Cornwall Council is the registration authority for common land and town and village greens in Cornwall.
Before 1 October 2008 we worked under legislation brought about by the Commons Registration Act 1965. Under this legislation there is approximately 25,000 acres of common land in about 300 register units. This equates to 3% of the land in Cornwall, equalling the 3% of land in England registered as common land.
From 1 October 2008 a variety of new measures became available. These were largely for making applications to amend the commons and greens registers under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006. In most cases a fee will be payable.
Please see the fee table for revised fees from 1st January 2025 and the Common, Town and Village Green Priority Policy.
Please contact the Public Rights of Way team to examine documents held by the Commons Registration Authority (CRA) that an applicant has relied on to evidence their application. Please email prow@cornwall.go.uk.
Map of Parishes containing common land, as at May 2014
List of former Borough or Urban District Councils in Cornwall immediately prior to 1 April 1974
Applications Accepted and Publicised
Bude
Carharrick
Chacewater
Application 3071 - Part of Four Hundred Downs & Killiwerris Common Part 1
Application 3071 - Part of Four Hundred Downs & Killiwerris Common Part 2
Application 3071 - Part of Four Hundred Downs & Killiwerris Common Part 3
Application 3071 - Part of Four Hundred Downs & Killiwerris Common Part 4
Notice of Application 3071 - Part of Four Hundred Downs & Killiwerris Common
Gunwalloe
Gwennap
Mullion
Perranzabuloe
Porthleven
St Agnes
St Gennys
St Ives
Tintagel
Towednack
Wendron
Further information
Defra (please note this is a different web site address from the town and village greens web link)
Commons and Village Green application representations Privacy Notice