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Commons registration forms and fees

What form to fill in, how much to pay, and how to pay, for different applications under the Commons Act 2006.

Every application under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006 must be made in writing on a form provided by the Secretary of State for an application of that type, signed by every applicant or their representative and posted to:

Commons Registration Service
Lady Gillford's House
Petteril Bank Road
Carlisle
CA1 3AJ

If you want to amend the rights section of the register, we will need a separate application for each entry to be amended, the exception being when the same set of rights is exercisable over multiple commons.

How to pay

Some applications have a fee, these are stated in each form.

We accept payments by cheque made out to Westmorland and Furness Council (Please note that for any applications received after 31 March, cheques should be made payable to Cumberland Council). If you prefer to pay by debit or credit card, or BACS, you can request to be invoiced instead. 

Please provide your full name, address, phone number and email address (if you wish to receive your invoice by email).

Download the relevant commons registration form

Creating a new right of common (CA1)

Use the CA1 form if you want to:

  • create a right of common resulting in the registration of new common land - no fee
  • create a right of common over existing common land - fee is £272.80

Fill in the creating a new right of common form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to Section 6 of the 2006 Act.

Changing a right of common (CA2)

Use the CA2 form if you want to:

  • variation a right of common - fee is £272.80
  • variation a right of common resulting in the registration of new common land - no fee

Fill in the changing a right of common form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 7 of the Commons Act 2006.

Sharing a right of common (CA3)

Use the CA3 form if you want to apportion a right of common. This costs £272.80

Fill in the sharing a right of common form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 8 of the Commons Act 2006.

Attaching a right of common to a property (CA4)

Use the CA4 form if you want to attach a right of common to a property. There is no fee.

Fill in the attach a right of common to a property form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us.

This relates to section 10 of the Commons Act 2006.

Reallocating of a right of common (CA5)

Use the CA5 form if you want to re-allocate attached rights. There is a fee of £272.80.

Fill in the reallocating of a right of common form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 11 of the Commons Act 2006.

Transfer of a right of common in gross (CA6)

Use the CA6 form if you want to transfer a right of common in gross. There is a fee of £110.70

Fill in the transfer of a right of common in gross form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 12 of the Commons Act 2006.

Surrender and extinguish a right of common (CA7)

Use the CA7 form if you want to surrender and extinguish a right of common. There is a fee of £221.10.

Fill in the surrender and extinguish a right of common form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 13 of the Commons Act 2006.

Statutory disposition (CA8)

Use the CA8 form if you want to extinguish or transfer common land or town or village green and any rights of common on the land where it has been acquired by a ‘relevant instrument’. Including the exchange of land for land subject to a statutory disposition 

There is a fee of £409.20.

Fill in the statutory disposition form (GOV.UK)

Send your completed form to us with the fee, if applicable.

This relates to section 14 (paragraph 8) of the Commons Act 2006.

Register a town or village green (CA9)

Register a town or village green

This relates to section 15 (1 and 8) of the Commons Act 2006.

Correcting a mistake in the register (CA10)

Use form CA10 and send payment for the amount indicated if you want to:

  • request a correction, for the purpose of section 19(2)(a) of the 2006 Act (of a mistake made by the registration authority) and 19 (2)(c) removing a duplicate entry from the register - no fee
  • request a correction, for a purpose described in section 19(2)(b), or (e) - fee of £272.80
  • request a correction, for a purpose described in section 19(2)(d) - fee of £47.30

Fill in the correcting a mistake in the register form (GOV.UK)

This relates to section 19 of the Commons 2006 Act.

Severance of a right of common by transfer to a public body (CA11)

Use the CA11 form if you want to severance by transfer to public bodies. There's a fee of £220.

Fill in the severance by transfer to public bodies form (GOV.UK)

This relates to schedule 1, paragraph1(6)(b), to the Commons Act 2006.

Severance of a right of common by order (CA12)

Use the CA12 form if you want to severance authorised by order. There's a fee of £220.

Fill in the severance authorised by order form (GOV.UK)

This relates to schedule 1, paragraph 3 (7)(b), to the Commons Act 2006.

Non-registration or mistaken registration under the Commons Registration Act 1965 (CA13)

Fill out form CA13 and send payment for the amount indicated for:

  • non-registration of common land or town or village green - no fee
  • waste land of a manor not registered as common land - no fee
  • a town or village green wrongly registered as common land - no fee
  • deregistration of certain land registered as common land or as a town or village green - there's a fee of £1355

Fill in the CA13 form (GOV.UK)

This relates to schedule 2, paragraph 2 to 9, of the Commons Act 2006.

Registering historic events (CA14)

Fill out form CA14 and send payment for the amount indicated if you want to:

  • creation of a right of common - the fee is £519
  • surrender or extinguishment of a right of common - the fee is £273
  • vary a right of common - the fee is £487
  • apportion a right of common to facilitate any other purpose - the fee is £432
  • request a severance of a right of common - the fee is £273
  • transfer a right in gross - the fee is £273
  • request a statutory disposition, including the exchange of land for land subject to a statutory disposition - the fee is £487

Fill in the CA14 form (GOV.UK)

This relates to schedule 3, paragraph 2, to the Commons Act 2006: application made during the transitional application period.

Declaring your entitlement to a right of common (CA15)

Fill out form CA15 and send payment for the amount indicated if you want to declare entitlement to exercise a right of common - the fee is £72.

Fill in the declare entitlement to exercise a right of common form (GOV.UK)

This relates to regulation 43 of the Commons Registration (England) Regulations 2014.