I believe ‘Who Owns England?’ to be an important book, presenting complex issues in an accessible way, not just for those working in our industry, but to anyone with an interest in how land our country is owned and used, which I truly think should be all of us. Hugh parts of England are simply too pleasant to be fenced off by private landowners. I also believe on a human level we should all have the right to access the countryside of our home country. This would allow us as land referencers to get a more complete picture of land ownership in an areaĮxtend the right to roam to all uncultivated land: This would bring benefits to our industry, making the planning and completion of site visits must simpler. Set up a public register of trusts: Ensure information regarding the trusts set up by wealthy landowners is publicly available.

This would take the form of a public body tasked with investigating and reporting on all manner of land and land reform issues. Set up an independent Land Commission: England has an opportunity here to follow the example set by Scotland, where a land commission was set up in 2017. HMLR currently aim to do this by 2030, but no specific action is being taken to reach this goal, and it is still nearly a decade away He wrote Who Owns England: How We Lost Our Green and Pleasant Land, and How to Take It Back. End the secrecy around land ownership information: Complete the Land Registry, filling in the gaps which currently appear in the map as unregistered land. Guy Shrubsole is a British researcher, writer and campaigner.

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