Town And Village Green Applications: Stopping the clock

Freddie Jackson considers what steps a landowner might take in order to protect their land against a town or village green application ‘The Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 provides landowners with greater safeguards against TVG applications where land is to be developed and will provide an additional mechanism for landowners to “stop the clock” to …
This post is only available to members.

Town And Village Greens: Green in judgment

Roy Pinnock reviews the likely implications of imminent changes in legislation on the registration of town and village greens The number of TVG applications is estimated to have risen from around ten per year in the decade from 1993, to 100-200 per year between 2006 and 2009. The system for registering new Town and Village …
This post is only available to members.

Case Study: Prescriptive easements and personal consents

Matthew Cox considers a recent case where a personal license had ended but the use continued. At what point did a prescriptive easement arise? ‘In order to succeed in a claim for a prescriptive easement, the use must not be procured by force, stealth or licence of the owner.’What happens when a personal licence to …
This post is only available to members.