Common Land Stakeholder Working Group
In November 2002, Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government established a Stakeholder Working Group - in line with the commitment in section 5 of the Common Land Policy Statement 2002 - to help develop in greater detail proposals for the agricultural use and management of common land. This page contains the final report to Government of the Working Group, and the papers and minutes of the four meetings of the Working Group, which took place between November 2002 and March 2003. The Government subsequently consulted on the basis of the final report.
- Final report of the Working Group
(213 KB) (16 April 2003) - Defra information bulletin 144/03 (16 April 2003)
- Organisations invited to be represented on the Working Group are shown below.
| Association of National Park Authorities Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales Cornwall Commoners Association Council for the Protection of Rural England Country Land and Business Association Countryside Agency Countryside Council for Wales Crown Estate Cumbria Upland Management Group Dartmoor Commoners’ Council Edward Harris and Sons English Nature Farmers’ Union of Wales Gower Commoners’ Association Halkyn Graziers’ and Commoners’ Association Jeffreys and Powell (Solicitors) |
Moorland Association National Association of Local Councils National Farmers Union National Sheep Association National Trust Open Spaces Society Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Rural Development Service Wales and the Marches Common Land Working Group Welsh Local Government Association West Berkshire Council (Greenham & Crookham Commons) Wildlife Trusts The Secretariat comprises representation from Defra and the Welsh Assembly Government. |
Fourth meeting
The fourth meeting of the Working Group took place on 27 February 2003. The following papers are available:
- Agenda (6 KB)
- Paper 4/15: draft report of the stakeholder working group (owing to technical difficulties, the formating of this paper may differ from the paper circulated to the meeting) (96 KB)
- Paper 4/16: comments received from members on papers 13 and 14(23 KB)
- Minutes (31 KB)
Third meeting
The third meeting of the Working Group took place on 21 January 2003. The following papers are available:
- Agenda (6 KB)
- Paper 3/9: taking forward work on commons associations (28 KB)
- Paper 3/10: other advisory and management bodies (17 KB)
- Paper 3/11: last resort powers for the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales (25 KB)
- Paper 3/12: lending and leasing rights of common (26 KB)
- Paper 3/13: lapse and extinguishment of rights (29 KB)
- Paper 3/14: live registers (17 KB)
- Minutes (26 KB)
Second meeting
The second meeting of the Working Group took place on 9 December 2002. The following papers are available:
- Agenda (13 KB)
- Paper 2/3: taking forward work on commons associations (27 KB)
- Paper 2/4: other advisory and management bodies (18 KB)
- Paper 2/5: the interface between agri-environment project officers and commons associations (22 KB)
- Paper 2/6: protection of minority interests (14 KB) (with minor correction)
- Paper 2/7: problems with the agricultural management of commons (33 KB)
- Paper 2/8: livestock production subsidy schemes and cross-compliance provisions (27 KB)
- Minutes (19 KB)
First meeting
The first meeting of the Working Group took place on 4 November 2002. The following papers are available:
- Agenda (14 KB)
- Paper 1/1: purpose of the exercise (including terms of reference) (22 KB)
- Paper 1/2: commons associations (31 KB)
- Minutes (28 KB)
Page last modified:
26 May 2006
Page published: 5 February 2003