Decision details

In 2017 Hampshire County Council, in its capacity as commons registration authority for Hampshire, received an application under Section 15 of the Commons Act 2006, for the registration of land at Victoria Square, Lee-on-the-Solent, as a town or village green. The application, which was submitted by Lee Residents Association, sought to register the land on the basis that it had been used by a significant number of the inhabitants of the locality for lawful sports and pastimes for at least twenty years and which continued up until the time of the application was submitted (see Appendix 1 for a location map).
Following the advertisement of the application, a statement of objections was received from the Diocese of Portsmouth, which owns the application land. Following consideration of the objections, the applicant subsequently confirmed that they wished to withdraw their application.
Having considered the Applicants’ request to withdraw the application, along with all other available information, officers consider that it is reasonable for the request to be accepted.