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Guidance

Common land notices and decisions published in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026

Hearing and inquiry notices and decisions for common land applications in 2023, 2024 2025 and 2026

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

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Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 1822 May 2026 + show all updates
  1. COM/3374693 decision

  2. COM/3361720 decision added

  3. New decision: COM/3371151, Northumberland, Newton Common. Decision date: 14 May 2026

  4. Decisions published: COM/3343076, Cornwall, Boscawen Cliff. Decision date: 12 May 2026 COM/3371734, Gloucestershire, Highleadon Green (Laynes Wood). Decision date: 8 May 2026

  5. New decision: COM 3343034 Broadmoor Common Application Decision 8 May 2026

  6. Common land decision published, 17 April 2026.

  7. COM/3370080 decision

  8. COM/3373990 decision

  9. COM/3377343 and COM/3360917 decisions

  10. COM/336770 and COM/3367697 Decision

  11. COM/3368164 decision

  12. Two common land decisions added for January 23 2026.

  13. COM/3363388 decision

  14. following decisions added: COM/3346909 Rushmoor, Hampshire Decision: date 31 December 2025 COM/ 3357917 Predannick Downs, Cornwall: Hearing date 29 January 2026

  15. COM/3364453 decision

  16. COM/3368805 and COM/3374186 decisions

  17. COM/3366055 decision

  18. COM/3372677, COM/3324607 and COM/3358295 decisions

  19. COM/3348545 and COM/3363113 decision

  20. COM/3363395 and COM/3363391 decisions

  21. COM/3349379 decision

  22. 2 common land decisions added.

  23. COM/3335263 hearing notice

  24. COM/3354382 decision

  25. COM/3368164 Trevage Moor, Cornwall – Notice of hearing

  26. COM/3354574 and COM/3338634 decisions

  27. COM/3364618 decision

  28. Decision added 6 October 2025.

  29. COM/3329839 Notice of hearing

  30. COM/3343039 decision added

  31. Common land decision added for Smith’s Green, Takeley, Essex.

  32. Decision notice for Upton Towans Application added.

  33. COM/3354831 and COM/3346161 decision

  34. COM/3337713 CL493 Trewellard Common Decision

  35. COM/3316968 decision. COM/3324516 and COM/3330974 hearing notices.

  36. COM/3299781 decision

  37. Decision added: COM 3336782 Greta Wood

  38. COM/3353753 decision

  39. COM/3363510 decision

  40. Common land decision added 27 June 2025

  41. 4 common land hearing notices added

  42. COM/3345059 and COM/3345054 and COM/3355703 decisions

  43. COM/3352947 decision

  44. COM/3346435 decision

  45. COM/3358919 decision

  46. COM/3353450 hearing start date amended.

  47. COM/3361343 decision

  48. COM/3336312 and COM/3349983 decisions

  49. COM/3356274 & COM/3356279

  50. COM/3343068 St Gennys, Cornwall. Hearing Notice

  51. GRETA WOOD (CL238) hearing notice

  52. COM/3358698 Decision

  53. COM/3349067 decision

  54. COM/3325726 added

  55. COM/3350325 decision

  56. COM/3337337 decision

  57. COM/3329771 Towan Beach Decision

  58. 3 new common land hearings added

  59. COM/3343054 decision

  60. common land decision posted.

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

  62. COM/3325277 decision

  63. 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

  64. COM/3334560 and COM 3350284 decision

  65. COM/3355067 decision

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

  67. Two new hearing notices added under 2024.

  68. Haigh common decision released

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

  70. 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

  71. COM/3347186 decision

  72. New common land decision attached.

  73. 3 common land decisions added.

  74. two common land decisions added.

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

  76. common land decision for Goose Green Common added.

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

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

  79. COM/3347300 decision

  80. COM/3327731 added

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

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

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

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

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

  86. common land decision 19 July added.

  87. COM/3329122 and COM/3334363 decisions

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

  89. COM/3334826 decision

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

  91. COM/333457 decision

  92. COM/3303800 decision

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

  94. 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.

  95. COM/3326946 and COM/3326284 decisions

  96. COM/3329754 decision

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

  98. decision for Hackney downs added.

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

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

  101. COM/3323643 and COM/3327738 decisions

  102. COM/3332044 and COM/3327735 decisions

  103. COM/3329745 decision

  104. COM/3330933 decision

  105. COM/3325462 decision

  106. COM/3330405 decision

  107. COM/3327737 and COM/3325376 decisions

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

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

  110. COM/3319474 decision

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

  112. COM/3314044 decision

  113. COM/3319558 and COM/3323563 decisions

  114. COM/3324356 and COM/3326940 decisions

  115. decision added and title / description changed

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

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

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

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

  120. 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

  121. New common Land decision document added

  122. COM 3294347 added

  123. COM/3317939 decision

  124. COM/3206697R decision

  125. COM/3317951 decision

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

  127. COM 3317297 decision

  128. COM/3312935 decision

  129. COM/3319187 hearing notice added

  130. 2 new decisions published

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

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

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

  134. COM/3319837 decision

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

  136. COM/3300566 and COM/3300564 decisions

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

  138. 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

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

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

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

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

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

  144. 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

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

  146. 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

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

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

  149. COM/3307623 decision added

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

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

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

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

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

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

  156. COM/3305817 and COM/3303956 hearing notice

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

  158. COM/3296835 decision added

  159. COM/3299566 and COM/3295093 decisions added

  160. First published.

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Update history

2026-05-22 14:03
COM/3374693 decision

2026-05-18 10:56
COM/3361720 decision added

2026-05-14 17:31
New decision: COM/3371151, Northumberland, Newton Common. Decision date: 14 May 2026

2026-05-12 10:09
Decisions published:COM/3343076, Cornwall, Boscawen Cliff. Decision date: 12 May 2026COM/3371734, Gloucestershire, Highleadon Green (Laynes Wood). Decision date: 8 May 2026

2026-05-11 09:28
New decision: COM 3343034 Broadmoor Common Application Decision 8 May 2026

2026-04-17 15:35
Common land decision published, 17 April 2026.

2026-04-16 16:09
COM/3370080 decision

2026-03-03 13:05
COM/3373990 decision

2026-02-18 08:33
COM/3377343 and COM/3360917 decisions

2026-02-11 13:33
COM/336770 and COM/3367697 Decision

2026-02-04 11:42
COM/3368164 decision

2026-01-23 11:39
Two common land decisions added for January 23 2026.

2026-01-06 10:01
COM/3363388 decision

2025-12-31 11:49
following decisions added: COM/3346909 Rushmoor, Hampshire Decision: date 31 December 2025COM/ 3357917 Predannick Downs, Cornwall: Hearing date 29 January 2026

2025-12-24 10:59
COM/3364453 decision

2025-12-23 10:57
COM/3368805 and COM/3374186 decisions

2025-12-19 09:33
COM/3366055 decision

2025-12-08 09:34
COM/3372677, COM/3324607 and COM/3358295 decisions

2025-12-01 14:45
COM/3348545 and COM/3363113 decision