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Land charges - October 2007
land.charges@kirklees.gov.uk
Contact:
Local Land Charges Manager:
Tel: 01484 416655
Fax: 01484 221565
Email: land.charges@kirklees.gov.uk
Buying Common Land
If you are planning to buy a piece of land, you may need to carry out a search of the Register of Common Land and Village Greens to ensure that there are no rights of commons attached to the land.
The Common Land and Village Green Registers
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 This register is a statutory document (Commons Registration Act, 1965 now superseded by the Commons Act 2006.) 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'. For example, Wessenden Head Moor is registered unit CL 37, and East Bierley Village Green is registered unit VG 81. The CL and VG prefixes identify the parcels as common land and village green respectively.
The register lists all units of Common Land / Village Greens in three parts:
Part 1 Describes the land and its boundaries,
details the date it became common land or a village green, and who registered
it.
Part 2 Details who has common rights over
the land and what those rights are, for example, sheep or cattle grazing,
the right to remove gravel and stone.
Part 3 Details who owns the land (if registered).
If you are planning to buy a piece of land, you can:
- Inspect this register in person by making an appointment to visit our offices
between 10am-4pm. We do not charge for this service.
- Submit a search on CON29 (O) optional questions form to the authority along with plans of the land. If you are not using a solicitor, you can obtain the forms from law stationers. Please submit duplicate copies of both documents along with the £14.00 search fee ( NB- there is an additional administration fee of £5.00 when this document is received as a stand alone request) - see the fees page.
The certificate you will receive as a result of the submitted search will show any entries in the different parts of the register.
For more detailed information on common land go to "Common
land explained".
Please submit your Common Land Search to:
Local Land Charges
P O Box B95
Civic Centre
III
Market Street
Huddersfield
HD1 2NA
DX number 710088 Huddersfield 8
Remember to include:
- form *CON29 (O) Question 22 in duplicate
- two
Ordanance Survey curtilage outlined plans of the land
- the search
fee of £14 (plus £5.00 administration if submitted as a standalone document) - See fee pages
*available from law stationers
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