Parcels of woodland to be accessible to public

The parcels of land sit on the north and south of Banns Road in Mount Hawke

Two parcels of woodland near St Agnes are to be registered as common land, allowing the public to access them.

The 0.6 acres (0.26 hectares) of land at Lower Banns in Mount Hawke, sit on the north and south sides of Banns Road.

The Open Spaces Society (OSS) agreed with the landowners that part of the land was enclosed so was not eligible to be registered as common.

Frances Kerner, from the society, said: "We are delighted that much of the land has been registered as common and that in due course the public shall have the right to walk here."

In 1970, The Ramblers’ Association made an application to register the land as a common but agreed at a hearing with the commons commissioner to withdraw the application.

The Commons Act 2006 enabled the land to become eligible for re-registration, leading the way open for the OSS to make the application to have the land registered as common.

The public has the right to walk on nearly all commons, and to ride on many.