Says Tony Barnett

THERE HAS BEEN, AND AT PRESENT, THERE LIES APPLICATIONS BY SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST, FOR WORKS ON COMMON LANDS, UNDER YOUR PROTECTION (SECTION 9 1965 CRA).

THESE WORKS ARE FOR ENCLOSURE USING STOCK FENCING AND GATES TO ENABLE THE GRAZING OF ANIMALS, NOT LICENSED/REGISTERED, UNDER PARLIAMENTARY LEGISLATION.

EVIDENCE FROM YOUR OFFICES PROVIDES THAT THERE ARE NO COMMONERS RIGHTS ON "CHOBHAM, ELSTEAD,OCKLEY COMMONS", THIS THEN IS COMMON LAND WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS TO ACCESS FOR PUBLIC TO TAKE AIR AND EXERCISE.

SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST, CLAIMS TO HAVE A "WORKING MANAGEMENT CONTRACT" WITH YOUR COUNCIL, WHICH ENABLES THEM TO APPLY FOR CONSENT TO PINS, CLAIMING CONSENT HAS BEEN AFFORDED TO THEM BY THE "OWNERS", SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL.

SUCH CONSENT WOULD, IF LEGAL, CONTAIN YOUR SIGNATURE TO SHOW THE COUNTY COUNCIL HOLD SUCH DOCUMENTS OF PRE REGISTRATION OF TITLES, A CONVEYANCE DOCUMENT AND A COMMON OWNERS REGISTER TO SHOW THAT SURREY COUNCIL HOLD THE COMMON LANDS IN FEE SIMPLE AS FREEHOLD PROPERTY, TO INCLUDE A LAND REGISTRY DOCUMENT, OBTAINED THROUGH DISCLOSURE OF PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.

I HAVE OBTAINED FROM MY INVESTIGATIONS, CONTRARY TO A FURTHER STATEMENT FROM SURREY WILDLIFE TRUST AS HAVING ALSO A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE MOD ESTATES.

THE MOD DO NOT "OWN" ANY COMMON LAND, COMMON LAND CAN AND IS FREQUENTLY "REQUISITIONED FOR MILITARY PURPOSES" BUT THAT DOES NOT AFFORD THE MOD ANY RIGHTS TO ALLOW OR GIVE DEEDS OF EASEMENT WHILST THE LAND IS SO OCCUPIED.

APPLICATIONS TO THE MOD FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION FOR DISCLOSURE HAS NOT BEEN MET, AND CANNOT.

TO THIS END, I NOW MAKE THIS MY APPLICATION FOR YOURSELF, ON BEHALF OF SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL, TO DISCLOSE DOCUMENTATION TO SHOW LOCUS STAN-DI, OTHER THAN YOUR REMIT TO PROTECT COMMON LANDS UNDER YOUR JURISDICTION, AFFORDED UNDER SECTION 9 OF THE 1965 COMMONS REGISTRATION ACT BY THE COMMONS COMMISSIONER.