Common land and village greens register
As a Commons Registration Authority, we are responsible for
maintaining the registers of common land and village greens.
This register is a statutory document (Commons Registration Act,
l965) and shows all such registered land in our area. Each area of
common land and town or village green is listed in the registers
under a unique unit number. A ‘CR’ prefix defines the land as
common. Likewise a ‘VG’ prefix defines the land as a town or
village green.
Town or village greens share a similar history to common land.
However, they are defined separately for the purposes of the
Commons Registration Act 1965.
The land charges service has to update the register when
ownership of common rights change or where rights are apportioned.
These changes are made when we are notified through the Land
Registry when there are changes of address, ownership of land and
registration of new village greens.
Search certificates will reveal whether land is registered as
common or village green, if there are rights of common and whether
or not ownership is registered.
If you would like to know whether a site is registered as common
land, please tick optional question 22 of the CON29 form and return
together with completed form and current fee of £30.00. Please note
this can now also form part of an official local land charges
search.
How to contact us
Local Land Charges
Mulberry Place (AH)
PO Box 55739
5 Clove Crescent
London
E14 1BY
Telephone: 020 7364 5009
Facsimile: 020 7364 5415
Email: planningandbuilding@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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