RP16. COMMONS & VILLAGE
GREENS (INCLUDING MILLENNIUM GREENS)
(updated:
February 27, 2006
)
See also the index to the Countryside Planning bibliographies and in particular:-
OFL = Ordered for Library;
see University Library catalogue for latest on availability:
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/library/
* indicates most useful and/or up to date reference
Ashbrook, Kate, 2000, 'Village greens in need of greater protection', Planning 1374, 23.6.00.
Barraclough, David, 2000, 'RTPI welcomes proposals for greater protection of common land', Planning 1378, 21.7.00.
Claydon, Paul, 1998?, 'Our Common Land: the law and history of commons and village greens, 1988?
Countryside Commission (former;
part of the Countryside Agency since 1.4.99):
'Common knowledge?', (Common Lands), CCP 281, (revised), 1990
(free)
'Millennium Greens: an introduction to the programme' (leaflet),
CCP 497, 1996. (free)
'How to apply for Millennium green funding', MG1, 1996, free from
the Millennium Greens National Project Team, Birmingham.
Curry, NIgel, 2001, 'Community Participation and Rural Policy: Representativeness in the Development of Millennium Greens', (Carfax / Taylor & Francis Group) Journal of Environmental Planning, 44 (2), July, pp561-576
Department for Environment
Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (June 2001-)
DEFRA Common Land Branch, Zone 01/05A, Temple Quay House, 2 The
Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB,
tel. (0117) 372 8520
- website: http://www.defra.gov.uk
- relevant DETR publications now available from DEFRA
'Good Practice Guide on
Managing the Use of Common Land', ?2001, available free.
'Consultation on proposals for regulations on the exclusion or
restriction of access to open countryside and registered common
land under the Countryside And Rights of Way Act 2000', December
2001, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=4729&heading=e-mail+alert
(DEFRA & the National Assembly
for Wales), 'Common Land Policy Statement', July 2002, DEFRA Publications
Centre, tel. (08459) 556000, and on the DEFRA website.
(DEFRA & the National Assembly for Wales), 'Report on the
Consultation Responses', July 2002, DEFRA Publications Centre,
tel. (08459) 556000, and on the DEFRA website.
'Non-statutory Guidance Note can be obtained from the Common Land
Branch of Defra, Countryside (Landscape & Recreation) Division,
Zone 1/05, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol
BS1 6EB.
'Vehicle Access over Common Land: Guide to Regulations', November
2002, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/common/index.htm
'Greater Protection and Better Management of Common Land in
England and Wales: Analysis of the responses to the consultation
paper', November 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=13037&heading=e-mail+alert
'Common Land Policy Statement: Frequently asked questions',
November 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=13035&heading=e-mail+alert
'Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000: section 68: non-statutory
guidance note on the Vehicular Access Across Common and Other
Land (England) Regulations 2002: statutory instrument 2002 no.
1711, DEFRA publications, tel: (08459) 556000, November 2002,
'Agricultural Use and Management of Common Land', April 2003,
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/common/legislation/swgreport-apr03.pdf
'Common land legislation: Common Land Policy Statement', August
2003, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/common/legislation/clps.htm
'Financial Management and Policy Review (FMPR) of the Commons
Commissioners', October 2003, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/common/index.htm
'Guidance on the implications of the recent House of Lords
judgement in the case of Brandwood and Others v Bakewell Management
Ltd', (judgement affects homeowners claiming a right of vehicular
access over common and other land), May 2004, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/common/developments.htm
or from the Common Land Branch, Defra, Zone 1/05 Temple Quay House,
2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB
'Guidance on appeals under section 6 of the Countryside and Rights
of Way Act 2000: appeals against the showing of land as open country
or registered common land on a provisional map: appeals against
decisions of relevant authorities in respect of exclusions and
restrictions of access', August 2004,
http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/cl/guidance.pdf
'Consultation on Agricultural Management of Common Land',
February 2005, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=16477&heading=e-mail+alert
Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions (DETR) (June 1997 - June 2001)
- website: http://www.detr.gov.uk
'Managing Common Land', available free from DETR, Room 818, Tollgate
House, Houlton Street, Bristol BS2 9DJ, tel. (0117) 987 8883,
fax. (0117) 987 8969, 1998.
*'Greater Protection and Greater Management of Common Land in
England and Wales', Common Land Branch, DTLR, Zone 01/05A
Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB,
Bristol, tel. (0117) 987 8547, February 2000, http://www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/consult/common/index.htm
*'Our Countryside: The Future - A
Fair Deal for Rural England' (Rural White Paper), November 2000
(OFL on 29.11.00), http://www.wildlife-countryside.detr.gov.uk/ruralwp/index.htm
'Countryside Issues: Common land,
town and village greens', May 2001, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/searchreport.asp?id=1714&heading=E-mail+alert
Ellis, Morag, 2003, 'The Commons Registration Act 1965 and New Towns Village Greens: harmless maypole or trap for the unwary?', Journal of Planning and Environment Law, December, pp1503-1513
English Nature publications
available from EN Enquiries Services, Northminster House, Peterborough
PE1 1UA,
tel. (01733) 455100, fax. (01733) 455103, email: enquiries@english-nature.org.uk
or from Telelink,
PO Box 100, Fareham PO15 2SX, tel. (01329) 331300, email: reception@telelink.co.uk:
- see also Annual Reports, 1991-
'The flowering of cities:
the natural flora of urban 'commons', 1992. ISBN 1 85716 047 9
Hillard, Jonathan, 2005, 'Dispute and the regulation of Town and Village Greens; Who decides?', Journal of Planning and Environmental Law, May, p159
Jones, Sue, 2003, 'Legal case favours the landlord's right of use' (the law on the registration of land as a village green), Planning 1532, 15.8.03, p8
Open Spaces Society, 1995, 'Getting greens registered', OSS, Henley on Thames.
Planning Inspectorate Executive
Agency, Bristol:
'The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000: Access appeals',
August 2002, http://www.info4local.gov.uk/singleLink.asp?linkid=1783&heading=e%2dmail%20alert
Samuels, Alex, 2005, 'No Development Possible Here: The Land is a Town or Village Green', Journal of Planning and Environmental Law, May, p283
Stamps, L.D & Hoskins, W.G, 1963, 'The Common Lands of England and Wales', Collins, London.
The Countryside Agency (formed
in April 1999 from the merger of the Countryside Commission
with the Rural Development Commission)
- publications available from PO Box 125, Wetherby LS23 7EP, tel.
(0870) 120 6466, fax. (0870) 120 6467,
minicom (0870) 120 7405, email: countryside@twoten.press.net
- website: http://www/.countryside.gov.uk
'Doorstep Greens', CAX52, 2001, free.
The Countryside Agency (formed
in April 1999 from the merger of the Countryside Commission with
the Rural Development Commission) Research Notes series - versions
can be found on the TCA website: http://www/.countryside.gov.uk
'CRN7:: Mapping access land - an emerging approach', April 2000
(free).
'CRN9: Millennium Greens', February 2001 (free).
UK Government, 2002, 'The Vehicular
Access Across Common and Other Land (England) Regulations 2002/1711'
(in effect on 4 July 2002), http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si200217.htm