Greta Wood in North Yorkshire restored as common land
We are delighted that Greta Wood, which is situated immediately to the south-west of Burton in Lonsdale, has been registered as common land. Planning inspector Claire Tregembo has granted the society’s application to register as common about 5.7 hectares of land known as Greta Wood. The site is mainly wooded and is uncultivated. In 1968…
Read More
Parish council sets the record straight for North Yorkshire village green
Azerley Parish Council has persuaded North Yorkshire County Council correctly to record Bogs and Hodgson Top, at Winksley, five miles west of Ripon, as a village green rather than a common. The land lies to the north of the road from Winksley village to Winksley Bridge, between the River Laver and the road. In 1969,…
Read More
Land at Nesfield, North Yorkshire, restored as common
We have welcomed the Planning Inspectorate’s decision to grant the society’s application to register as common approximately one third of a hectare of land in the village of Nesfield in North Yorkshire (just over two miles north-west of Ilkley). The land comprises two pieces of grassland separated by a path which leads from Gill Lane…
Read More
Harrogate Stray to be brought into the fold
We have applied to North Yorkshire County Council to register Harrogate Stray as common land. The application, which was made on 19 January 2023, seeks to reverse the decision in November 1966 to exclude the Stray from registration under the Commons Registration Act 1965. Says one of our case officers, Hugh Craddock: ‘The decision in…
Read More