Common Land Guidance Sheet 4 Resurfacing works

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Explains the process for carrying out restricted works on land registered as common land. Specifically looks at circumstances within which consent would or would not be needed to construct car parks, access roads, tracks and footpaths on common land.

Document History

Last updated: 23 March 2026 - Context of the note changed to include 'resurfacing of land including'. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/common-land-guidance-sheet-4-car-parks-access-roads-tracks-and-footpaths/common-land-guidance-sheet-4 and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 1 January 2015.

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