Blackwell Parkland, Darlington, secured as a village green
On 23 June 2026 Darlington Borough Council registered Blackwell Parkland as a village green, ensuring that it is protected for ever and local people have rights of recreation here. This was a culmination of an eight-year campaign by the Parkland Heritage Network, backed by the society. The Network had joined us and sought our advice…
Bicentenary of Eton lammas lands
Two hundred years ago, on 1 May 1826, the lammas lands of Eton and Eton Wick were saved for the people. These commons extend between the two settlements in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. In 1826 the then lord of the manor, John Penn, who had already inclosed his land in Stoke Poges,…
We help win the right result for Hamsterley Green, County Durham
We have welcomed a decision which will help protect Hamsterley village green, six miles west of Bishop Auckland in County Durham. Hamsterley Parish Council, the owner of the green, with the owners of Green View, a site to be developed for housing, had applied to the environment secretary for permission to deregister part of the…
Land at St Breward, Cornwall, registered as common
The Planning Inspectorate has granted the society’s application to register as common land approximately 1.25 hectares of waste in St Breward parish, Cornwall. The land is situated about a kilometre north-east of the village of St Breward and is sandwiched between two parcels of existing registered common land. The land comprises ferns, bushy undergrowth and…
Common land restored: ‘The Bunny Hill’ in Cornwall
We are delighted by the planning inspectorate’s decision to grant the society’s application to register as common land 3.86 hectares of land at The Bunny Hill and part of Fentongoose Common. The land is situated approximately four kilometres south-west of Truro in Cornwall, and north-west of Carrine Common. The land comprises trees interspersed with scrub…
Cows top at How Top
We’ve welcomed a decision to preserve part of White Moss common, Grasmere as common land. The proprietor of How Top, a former farmhouse near Town End, Grasmere, in the Lake District National Park, applied to Cumbria County Council in October 2020 to deregister around 80 square metres of roadside land north of How Top. The…