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Village green application withdrawn by parish council

A PARISH council has withdrawn its bid to register an area of land as village green.

Rountons Parish Council decided not to go ahead after it discovered that a report by a North Yorkshire County Council officer urged the county's committee for Hambleton to reject the bid.

The parish council wanted to register a piece of land between White House Farm and Chestnut House, in West Rounton, near Northallerton, under section 15 (2) of the Commons Act 2006.

It said the land adjoins the northern boundary of the existing green and has been used by generations of villagers.

The act stipulates land must be used by a significant number of residents for lawful sports and pastimes for at least 20 years up ...

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