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By Joseph Timan, Local Democracy Reporter Edge Green Common, Golborne (Google Maps) MOSSLAND in Golborne could be restored to create a ‘carbon sink’ and a refuge for wildlife as the council uses a law from 1899 to reclaim the common. Edge Green Common, which has no registered or traceable owner, is already home to a range of habitats including acid grassland, woodland and peat bog. As well as capturing and storing carbon dioxide...

, rejected a landowner’s appeal against the registration of a piece of land.  Katherine Evans, partner and head of planning at national firm TLT said the decision reconciles a landowner’s legitimate commercial uses with locals’ recreational rights. However she said it is ‘perhaps disappointing’ that the justices did not address the general question of whether registration as a green should be barred if to do so would criminalise the owners prior activities.  The land at issue is far...

Plans for outdoor gym at Stroud Green Latest planning application from West Berkshire Council John Herring PLANS for an outdoor gym on Stroud Green have been submitted. West Berkshire Council has applied to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to work on the green. The council has applied to install outdoor adult gym equipment occupying approximately 400 sq m close to Racecourse Road. The area will not be fenced. As Stroud Green is a common, consent is needed under sec...