration Authority, we are responsible for maintaining the Registers of Common Land and Village Greens.

This includes updating the registers when ownership of common rights change, or where rights are apportioned (although the circumstances in which we can amend the registers are limited). We amend the registers when we are notified by the Land Registry of changes in ownership of land and we can amend the registers in some instances to show changes in address. We are also responsible for registering "new" village greens.

This register is a statutory document (Commons Registration Act, 1965) and shows all such registered land in our area. Each area of common land and town or village green is listed in the registers under a unique 'unit number'. A 'CL' prefix defines the land as common. Likewise, a 'VG' prefix defines the land as town or village green.