The Law Reports (Chancery Division)
[2011] Ch 363
Court of Appeal
Leeds Group plc
v
Leeds City Council
Regina (Leeds Group plc)
v
Leeds City Council
[2010] EWCA Civ 1438
2010 Nov 24,
25;
Dec 20
Arden, Sullivan, Tomlinson LJJ
Commons— Town or village green— Registration— Application for registration of land as town or village green— Owner of part of land objecting to registration— Registration authority holding non-statutory public inquiry— Inspector recommending registration on basis of use by inhabitants of two “neighbourhoods”— Registration authority accepting recommendation and registering land as town or village green— Whether “neighbourhood” capable of meaning two or more neighbourhoods— Whether land registrable as town or village green on basis of user by inhabitants of more than one neighbourhood—
Commons Registration Act 1965 (c 64), s 22(1A) (as inserted by Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c 37), s 98(3))