New Town & Village Greens
As previously noted, I have a particular interest in the law relating to the registration of new town and village greens and this is a topic upon which I am likely to write many more posts. In the...
View Article2010: The Year of the New Town or Village Green?
It looks as though 2010 could well be another very significant year for the development of the law on the registration of new town and village greens (now governed by the Commons Act 2006, previously...
View ArticleA Triumph for Village Green Enthusiasts
On 3 March 2010 the UK Supreme Court handed down its decision in R (on the application of Kevin Lewis) v Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council & Anor [2010] UKSC 11. This decision represents a...
View ArticleVillage Green Law: “Neighbourhood Within a Locality” & “Predominant User Test”
Section 15 of the Commons Act 2006 provides that: Any person may apply to the commons registration authority to register land to which this Part applies as a town or village green in a case where … … a...
View ArticleVillage Green Law: The “Neighbourhood(s) Issue”
The law on the registration of new town and village greens continues to generate litigation in the quest to determine the proper interpretation of the statutory test under section 15 of the Commons Act...
View ArticleNew Greens: Neighbourhood or Neighbourhoods?
Towards the end of last year I wrote about the decision of the High Court in the case of Leeds Group Plc v Leeds City Council [2010] EWHC 810 (Ch) in which the court determined that, in an application...
View ArticleThe Turning of the Tide in Village Green Law?
Following something of an extended hiatus in blogging activity it is intended (certainly hoped) that normal service – or perhaps even “improved” service – will hereafter be resumed. Perhaps a little...
View ArticleThe Registration of Town & Village Greens: A New Line of Attack
It seems that cases on the registration of new town and village greens (“TVG’s”) are never far from the news these days. The High Court recently considered the lawfulness of a registration authority’s...
View ArticleA New Threat to TVG Registration
Yesterday the Government published its Growth & Infrastructure Bill which includes, amongst other things, provisions that curtail the circumstances in which applications can be made to register new...
View ArticleA blow to the ‘TVG Industry’?
The Court of Appeal has delivered its judgment in Wiltshire Council v Cooper Estates Strategic Land Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 840, the essence of which is to interpret the provisions of Schedule 1A to...
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