Application to register land at Beacon Road, Herne Bay as a Village Green

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We have received an application to register land at Beacon Road at Herne Bay as a Village Green.

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.

Further details regarding the application, including a plan, can be viewed in the 'Documents' section.

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 at Beacon Road at Herne Bay as a Village Green.

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.

Further details regarding the application, including a plan, can be viewed in the 'Documents' section.

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.