Description: ReRegistration of Common Land under the Commons Act 2006
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Re- Registration of Common Land under Pt 1 of the Commons Act 2006
Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 provides for the review, updating and keeping- up- to- date of the commons registers. As part of this process, applications to register land as common that failed under the 1965 Commons Registration Act may in certain cases be reconsidered. The cases that qualify are defined by Schedule 2(4) of the 2006 Act. Where an application under Schedule 2(4) is successful, the land in question will be added to the commons register (‘re- registered’).
The principal aim of this Website is to provide detailed information on the areas of land that may be eligible for re- registration. The information is made available through (i) a series of Search Sheets; and (ii) a set of Case Assessment Sheets covering the Pioneer Areas . The Search Sheets cover all of the English registers. The Case Assessment Sheets offer an initial assessment of eligibility for each of the CL units listed in the Pioneer Area Search Sheets. For details of Northern England — which in t