Commons Registration Fees

Please note: every application under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 must be made in writing on a form provided by the Secretary of State for an application of that type, signed by every applicant or their representative and posted to Commons Registration Service, Lady Gillford's House, Petteril Bank Road, Carlisle, CA1 3AJ.

Please note: for any applications seeking to amend the rights section of the register, we require a separate application for each entry to be amended, the exception being when the same set of rights is exercisable over multiple commons.

Fees charged by the Commons Registration Service. Please make cheques payable to Cumbria County Council.
Form	Purpose of application	Fee	Fee from 1 April 2021
Form CA16	Landowner Statement / Declaration under Section 15A (Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013)	£296	£304
CON29O	Q22. Search to determine if land / property is affected by Common Land or Village Green.	£24 + VAT	£25 + VAT
Register Search	Search of Common Land registers for grazing rights.	£24	£25
Land Search	Search of Common Land and Village Green record maps to determine if land or property is affected by registered Common Land or Town or Village Green.	£24	£25
Certified Copies	Copies of the Common Land or Town / Village Green Register.	£12	£13
Copies of Maps	Copies of legal map records / interpretation plans.	£6	£7

Fees for applications made under the Commons Act 2006
Provision under, or for the purposes for which, the application is made	Purpose of application	Fee	Fee (from 1 April 2021)	Application Form
Section 6 of the 2006 Act	Creation of a right of common resulting in the registration of new common land	no fee	no fee	CA1
Section 6 of the 2006 Act	Creation of a right of common over existing common land	£232	£239	CA1
Section 7 of the 2006 Act	Variation of a right of common	£232	£239	CA2
Section 7 of the 2006 Act	Variation of a right of common resulting in the registration of new common land.	no fee	no fee	CA2
Section 8 of the 2006 Act	Apportionment of a right of common	£232	£239	CA3
Section 10 of the 2006 Act	Attachment of a right of common	no fee	no fee	CA4
Section 11 of the 2006 Act	Re-allocation of attached rights	£232	£239	CA5
Section 12 of the 2006 Act	Transfer of a right in gross	£94	£97	CA6
Section 13 of the 2006 Act	Surrender or extinguishment of a right of common	£188	£193	CA7
Schedule 4, paragraph 8	Statutory disposition pursuant to section 14 of the 2006 Act (including the exchange of land for land subject to a statutory disposition)	£348	£358	CA8
Section 15(1) of the 2006 Act	Registration of a new town or village green other than by the owner	no fee	no fee	CA9
Section 15(8) of the 2006 Act	Registration of a new town or village green by the owner	no fee	no fee	CA9
Section 19 of the 2006 Act	Correction, for the purpose of section 19(2)(a) (of a mistake made by the registration authority) and 19 (2)(c) removing a duplicate entry from the register.	no fee	no fee	CA10
Section 19 of the 2006 Act	Correction, for a purpose described in section 19(2)(b), or (e)	£232	£239	CA10
Section 19 of the 2006 Act	Correction, for a purpose described in section 19(2)(d)	£39	£41	CA10
Schedule 1, paragraph1(6)(b), to the 2006 Act	Severance by transfer to public bodies	£187	£192	CA11
Schedule 1, paragraph 3(7)(b), to the 2006 Act	Severance authorised by order	£187	£192	CA12
Schedule 2, paragraph 2 or 3, to the 2006 Act	Non-registration of common land or town or village green	no fee	no fee	CA13
Schedule 2, paragraph 4, to the 2006 Act	Waste land of a manor not registered as common land	no fee	no fee	CA13
Schedule 2, paragraph 5, to the 2006 Act	Town or village green wrongly registered as common land	no fee	no fee	CA13
Schedule 2, paragraphs 6 - 9, to the 2006 Act	Deregistration of certain land registered as common land or as a town or village green	£1156	£1187	CA13
Schedule 3, paragraph 2, to the 2006 Act: application made during the transitional application period	Creation of a right of common	£442	£454	CA14
	Surrender or extinguishment of a right of common	£232	£239
	Variation of a right of common	£415	£426
	Apportionment of a right of common (to facilitate any other purpose)	£368	£378
	Severance of a right of common	£232	£239
	Transfer of a right in gross	£232	£239
	Statutory disposition (including the exchange of land for land subject to a statutory disposition)	£415	£426
Regulation 43	Declaration of entitlement to exercise a right of common	£60	£62	CA15