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Common land and village greens

Applications to amend the Register of Common Land

Applications may be made to correct mistakes by the Commons Registration Authority and to remove wrongly registered land

Common land

What is common land and why it is special

Commons and greens registers

The extent and location of all registered common land and town and village green in South Gloucestershire.

Commons registration authorities

We maintain the registers of common land and village greens.

Commons we maintain

Schemes of management are in place for commons we maintain.

Rights of common

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

Town and village greens

Town and village greens developed under customary law as areas of land where local people indulged in sport and community activities.