The Countryside and Rights of Way Panel of Staffordshire Council is scheduled to meet to discuss an application to register land in Falmouth as a village green, as well as a report relating to an application to record a public right of way.

Falmouth Village Green Application

The panel is scheduled to discuss a report regarding an application to register land at Falmouth as a village green. The application, NVG 35, was made under section 13 of the Commons Act 2006¹. The application was submitted to Staffordshire County Council on 28 July 2023. The applicant asserts that a significant number of inhabitants of the locality, or of a neighbourhood within the locality, have indulged in lawful sports and pastimes on the land for a minimum of 20 years. They also assert that they continue to do so, and have the right to do so.

The report pack includes Appendix C Inspectors report NVG35, which is the Planning Inspector’s report, and also NVG 35 - Appendix A_Redacted and Appendix B redacted - compressed.

Public Right of Way application

The panel is scheduled to discuss a report relating to an application to record a public right of way. The application was made under section 53 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981². The report pack includes a s.53 report 1, as well as several appendices: Appendix A redacted 1, Appendix B 1, Appendix C- user evidence forms redacted, Appendix C- user evidence plans redacted and Appendix Di redacted.