[OSM-talk] Several approved features moved to Map_features page
guy at graviles-reynolds.org
guy at graviles-reynolds.org
Wed Feb 21 17:14:21 GMT 2007
Quoting "Barnett, Phillip" <Phillip.Barnett at itn.co.uk>:
> "even if most village greens are commons."
> Actually, ALL village greens are commons. That's part of the definition
> of a village green.
>
Being wholly UK centric, whilst Village Greens can be Commons and vice versa,
they need not be.
A village green is legally defined as an area where people in the community
have enjoyed legitimate sports or pastimes for at least twenty
years. Legitimate sports or pastimes include things like:
* cricket matches
* blackberry picking
* dog walking
* village fetes
To register a new village green you must prove that:
* the land is mainly used by local residents (rather than, say, day trippers)
* it is used for legal activities
* it has been used for at least twenty years
* people havent forced their way onto the land or used it in secrecy
* it has been used without the permission of the landowner.
In general terms, common land is land owned by one person over which another
person is entitled to exercise rights of common (such as grazing animals or
cutting bracken for livestock bedding), and these rights are generally
exercisable in common with others.
They are also subjected to different protection under the law
In simplistic terms a Village Green is used by the general population for
recreational purposes, where as a common is used by people other than the owner
to gain a livelihood.
Guy 'Batchoy' Reynolds
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