Commentary on Sections Schedule 2: Modification or discharge of affordable housing requirements: related amendments Section 14: Registration of town or village green: reduction of section 15(3)(c) period
71.Section 14 amends section 15(3)(c) of the Commons Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”) in relation to land in England so as to reduce the period within which a town or village green application can be made (after the requisite 20 years of recreational use “as of right” has ceased) from two years to one year.
72.Section 14 contains a restatement of the existing law applicable to Wales. It does not amend the law applicable to Wales.