Planning consideration

Common land and village greens

Areas of open space that have been used for recreation by the inhabitants of the town, village or parish for generations

• Design stage: Backlog
• Also known as: Commons and Village greens, Registered village greens, Town and village greens
• Datasets:
  • common-land-and-village-green
• Legislation: Commons Act 2006
• Useful links:
  • Town and village greens: how to register
  • [National dataset] - database of registered town or village greens in England
• Discussion: Join the discussion on GitHub
• Last updated: 28 January 2025

Research

What other planning considerations does it interact with?

• Local plans - Village greens are occasionally referenced in local plans, so we think that this consideration feeds into the process of creating a local plan.