Guidance

Common land notices and decisions published in 2023, 2024 and 2025

Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023, 2024 and 2025

Applies to England

The Planning Inspectorate is responsible for determining applications under the 2006 Act regarding common land in England, and several other pieces of legislation regarding commons and greens. All applications are determined on behalf of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

All Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications within 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 are published on a separate page.

Decisions prior to 2019

Hearings and Inquiries

2025

2025

2024

2023

2022

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 2726 March 2025 + show all updates
  1. COM/3329771 Towan Beach Decision

  2. 3 new common land hearings added

  3. COM/3343054 decision

  4. common land decision posted.

  5. OM/3356581 Aldringham Green, Suffolk Decision date: 25 February 2025

  6. COM/3325277 decision

  7. COM/3344390 Powick Hams Common, Powick, Worcestershire Decision date: 27 January 2025 and COM 3349061 Yew Hill Reservoir, Silkstead Lane, Compton and Shawford, SO21 2LG Decision date: 29 January 2025

  8. COM/3334560 and COM 3350284 decision

  9. COM/3355067 decision

  10. decision for COM 3346085 Elstree Common 20 December 2024 added.

  11. Two new hearing notices added under 2024.

  12. Haigh common decision released

  13. COM/3347174 Monken Hadley Common and COM/3327735R Lyneham Green Decisions

  14. COM/3311141 Upton Towans, Cornwall Hearing Notice 21 January 2025, COM/3325277 Curglaze Common, Cornwall Hearing Notice 23 January 2025 and COM/3329763 Hendra Croft, Cornwall Hearing Notice 20 February 2025 added

  15. COM/3347186 decision

  16. New common land decision attached.

  17. 3 common land decisions added.

  18. two common land decisions added.

  19. new common land decision for 10/10/2024 uploaded.

  20. common land decision for Goose Green Common added.

  21. Decision added: COM/3348118 Cranleigh Common, Surrey

  22. COM/3345519, COM/3342529 and COM/3344535

  23. COM/3347300 decision

  24. COM/3327731 added

  25. COM/3324088 Chynhalls Cliff, St Keverne, Cornwall Decision date: 21 August 2024 and COM/3324607 Peter Tavy Great Common Hearing notice 30 October 2024

  26. New decision added: COM/3321045 West Looe Downs Decision date: 15 August 2024

  27. COM/3336779 Burngullow Common Decision date: 12 August 2024 and COM/3330832 Rejerrah Downs Decision date: 12 August 2024

  28. COM/3333979 and COM/3333989, COM/3337492 and COM/3343913 decisions

  29. COM/3325277, COM/3311141 and COM/3337990 - Hearing adjourned COM/3329771 - Hearing postponed

  30. common land decision 19 July added.

  31. COM/3329122 and COM/3334363 decisions

  32. COM/3323299, COM/3334573 and COM/3334565 decisions

  33. COM/3334826 decision

  34. COM/3337705, COM/3329771 and COM/3325297 hearing notices

  35. COM/333457 decision

  36. COM/3303800 decision

  37. COM/3324088 Hearing notice Chynhalls Cliff - file attachment and COM/3337990 Pollurian Cove - file attachment added.

  38. Hearing Notice Rejerra Downs 15-04-24 - file attachment Hearing Notice Curglaze Common 10-05-24 - file attachment Hearing Notice Upton Towans 10-05-24.docx - file attachment Hearing Notice West Looe Downs 15-04-24.docx - file attachment added.

  39. COM/3326946 and COM/3326284 decisions

  40. COM/3329754 decision

  41. COM/3329112 Knowl Moor - Hearing 25 June 2024

  42. decision for Hackney downs added.

  43. New decision published: COM/3332614 Cockernhoe Village Green decision 7 May 2024

  44. New decision published: COM/3323550 Edge Common Application decision 7 May 2024

  45. COM/3323643 and COM/3327738 decisions

  46. COM/3332044 and COM/3327735 decisions

  47. COM/3329745 decision

  48. COM/3330933 decision

  49. COM/3325462 decision

  50. COM/3330405 decision

  51. COM/3327737 and COM/3325376 decisions

  52. COM/3333418, COM/3327997 and COM/3325292 decisions

  53. COM/3325380 and COM 3323196 & COM 3323197 decisions

  54. COM/3319474 decision

  55. two common land decisions posted for 22 February 2024.

