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Rights of Way/Footpaths
Open & Green Space
Commons
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A-Z Pages
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- Can we help you?
- Casework Policy
- Charter for Open Spaces in England
- Charter for Open Spaces in Wales
- Commonly Raised Issues
- Commons
- Commons Cases
- Commons Management for Land Managers
- Commons – management, governance and sustainability distance learning programme
- Commons: An Introduction to ‘Finding Common Ground’
- Commons: Buildings, fences and other works on common land in England and Wales
- Commons: Commons Act 2006 – registration and deregistration
- Commons: Court cases – Commons
- Commons: DIY guide to registering lost commons
- Commons: How to take action: Common Land Encroachment and Works (England)
- Commons: Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; getting land onto and off the commons and greens registers
- Commons: Preventing vehicular access across Common Land and Town or Village Greens
- Commons: Registered common land and highways
- Commons: Successful applications to re-register common land
- Commons: Unclaimed land and adverse possession
- Complaints Procedure
- Consultation Responses
- Contact
- Cycling
- Cynllun gweithredu ar gyfer Llywodraeth Cymru 2016
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- Open Spaces
- Open Spaces: Community assets and protecting open space
- Open Spaces: Court cases – Open Spaces
- Open Spaces: Greens: what next?
- Open Spaces: How to win local green space through Neighbourhood Plans
- Open Spaces: Local Green Space Designation
- Open Spaces: Our toolkit for saving open spaces
- Open Space Award 2012
- Open Space Award 2013
- Open Space Magazine
- Origins of sections 193 and 194 of The Law of Property Act 1925
- OS ‘Getamap’
- Our Autumn Appeal 2023
- Our campaigning works!
- Our Common Land
- Our History – Three Key People
- Our Trainers
- Our 150th anniversary
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- Regional & Local Bodies
- Renew Membership
- Representatives on national and regional bodies
- Restoring the Record – 2nd edition
- Rights of Way Cases
- Rights of Way / Footpaths
- Rights of Way: Applications for paths based on twenty years’ use
- Rights of Way: Date on which orders under section 119 of the Highways Act 1980 come into effect
- Rights of Way: Getting Decent Widths in Path Diversion Orders
- Rights of Way: Highway Verges – Some Practical Points
- Rights of Way: Impassable Paths
- Rights of Way: Information on Highway Verges
- Rights of Way: Parishes dealing with highway obstructions
- Rights of Way: Parish role in preparing the definitive map
- Rights of Way: Path paraphernalia
- Rights of Way: Requiring the highway authority to act on obstructed paths Section 130A of the Highways Act 1980
- Rights of Way: Taking action on paths which are ‘out of repair’ – making an application under section 56 of the Highways Act 1980
- Rights of Way: What to do about overgrown paths
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- Saving Open Spaces – Action All Fronts
- Saving Open Spaces – A New Deal for Commons
- Saving Open Spaces – A New Law for the Post-War Era
- Saving Open Spaces – Campaigning for Commons and Commoners
- Saving Open Spaces – Campaigning for Commons, Green Spaces and Paths
- Saving Open Spaces – Catalyst for the Commons Preservation Society
- Saving Open Spaces – Commons Registration
- Saving Open Spaces – Foreword
- Saving Open Spaces – Introduction and Contents
- Saving Open Spaces – Managing the Commons
- Saving Open Spaces – More Space to Enjoy
- Saving Open Spaces – Preserving Public Paths
- Saving Open Spaces – The Future
- Saving Open Spaces – The Last Reserve of Uncommitted Land
- Saving Open Spaces – The Society’s Baby
- Saving Open Spaces – the Threat to Greens
- Saving Open Spaces – The Trespass Saga
- Saving Welsh Village Greens from Changes in Planning Law
- Saving Your Paths & Open Spaces
- siarter ar gyfer lleoedd agored mewn Cymru
- Staff & Trustees
- Stategy 2022-2027
- Submitting your application
- Support the Open Spaces Society
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- Take Action for the Environment
- Taking action
- Terms and conditions
- Thank You
- The Deregulation Act
- Town or Village Green claimants preparation for and participation in public inquiries
- Training Course Enquiry
- Tree-planting on commons
- Trustee Candidate Statements 2023
- Trustee Minutes
- Tweet of the day about major events in our 150-year history
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- Vehicular access across Common Land and Town or Village Greens
- Village Greens
- Village Greens: Beating the bounds of your local common or green
- Village Greens: Court cases – Town and village greens
- Village Greens: Driving and parking on your local green space
- Village Greens: Frequently Asked Questions
- Village Greens: Guidance on making a successful green application
- Village Greens: Landowner statements: the threat to village greens (England)
- Village Greens: Landowner statements: the threat to village greens (Wales)
- Village Greens: Preparing your village green application
- Village Greens: Prosecuting an offence on a village green
- Village Greens: Protecting village greens
- Village Greens: Public inquiry guidance
- Village Greens: Recent registrations
- Village Greens: Town and Village Green Cases
- Voluntary registration/dedication of land as a town or village green
- Volunteer
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- Wales Environment Link
- Wales Useful Links
- Wales: Commons Act 2006 (Wales)
- Wales: Enjoying access to the outdoors in Wales
- Wales: Planning (Wales) Act 2015
- Wales: 2011 Action Plan for Wales
- Walking & Hiking
- Welcome to the Open Spaces Society
- What can you do?
- What do we fight for?
- What local councils can do for public access to town and countryside
- Who We Are
- William Morris – open spaces champion
- Work with us
A - Z Authorities
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Do you want to shape the future of paths and open spaces?
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