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Written question asked by Tracey Crouch (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 January 2012. It was answered by Lord Benyon (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Recreation Spaces

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of applications to register new greens in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency, (b) Medway unitary authority, (c) Tonbridge and Malling borough council and (d) Kent in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Answer

Top-tier local authorities (i.e. counties and unitaries) are responsible for determining applications to register new town and village greens under section 15 of the Commons Act 2005. There is no requirement to report data on greens registration applications to DEFRA. A survey of commons registration authorities was conducted in October 2011 and figures are available for the total number of applications received by Kent county council.

Kent
Number
2007 5
2008 7
2009 10
2010 8
2011 5

No figures are available for Chatham and Aylesford constituency, Medway council or Tonbridge and Mailing borough council.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
90340; 538 c814W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Kent Village greens
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk