How do you achieve better outcomes on English upland commons?

2 Dec 2014: The Foundation for Common Land has just completed a project working with fifteen national organisations and local stakeholders across five upland... read more

Implementation of Part 1 of Commons 2006 Act will start from December 15th

17 Nov 2014: The Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014 The 2014 Regulations have been laid in Parliament and will commence on 15 December 2015. From... read more

Ministry of Defence want to de-register common land in Cumbria

17 Nov 2014: The Ministry of Defence owns an army training base at Warcop near Appleby, Cumbria. They undertake live-fire training and the surrounding ... read more

Commonage case studies to inform debate on Ireland RDP 2014-20 proposals

3 Nov 2014: In Ireland commonage covers approximately 440,000 ha of land and is a major component of the farm area of many farms in the uplands. These areas... read more

‘Building Our Biodiversity’ on the North Swansea Commons

31 Oct 2014: Commons are playing a key role in revitalising biodiversity within the City and County of Swansea.  Commons are an important feature of the... read more

Planning inspector refuses S 36 application on common land in Cumbria due to impact on graziers

31 Oct 2014: A planning inspector has refused Natural England consent to erect a fence around an area of limestone pavement on common land in Upper Eden, known as... read more

Latest Defra CAP reform leaflet is published

31 Oct 2014: This leaflet provides more details on the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS).  This includes information on the active farmer rules, the young farmer... read more

International Journal of the Commons Vol 8, No 2 (2014) now out

2 Oct 2014: The International Journal of the Commons (IJC) has  now launched its newest issue. They kindly invite you to take a look at the table of... read more