  56. COM/3314044 decision

  57. COM/3319558 and COM/3323563 decisions

  58. COM/3324356 and COM/3326940 decisions

  59. decision added and title / description changed

  60. document attachment (decision) 80 added. 2023 changed to 2024 on attachment 79.

  61. COM/3312481 Decision date: 16th January 2023

  62. Inline Attachment 77 (descion) added 11 January 2024

  63. decision added, COM 3307244 Sneedhams Green 18-12-2023.

  64. COM 3302826 Bromyard Decision 15 December 2023 - file attachment COM 3319187 Farway Common 15 December 2023 - file attachment added to document on 15 December 2023

  65. New common Land decision document added

  66. COM 3294347 added

  67. COM/3317939 decision

  68. COM/3206697R decision

  69. COM/3317951 decision

  70. COM/3316968: PART OF DITSWORTHY WARREN. Hearing postponed - new date to be confirmed

  71. COM 3317297 decision

  72. COM/3312935 decision

  73. COM/3319187 hearing notice added

  74. 2 new decisions published

  75. Hearing notification added for COM/3316968: PART OF DITSWORTHY WARREN

  76. COM/3317299 , COM/3313966, COM/3291403 and COM/3313181 decisions added

  77. COM/3321502 Peckham Rye Decision date: 31 August 2023

  78. COM/3319837 decision

  79. COM 3288615 Polyphant Green, Polyphant, Cornwall PL15 7PS Decision date: 13 July 2023 decision

  80. COM/3300566 and COM/3300564 decisions

  81. COM/3311552, COM/3311541 , COM/3311432, COM/3311223 decisions added

  82. COM/3314044: Breakneck, Peter’s Splash & Raven’s Hole Beaches, Cornwall. Hearing date 3 August 2023, COM/3309826: Talland Cliff, Cornwall. Hearing date 8 August 2023, COM/3313966: St Breward Common, Cornwall. Hearing date 10 August 2023

  83. COM/3319193 COM/3312124 and COM/3307440 COM/3311223 and COM/3316215 decisions

  84. COM/3287816, COM/3293879 and COM/3306665 decisions

  85. COM/3311859, COM/3314774 , COM/3314783, COM/3315579 and COM/3316962 decisions

  86. COM/3307244 hearing notice added and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 hearing notice updated

  87. COM/3290856 Kingsmead, Ware, Hertfordshire Decision date: 10 May 2023

  88. COM/3291403 – Martha’s Hill & Beck Bottom (CL190) – The hearing will begin at 10am on Tuesday 4 July and COM/3309398 Burn Moor (Clapham Portion), North Yorkshire Decision date: 3 May 2023

  89. COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 North Common and Chailey Common – Hearing 6 June 2023 updated

  90. COM/3313181 Bury Wood – Hearing 1 August 2023, COM/3312935 – Clapham Common (CL73) – The virtual public inquiry will begin at 10am on Tuesday 13 June and COM/3303863 decision

  91. COM/3301435, COM/3303956, COM/3304359 and COM/3305817 decisions

  92. COM/3309337 Lyneham Green – 11 April 2023 decision

  93. COM/3307623 decision added

  94. COM/3296303, COM/3313278, COM/3313485 and COM/331674 Decisions

  95. Broxhead Common (CL147), Hampshire Land at Picketts Hill, Headley and Broxhead Common (CL147), Hampshire Land at Baigents Hill, Headley hearing ntoices

  96. COM/3309426 decision added and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 hearing notice updated

  97. COM 3306325 Rye & Hillside Common decision 01 March 2023 and COM/3298979 AND COM/3299537 North Common and Chailey Common – Hearing 6 June 2023

  98. COM/3311427, COM/3311421 and COM/3295102 decisions

  99. COM/3287816 - Land at Lizard Green (CL220) - The hearing will begin at 10am on Wednesday 17 May 2023

  100. COM/3305817 and COM/3303956 hearing notice

  101. COM/3304252 and COM/3304873 Decision and COM/3277613 hearing notice

  102. COM/3296835 decision added

  103. COM/3299566 and COM/3295093 decisions added

  104. First published.

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