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We are delighted that land in Cornwall has been registered as common. Planning inspector Daniel Young has granted the society’s application to register as common land approximately 3.8 hectares of land situated about 1.5 miles east of St Just, in the far south-west of the county. The land comprises swathes of heather and gorse and abuts land already registered as common land. It can be seen on Streetmap here.
Photo of the newly-registered land looking west. Photo: Open Spaces Society
In 1968 Tregeseal and Bosvarges Common was provisionally registered as common land but, following objections, modifications were made without full public scrutiny, and only part of the land was finally registered.
However, part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 reopened the opportunity to rescue lost commons which were excluded in just these circumstances. The application made by the society demonstrated that the land was manorial waste, which means that it can be registered as common land.
Says Frances Kerner, the Open Spaces Society’s commons re-registration officer: ’We are very pleased that the land excluded under the Commons Registration Act 1965 has now been reunited with the rest of Tregeseal and Bosvarges Common and that it will be protected long into the future.’