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Change description : 2026-07-27 15:34:00: COM/3377655, Gunwalloe Green, Cornwall – Tuesday 8 September 2026 and COM/3377657, Gunwalloe Church Cove, Cornwall – Thursday 10 September 2026 [Guidance and regulation]

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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

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

Updates to this page

Published 19 January 2023
Last updated 627 July 2026 Show all updates
  1. COM/3377655, Gunwalloe Green, Cornwall Tuesday 8 September 2026 and COM/3377657, Gunwalloe Church Cove, Cornwall Thursday 10 September 2026

  2. COM/3378269, London Borough of Southwark and COM/331266, Cornwall decisions

  3. COM/3377367 and COM/3375032 decisions added

  4. COM/ 3376470, London Borough of Lambeth and COM/3367575, Cambridgeshire decisions

  5. COM/3324516 and COM/3330974 decisions

  6. COM/3338259, COM/3338001 and COM/ 3337705 Cornwall decisions

  7. COM/3374693 decision

  8. COM/3361720 decision added

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

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

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

  12. Common land decision published, 17 April 2026.

  13. COM/3370080 decision

  14. COM/3373990 decision

  15. COM/3377343 and COM/3360917 decisions

  16. COM/336770 and COM/3367697 Decision

  17. COM/3368164 decision

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

  19. COM/3363388 decision

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

  21. COM/3364453 decision

  22. COM/3368805 and COM/3374186 decisions

  23. COM/3366055 decision

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

  25. COM/3348545 and COM/3363113 decision

  26. COM/3363395 and COM/3363391 decisions

  27. COM/3349379 decision

  28. 2 common land decisions added.

  29. COM/3335263 hearing notice

  30. COM/3354382 decision

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

  32. COM/3354574 and COM/3338634 decisions

  33. COM/3364618 decision

  34. Decision added 6 October 2025.

  35. COM/3329839 Notice of hearing

  36. COM/3343039 decision added

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

  38. Decision notice for Upton Towans Application added.

  39. COM/3354831 and COM/3346161 decision

  40. COM/3337713 CL493 Trewellard Common Decision

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

  42. COM/3299781 decision

  43. Decision added: COM 3336782 Greta Wood

  44. COM/3353753 decision

  45. COM/3363510 decision

  46. Common land decision added 27 June 2025

  47. 4 common land hearing notices added

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

  49. COM/3352947 decision

  50. COM/3346435 decision

  51. COM/3358919 decision

  52. COM/3353450 hearing start date amended.

  53. COM/3361343 decision

  54. COM/3336312 and COM/3349983 decisions

  55. COM/3356274 & COM/3356279

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

  57. GRETA WOOD (CL238) hearing notice

  58. COM/3358698 Decision

  59. COM/3349067 decision

  60. COM/3325726 added

  61. COM/3350325 decision

  62. COM/3337337 decision

  63. COM/3329771 Towan Beach Decision

  64. 3 new common land hearings added

  65. COM/3343054 decision

  66. common land decision posted.

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

  68. COM/3325277 decision

  69. 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

  70. COM/3334560 and COM 3350284 decision

  71. COM/3355067 decision

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

  73. Two new hearing notices added under 2024.

  74. Haigh common decision released

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

  76. 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

  77. COM/3347186 decision

  78. New common land decision attached.

  79. 3 common land decisions added.

  80. two common land decisions added.

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

  82. common land decision for Goose Green Common added.

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

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

  85. COM/3347300 decision

  86. COM/3327731 added

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

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

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

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

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

  92. common land decision 19 July added.

  93. COM/3329122 and COM/3334363 decisions

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

  95. COM/3334826 decision

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

  97. COM/333457 decision

  98. COM/3303800 decision

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

  100. 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.

  101. COM/3326946 and COM/3326284 decisions

  102. COM/3329754 decision

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

  104. decision for Hackney downs added.

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

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

  107. COM/3323643 and COM/3327738 decisions

  108. COM/3332044 and COM/3327735 decisions

  109. COM/3329745 decision

  110. COM/3330933 decision

  111. COM/3325462 decision

  112. COM/3330405 decision

  113. COM/3327737 and COM/3325376 decisions

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

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

  116. COM/3319474 decision

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

  118. COM/3314044 decision

  119. COM/3319558 and COM/3323563 decisions

  120. COM/3324356 and COM/3326940 decisions

  121. decision added and title / description changed

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

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

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

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

  126. 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

  127. New common Land decision document added

  128. COM 3294347 added

  129. COM/3317939 decision

  130. COM/3206697R decision

  131. COM/3317951 decision

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

  133. COM 3317297 decision

  134. COM/3312935 decision

  135. COM/3319187 hearing notice added

  136. 2 new decisions published

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

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

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

  140. COM/3319837 decision

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

  142. COM/3300566 and COM/3300564 decisions

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

  144. 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

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

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

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

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

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

  150. 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

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

  152. 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

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

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

  155. COM/3307623 decision added

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

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

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

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

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

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

  162. COM/3305817 and COM/3303956 hearing notice

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

  164. COM/3296835 decision added

  165. COM/3299566 and COM/3295093 decisions added

  166. First published.

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Update history

2026-07-27 15:34
COM/3377655, Gunwalloe Green, Cornwall – Tuesday 8 September 2026 and COM/3377657, Gunwalloe Church Cove, Cornwall – Thursday 10 September 2026

2026-07-06 15:09
COM/3378269, London Borough of Southwark and COM/331266, Cornwall decisions

2026-06-26 10:30
COM/3377367 and COM/3375032 decisions added

2026-06-19 08:30
COM/ 3376470, London Borough of Lambeth and COM/3367575, Cambridgeshire decisions

2026-06-10 15:03
COM/3324516 and COM/3330974 decisions

2026-06-04 09:05
COM/3338259, COM/3338001 and COM/ 3337705 Cornwall decisions

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