Application to register land known as Bunyards Farm at Aylesford as a new Village Green

Consultation has concluded

We have received an application to register land known as Bunyards Farm in the parish of Aylesford as a new Village Green (reference number VGA687).

Under the Commons Act 2006, anyone may apply to the County Council for land to be registered as a Town or Village Green, but in order for land to qualify for registration it must be shown that ‘a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years’. For use of the land to have been ‘as of right’, it must have taken place without any force, secrecy or permission.

At a meeting of the Regulation Committee Member Panel, it was agreed that the matter should be referred to a Public Inquiry for further consideration. A copy of the report setting out the reasons is available here: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Friday, 15th September, 2023, 10.00 am (kent.gov.uk)

The Public Inquiry will take place from 10am on Tuesday 19th March 2024 at The Lecture Theatre, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone.

UPDATE 10.12.2024: This application has not been accepted. The reasons for this can be found in the Committee report available at: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Tuesday, 10th December, 2024, 10.00 am. This now concludes the application and no further action will be taken by the County Council.


We have received an application to register land known as Bunyards Farm in the parish of Aylesford as a new Village Green (reference number VGA687).

Under the Commons Act 2006, anyone may apply to the County Council for land to be registered as a Town or Village Green, but in order for land to qualify for registration it must be shown that ‘a significant number of the inhabitants of any locality, or of any neighbourhood within a locality, have indulged as of right in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a period of at least 20 years’. For use of the land to have been ‘as of right’, it must have taken place without any force, secrecy or permission.

At a meeting of the Regulation Committee Member Panel, it was agreed that the matter should be referred to a Public Inquiry for further consideration. A copy of the report setting out the reasons is available here: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Friday, 15th September, 2023, 10.00 am (kent.gov.uk)

The Public Inquiry will take place from 10am on Tuesday 19th March 2024 at The Lecture Theatre, Sessions House, County Hall, Maidstone.

UPDATE 10.12.2024: This application has not been accepted. The reasons for this can be found in the Committee report available at: Agenda for Regulation Committee Member Panel on Tuesday, 10th December, 2024, 10.00 am. This now concludes the application and no further action will be taken by the County Council.