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Foundation attends Public Inquiry to hear MOD's attempt to deregister Hilton, Murton, Burton and Warcop Fells

14 Sep 2018: We attended the first day of the Public Inquiry into the application by the Ministry of Defence to deregister 10,000 acres of common land in the... read more
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Beating the bounds of Gidleigh Common - Dartmoor

3 Sep 2018: Every 7 years the boundary of Gidleigh Common is walked and the marked boundary stones are re-found and cleaned. Adrian Coulston attended and... read more

Invitation to tender: Our Common Cause Project: Social Cohesion & Culture Study

25 Jul 2018: The Foundation for Common Land and its partners in the Our Common Cause Project wish to appoint a consultant to work with freelance project staff and... read more

Proposal to test and trial future Environmental Land Management Schemes on commons

2 Jul 2018: Last Friday we submitted a proposal to Defra to test and trial: 1) test how future Environmental Land Management schemes will work on commons; i.e.... read more

FCL's response to Health & Harmony Consultation

11 May 2018: To read FCL's response to the Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit  consultation, open the... read more

Invitation to tender: Fundraising support to the Our Common Cause Project

23 Apr 2018: As part of the development phase of the Our Common Cause Project which is running between January 2018 and October 2019 there is a requirement to... read more
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Better outcomes on upland commons

  • Our Common Cause - Our Upland Commons
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16 Sep 2018: @Ruralpay are updating the maps for #commonland Some, but not all of of...
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Stories from your common

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  • SHORT HISTORY OF DITCHLING COMMON AND TENANTRY DOWN
  • Black Fell Common, Caton-with-Littledale, Lancashire
  • Allendale and Hexhamshire, Northumberland
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