INFORMATION SHEETS

Information sheets (free with sae) or print from here

A1	Cherishing your common land: community action
A2	Caring for Welsh commons
A3	Beating the bounds of your local common or green
A4	Open Spaces Society Policy on wind-turbines
B1	~~Grants for local groups~~ Currently unavailable
B2	How we can work together
B3	Local authorities - the case for membership of the Open Spaces Society
B4	Parish, town and community councils - why you should join the Open Spaces Society
B5	The right to know - A guide to the Freedom of Information Act 2000, the Environment Information Regulations 2004 and the Data Protection Act 1998
B6	Claiming public paths after twenty years' use
B7	The case for cattle-grids on commons


Information sheets (non-members Ł5 each; members free with sae for first three then Ł3 each)
C1	Buildings, fences or other works on common land
C2	How to take action against unlawful encroachments and works on commons
C3	Driving and parking on your local open space
C4	Unclaimed land and adverse possession: protecting commons and other open spaces which have no known owner
C5	Bylaws for commons, village greens and open spaces
C6	Dog nuisance on open spaces and paths
C7	Golf courses and commons
C8	Protecting your park
C9	Calling a local poll or referendum
C10	Highway verges I - a revised version of Roadside Wastes by the late W R Hornby Steer MA LLB
C11	Highway verges II - some practical points
C12	Laying an Information - how to prosecute someone in a magistrates' court for a criminal offence on a town or village green
C13	Dragon's teeth - the prevention of vehicular access to common land
~~C14~~	~~Guide to Town and Country Planning Act 1990 section 106 agreements~~ (being updated)
C15	Waterside Access for Recreation - exploring problems and suggesting solutions
C16	The Commons Act 2006 explained
C17	Local Development Frameworks - How to protect the public's rights
C18	Removing and improving path-paraphernalia - NEW (August 2007)

Other documents

Guide to forming action groups for protecting open spaces - produced by Edgar Powell

Common Purpose. Published jointly on the English Nature website by English Nature, Defra, the Countryside Agency, National Trust and Open Spaces Society, is a guide to managing commons in the interests of everyone.