Issue - meetings

To receive an information report from the Director of Culture, Communities and Business Services. Hampshire County Council is the Commons Registration Authority (‘CRA’) for the purpose of exercising functions under the Commons Act 2006. In 2016, an application was made under section 19 of the 2006 Act by the freeholder of Blackbushe Airport, to deregister common rights recorded on the section of Yateley Common (CL 24) on which the Airport stands. The application relates to an area of approximately 115 acres of registered common land.

The Committee received an information item regarding common land at Blackbushe airport (item 8 in the minute book).

The officer summarised the history of the land and application, which was due to go to a hearing in April, where the Hampshire County Council were remaining in a neutral position regarding the outcome. As there was no precedence for the case, there was significance at a national level. The County Council planned on attending the hearing to ensure that key legal points upon which the application hinges received comprehensive consideration at the inquiry, particularly given the implications for other applications which the County Council (as the Commons Registration Authority) is likely to receive in the future.

Members were happy with the report and update.