Finding Common Ground
The first-ever guide on how to recognise and take account of local-community interests in common land.
List of Information Sheets June 2011
Members – free with SAE (donations appreciated) Non-members – £2.50 each
DIY guide to registering lost commons
A new opportunity to rescue some of those commons which failed to be registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965.
Claiming public paths after twenty years’ use
How to claim for public paths to be added to the official map of public rights of way (the definitive map) before it is closed to claims on 1 January 2026
Open Spaces Society survey of policies and practices for path structures
The response of Highway Authorities
Beating the Bounds of your local common or green
Parish and community councils, and other local groups, may like to beat the bounds of their local common or village green on Rogation Sunday
The case for cattle-grids on commons
How cattle-grids, in conjunction with perimeter fencing, can be an acceptable way to introduce grazing onto commons
The Open Spaces Society policy on wind turbines
This paper sets out the society’s policy on the development of wind-turbine power-stations on common land
The right to know
A guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environment Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998
Parish, Town & Community Councils
Why you should join the Open Spaces Society
Local Authorities
The case for membership of the Open Spaces Society
Annual Report & Accounts 2010
The Constitution of the Open Spaces Society