Town and Village Greens

Hartlepool Borough Council is the registration authority for common land and town and village greens in Hartlepool.

As a Commons Registration Authority we are responsible for maintaining the registers of common land and town & village greens, this includes the registration of 'new' village greens.

DEFRA have produced a number of guides for people thinking about making an application to register land as common land or as a town or village green. The guidance can be found here. The Open Spaces Society also offers guidance and assistance for residents looking to make an application to register land as town or village green. Their web site can be found here.

There is no fee to make an application to register land as town or village green. The application can be downloaded from here:

CA9: Section 15 - Application for the registration of a town or village green

Applications for the registration of new town or village greens in Hartlepool

Details of current applications including the notices, objections and any response to objections are set out below:

VG001: Hart Village Field, Hart Village

VG002: Spenser Grove/Dickens Grove

VG003: Spenser Grove/Dickens Grove (Voluntary Application)

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