Bleeh Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 To Ferret Common land without permission? (Using nets). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezbear Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 No, you need permission off the local council Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 you can graze your animals there if it is common land! A lot of common land is actually owned by the church so it is a good question Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubby Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 also most common land has by laws, so apart from not having permission,, Im sure one of the bylaws says "no digging" as that stops metal detectorists, but it'll also stop you from retreaving a ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayman Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Your council has a Commons Registration Authority who is responsible for maintaining the Registers of Common Land and Village Greens. There, the land you want to ferret or any other activity will be listed if it has common rights on it. Most common land is in fact in private ownership of some kind, its simply that ancient rights exist on the land. These rights are held by persons known as "commoners". Their entitlement to gather firewood, run pigs, walk the land, hunt etc are all defined in the Council's register. You can ferret if: You are a commoner. Commoners rights on the land include ferreting. You can be a commoner by virtue of heredity rights, place you live, employment or any number of defined ways - but UNLESS you are: A commoner within the registered definitions AND those definitions include the activity then anything you do is trespass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumpersniper Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 you can only graze a common if you have commener rights which specifies the number of sheep/cattle you can graze there, so i think its more of a co-op than a common, probably applies to ferreting too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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