A meeting is scheduled for the 8 June at 8pm (Agenda extracted from the PC website – it can be viewed below).
Item 5 on the Agenda explains that the PC has “taken possession – squatted” on a parcel of land and plan to manage it. This will come at a cost to the council, which in turn means us, the parishioners. It will need to be fenced, gated and secured, plus insured and then ultimately managed.
I am sure the meeting will outline the reasoning, the cost and the future plans for the land, all on the assumption that the PC can squat on the land as per HM Land Registry’s Practice Guide 4 and case law. I have an explanation on adverse possession here. My only questions would be, who is the legal owner of the land and who managed the land prior to the PC “squat” and therefore does the PC have a case?
ITEM 5 from the Agenda:
5. LAND OFF THE COACH ROAD, DODDINGTON LANE
a) To Resolve to Minute and publish the date on which the Parish Council took control and management of land off the Coach Road, to the west of Doddington Lane, Stubton, with intention to claim adverse possession of the land described above and identified on the image in Appendix 1. The date of possession being noted as 22nd May 2026.
b) To agree, for the time being, for a farmer to mow or graze the field during summer 2026 and/or take hay if he/she wishes, in order to prevent the land becoming unmanageable.
c) To discuss possible uses of the land going forwards.d) To Resolve to secure the land and replace the temporary sign with a permanent sign to make clear the Parish Council’s possession.
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