Common land in South Gloucestershire: check a postcode
Registered common land in South Gloucestershire is protected by the Commons Act 2006: fencing, buildings, driveways and hard surfaces on it need Secretary of State consent, and commoners' rights survive a sale. Enter a postcode to see registered commons, CRoW open-access land and public rights of way within 250 m.
Largest registered commons in South Gloucestershire: Assley, Hareley, Hawkesbury and Ingelstone Commons · Sodbury Commons · The tract of land including North Elms Wood, South Elms Wood, Sturt Coppice, South Moon Ridings, Little Stanley Wood, Ma · Westerleigh Common · West Littleton Down · Siston Common, Goose Green and Webbs Heath.
Source: Natural England CRoW Act 2000 s.4 conclusive Registered Common Land layer, AUTHORITY = “South Gloucestershire”. Town and village greens are registered separately and are not open data.
Free: touches common land? · right of way within 50 m? — Try WD3 1QB (Batchworth Heath), TN7 4EX (Ashdown Forest), OX2 6TN (Port Meadow)
What the £9.99 report adds for South Gloucestershire
- Every registered common within 250 m with its CL register number, so your solicitor can pull the register entry from South Gloucestershire in one request.
- Whether the point sits inside CRoW open-access land, and which kind (open country, common or dedicated land).
- Footpaths, bridleways and byways within 250 m with the council reference, and the Highways Act 1980 rules that stop them being blocked or built over.
- A dated PDF with the legal basis of each finding and full data provenance.