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.
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- 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
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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
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- Reference
- 90340; 538 c814W
- Session
- 2010-12
- Subjects
- Kent Village greens
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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