RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

• Access to Open Countryside

• Rights of Way

• Land Management Practices and Economics

• Rural Development and Environment Policy

• Woodland/Forestry

• Environmental Assessments

• Common Land and Town/Village Greens

• Expert Witness

• Project Management

Ken's CV: Common Land and Town/Village Greens

Home
About
Projects
- Access
- Agriculture
- Environment
- Rural Land
CV
Associates
Clients
Contact Us

:For the last 40 years, successive governments have considered the possibility of reform of the law relating to common land.

Ken was involved in evaluating the impact of the proposals, as technical project manager of a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) completed for Defra.

He also undertook a review of data about common land and completed partial RIAs of proposals for new legislation (one affecting common land, a second affecting town and village greens).

Following the change in procedures, a significant proportion of applications to register greens have failed and Ken is part of a team working for Defra to explore the circumstances. At a practical level, he advised English Nature (now amalgamated with the Countryside Agency and parts of the Rural Development Agency into Natural England) on common land law and how it might affect their options for managing common land of high nature conservation value.

Working with PAA Ltd, he has also helped devise management plans for areas of commonland in the Midlands and North West England.

Contact us at:

k.taylor@asken.co.uk