Town and village greens
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R (on the application of Allaway and another) v Oxfordshire County Council
Town and village green – Registration – Qualifying requirement – Claimants applying for judicial review of decision to register land as town and village green (TVG) – Whether the inspector…
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Reasons challenge sheds light on application of doctrine of incompatibility
In R (NHS Property Services Ltd) v Surrey County Council & Anor [2016] EWHC 1715 (Admin), the Court of Appeal overturned the High Court’s finding that designation of land at…
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A decision to register land as a green has been undone
Legal battles over town and village greens are never far from the headlines and the law continues to develop at a pace that frequently surprises us all. R (on the…
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A public inquiry into the facts was needed to decide whether land should be registered as a green.
The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 prevents applicants from making an application to register land as a town or village green if it is the subject of a planning application…
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The battle over town and village green status rages back and forth.
Land in both public and private ownership is eligible for registration as a town or village green and, once registered, cannot be developed. However, applicants must first show that a…
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The Supreme Court has refused to allow a beach, which forms part of the operational land of a working harbour, to be registered as a green
Land can be registered as a green if a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged in lawful sports and…
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R (on the application of Newhaven Port & Properties Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Town or village green – Registration – Commons Act 2006 – Human rights – Beach registered as town or village green under section 15(4) of 2006 Act – Whether section…
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Leeds Group plc v Leeds City Council
Town and village greens – Class C green – Neighbourhood within a locality – Respondents registering land owned by appellant on basis of use by significant number of inhabitants of…
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Paddico (267) Ltd v Kirklees Metropolitan Council and others
Town and village greens – Locality – Section 22(1) of Commons Registration Act 1965 – Defendant council registering land as green – Claimant landowner applying to remove land from register…
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Betterment Properties (Weymouth) Ltd v Dorset County Council and another
Town or village green (TVG) — Commons Registration Act 1965 — Area of open land registered as TVG — Application by landowner to rectify register and cancel registration — Section…
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R (on the application of Lewis) v Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and another
Town and village greens — Registration — Commons Act 2006 — User as of right — Application to register part of golf course as green under section 15 of 2006…
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Leeds Group plc v Leeds City Council
Town and village greens – Class C green – Neighbourhood within a locality – Section 22(1A) of Commons Registration Act 1965 – Respondents registering land owned by appellant on basis…