Commons Act 2006 - applications and fees

You can apply to amend the registers of common land and village greens.

For enquiries relating to commons and village greens, please contact us by email at legal@suffolk.gov.uk.

The Register of Commons and Village Greens is available for public inspection with reasonable notice during office hours.

Please telephone 01473 264190 to make an appointment with our Land Charges Team.

View the guidance notes and application forms on GOV.UK.

Provision under, or for purposes of which, the application is made
Purpose of application Application fee
  Guidance notes for applicants to be read in conjunction with the application forms  
Regulation 43

Declaration of entitlement to exercise a right of common.

Exercisable over 2 or more commons

£102.00

£204.00
Section 6 of the 2006 Act Creation of a right of common resulting in the registration of new common land No fee
Section 6 of the 2006 Act

Creation of a right of common over existing common land
 £306.00
 Section 7 of the 2006 Act  

Variation of a right of common
 £306.00
 Section 7 of the 2006 Act  Variation of a right of common resulting in the registration of a new common land  No fee
 Section 8 of the 2006 Act  Apportionment of a right of common  £306.00
 Section 10 of the 2006 Act  Attachment of a right of common  No fee
 Section 11 of the 2006 Act  Re-allocation of attached rights  

£306.00
 Section 12 of the 2006 Act  Transfer of a right in gross  £153.00
 Section 13 of the 2006 Act  Surrender or extinguishment of a right of common  

£255.00
     
 Section 19 of the 2006 Act  Correction, for a purpose described in Section 19 (2) (b), or (e)  £306
 Section 19 of the 2006 Act  Correction, for a purpose described section 19 (2) (c)  No fee
 Section 19 of the 2006 Act  Correction, for a purpose described in Section 19 (2) (d)  £51.00
 Schedule 1, paragraph 1 (6) (b) to the 2006 Act  Severance by transfer to public bodies  £255.00
 Schedule 1, paragraph 3 (7) (b) to the 2006 Act  Severance authorised by order  

£255.00
 Schedule 2, paragraph 2 or 3 to the 2006 Act  Non-registration of common land or town or village green  No fee
 Schedule 2, paragraph 4 to the 2006 Act  

Waste land of a manor or not registered as common land
 No fee
 Schedule 2, paragraph 5 to the 2006 Act  Town or village green wrongly registered as common land  No fee
 
Schedule 2, paragraphs 6 – 9 to the 2006		  Deregistered of certain land registered as common land or as a town or village green  £1000.00
 Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period  Creation of a right of common  £383.00
 Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period  Surrender or extinguishment of a right of common  £383.00
 Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period  Variation of a right of common  £383.00
 Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period  Apportionment of a right of common (to facilitate any other purpose)  

£383.00
 Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period Severance of a right of common  £383.00
Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period Transfer of a right in gross £383.00
Schedule 3, paragraph 2 or 4, to the 2006 Act: application made after the end of the transitional application period  Statutory disposition (including the exchange of land for land subject to a statutory disposition) £383.00