PUBLIC INQUIRY

An Inquiry to consider the application to register land at Brookhouse Road as a village green was held at the Grosvenor Centre at the beginning of March 2010.

The applicants are Gnosall Field Preservation Association, whose address is at Geneshall Close next to the application site.

The objectors were the land owners and Gnosall Parish Council. The council objected because the site had been identified by them as suitable for affordable homes.

The inspector will now study the evidence and make recommendations to Staffordshire County Council which will then decide on the status of the land.

 

Village greens

A village green is an area where people in the community have enjoyed legitimate sports or pastimes as of right for at least 20 years. Legitimate sports or pastimes include things such as:

• cricket matches

• blackberry picking

• dog walking

• village fetes.

Claiming a new village green

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 20 years

• people haven't forced their way onto the land or used it in secrecy

• it has been used without the permission of the landowner.

 

 

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