- Update/Intermediate *3 hours CPD
There are 572,000 hectares of Common Land in England & Wales. The law relating to these has changed hugely in recent years with new legislation and a flood of cases. Registration of land as a village green has become a new tool for opponents of the development of a piece of land - and not just in traditional 'Villages' - the law recognizes town greens as well.
This course will bring you up to date and explain the implications of recent developments for clients - whether landowner, concerned resident or developer and suggest ways of overcoming problems. It will include:
- The impact of the Commons Act 2006
- Registering new greens as an anti-development tactic
-How to do it
-How to oppose it
-The torrent of new cases on village greens
- Public rights over common Land
- Right to Roam under CRoW 2000
- What land is subject to the new right to roam?
- What is the right to roam?
- To what extent can the landowner limit the right to roam?
- What are the liabilities of the landowner to the public on his land?
- Rights of Way after the Bakewell Management case
- The illegality principle
- Statutory rights of way under CRoW 2000 s 68
- What is left of the illegality principle and s 68 after Bakewell?
- What if the only access to property is over a Village Green?