The Works on Common Land, etc. (Procedure) (England) Regulations 2007

Applications to utilise, exchange or alienate land forming part of a metropolitan common

21.—(1) An application under article 17 of the Order set out in the Schedule to the 1967 Act, in the case of any common(1), must be—

(a) made in writing;

(b) signed by the applicant or his representative; and

(c) accompanied by a map showing the common affected by the application with—

(i) the boundary of the common marked in green;

(ii) the areas proposed to be utilised, exchanged or alienated marked in red; and

(iii) any land proposed to be given in exchange marked in blue.

(2) Regulations 6 to 17 apply in relation to such an application, subject to the modifications that—

(a) for the words “proposed works”, in each place where they occur, there is substituted “proposed utilisation, exchange or alienation”;

(b) for the words “works are proposed”, in each place where they occur (other than regulation 7(2)(c)), there is substituted “utilisation, exchange or alienation is proposed”; and

(c) in regulation 7(2), for sub-paragraph (c) there is substituted “the location of the land proposed to be utilised, exchanged or alienated;”.

(1)

1967 c.xxix, as amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the 2006 Act. Section 40 of the 2006 Act applies in relation to an application for consent under article 17(2) of the Order set out in the Schedule to the 1967 Act in the case of any common, by virtue of article 17(2A) of that Order, as inserted by paragraph 2(6) of Schedule 4 to the 2006 Act.