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This dataset shows common land registered under the Commons Registration Act 1965 and any commons which were exempt from the 1965 Act in Buckinghamshire. Common land is land subject to the rights of other people to graze animals, collect wood etc, or is waste land of the manor.
All common land has an owner, whether it is a local authority, the National Trust or private individual.
The public has the right to walk on all commons where previously there was no legal access, under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. Some commons already had a right for the public before that act and those rights persist. For example, on many commons, there is a right to ride horses under section 193 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
If anyone wants to undertake works on common land, they must apply for the consent of the Secretary of State for Environment in England (section 38 of the Commons Act 2006) in addition to any planning or other consent that is required. Certain works are exempt from these procedures.
If works have been undertaken without consent, the landowner, commoners or local authority may be able to take action and, under certain circumstances, the public can too. For precise extents of the boundary of a common, the register map should be consulted. |