Archive for March 2026
Government drags feet on green-space review
A review of the laws protecting vital green spaces is urgently needed, yet despite a government promise last November to undertake this, nothing has happened. Meanwhile, the government has undermined its own promise by supporting an amendment (248) to the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, due to be debated in the House of Lords on 13 April. …
Read MoreFinality for commons registration: one year left
We have issued a reminder of the impending deadline in one year’s time (15 March 2027) for applications to deregister common land in England. Under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006, applications can be made to deregister common land throughout England, save in seven local-authority pioneer areas where the deadline for applications has already…
Read MoreNew planning policy threatens access to nature
‘The government’s proposed planning policy will strike a fatal blow to the creation of new village greens and does nothing to safeguard and improve people’s vital access to nature.’ So declares Helen Monger, one of our case officers. The society, which is Britain’s oldest national conservation body, has responded to the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government’s consultation on the National Planning Policy Framework. …
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