Posts by Abbie Cavendish
Our new guide to saving green spaces
We have published a new edition of Getting Greens Registered, our step-by-step guide to registering land in England and Wales as a town or village green. Once registered, the land is protected from development and encroachment, and local people have rights of recreation there. The new (fourth) edition explains how local people must gather evidence…
Read MoreSuccessful re-registration applications in Cornwall
Land at Carrine commons, parish of Kea, Cornwall The application was made on 15 October 2010, under schedule 2, paragraph 4 of the Commons Act 206, to add land to the register of common land. The land is approximately 17.35 hectares in area. It is open heathland with gorse, brambles and a few scattered trees.…
Read MoreOur 150th anniversary
2015 marks 150 years of the Open Spaces Society – Britain’s oldest national conservation body – and we invite you to help us celebrate this special year. Follow our 150th anniversary tweet-of-the-day Every day we are posting a tweet and message on Facebook with the hashtag #saveopenspaces150 to celebrate an achievement in our 150-year history. They are listed by…
Read MoreGrowth and Infrastructure Act 2013
The Department for Communities and Local Government’s draft order to amend the existing trigger and terminating events was confirmed in the House of Commons and the House of Lords on Tuesday 28 January. The order sets out a time limit for draft plans, Local Development Orders, Neighbourhood Development Orders and Transport and Works Act Orders.The confirmed order can be…
Read MoreOpen Space Award 2013
Read about the winners of our Open Space Award 2013 here. And you can view photos from the winning projects here. Shortlisted projects 1. Riverhill Regeneration Project, Cobham Conservation & Heritage Trust, Cobham, Surrey Summary of reasons for nomination as given by proposer: ‘The Riverhill Regeneration Project has been the Trust’s most ambitious project to date, the…
Read MoreVictory for Surrey campaigners who saved wild meadow
An ambitious community campaign to preserve a threatened 30-acre beauty spot in Farnham has been named winner of the first-ever Open Space Award. The amazing success of The Bishop’s Meadow Trust impressed judges from Open Spaces Society and earned it the top spot, despite strong competition nationwide. Jo Aylwin, chairman of the trust, attended the…
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