Great Britain - Village green case study
The reasons for the developer's concern are, as follows:
- There is evidence of worn paths crossing the site indicating that members of the public have used this in the past.
- Two hundred local residents were contacted in connection with the planning permission and the majority of these raised very strong objections to the proposed development. A group of local residents have set up an action group and have started a petition against the development.
- There are no fences or signs around the site indicating that this is private land and therefore nothing to stop the local residents using this for recreation.