Commons and greens

Westerleigh Common

South Gloucestershire Council is the Commons Registration Authority for the South Gloucestershire area.  You will find information on these pages relating to the following:-

  • What is common land
  • Commons search 
  • List of commons in South Gloucestershire 
  • List of town and village greens in South Gloucestershire 
  • Maintenance of commons 
  • Access land 
  • Rights of common 
  • The register of common land 
  • The register of towns and village greens 
  • Ownership of common land 
  • Amendments to the registers 
  • Apportionment 
  • Application to register land as new town or village green 
  • Voluntary registration of land as new town or village green


Rights of common

A right of common is a right, usually shared with an owner of land to take certain produce off the...

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Town and village greens

Town and Village Greens developed under customary law as areas of land where local people indulged...

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What is common land?

South Gloucestershire Council as Commons Registration Authority (CRA ) is responsible for maintain...

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Commons we maintain

The council maintains a number of commons. Other areas of common land are maintained by parish...

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Registers of common land and village greens

The registers were compiled under the 1965 Act and contain information about the extent and...

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