Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 52 - Temporary use of allotment land - Nov 2012 APPENDIX (MS Word, 78 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 53 - Protection of Common Land (PDF, 74 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 54 - Protection of Ownerless Common Land[1] (MS Word, 70 Kb)

Revised LTN October 2016 - Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 55 - Adverse possession claims (PDF, 47 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team - updated August 2015

• 56 - The provision of play and sports equipment on village greens (revised August 2015) (PDF, 47 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 57 - Easements over Common Land and Village Greens (PDF, 57 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 58 - Planning revised July 12 (MS Word, 69 Kb)

Revision August 2016 - Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 59 - The Rights of Local Councils to be Notified of Planning Applications and Decisions Revised August 2016 (PDF, 48 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team.

Revised June 2016. The changes identify the interaction of Planning Law and Copyright by setting out the circumstances in which a local council can copy and make publicly available plans submitted as part of a planning application. The LTN now also gives the wording which must be attached by a local council to any copies of plans provided to the public or made available on its website.

Note -Revision July 2016 - Following June 2016 revisions we (NALC legal) have had a few questions which show that there remains some lack of clarity about the copying of planning documents. We have therefore rewritten and clarified paragraphs 4 to 8 of the LTN

• 60 - Copies of planning documents (PDF, 35 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 61 - The Status of Parish Town and Community Councils at Public Inquiries Revised July 12 (MS Word, 71 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 62 - Planning control over agricultural land and buildings revised July 12 (MS Word, 93 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 63 - Planning and Building Control Enforcement (MS Word, 69 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 64 - Tombstones and Memorials (PDF, 53 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 65 - Closed churchyards and disused burial grounds (PDF, 54 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 66 - Nuisance (Public and Statutory) (PDF, 47 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 67 - Nuisance (Private) (MS Word, 73 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team revised in February 2017 for format and clarity, some minor typographical errors have also been amended.

• 68 - Negligence (PDF, 54 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

Anti-social behaviour covers a wide range of day-to-day incidents from litter and vandalism, to public drunkenness or noisy or abusive neighbours which can cause misery, either to an individual or the wider community. To provide better protection for victims and communities, the government introduced the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 which aims to provide simpler, more effective powers to tackle anti-social behaviour. This LTN looks to the powers within the new Act and its focus on holistic and cohesive partnership working within local communities.

• 69 - ASBOs and Harassment - amended July 2016 (PDF, 62 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 70 - The Local Environment (PDF, 53 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 71 - Naming and numbering of streets (MS Word, 48 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 72 - Highways (PDF, 51 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

Legal Topic Note 73 (Community Governance Reviews (England)) has been revised to include changes made to community governance reviews by the Legislative Reform (Community Governance Reviews) Order 2015. The 2015 Order:

• reduces the number of signatures required for a valid community governance petitions (see paragraph 10)
• introduces a community governance application (see paragraph 12)
• reduces the time for completing a CGR (see paragraph17)

• 73 - Community Governance Reviews (PDF, 84 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 74 - Names and styles of parish councils (MS Word, 95 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 75 - Lease Negotiations (PDF, 149 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 76 - Energy Performance Requirements (PDF, 42 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 77- Public Rights of Way - revised June 2014 (PDF, 77 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

• 78 - Equality Act 2010 - amended Jan 2013 (PDF, 125 Kb)

Legal Topic note produced by the National Association of Local Councils Legal Team

Legal Topic Note (LTN) 79: Staff Pensions has been updated

a) (December 2015). It includes reference to postponing/delaying implementation (paragraph 14), safeguarding individuals (paragraph 15)and re-enrolment (paragraph 17)

b) (May 2016). Updated to confirm that the earnings criteria for "eligible jobholders", "non-eligible jobholders" and "entitled workers" remain unchanged for 2016/2017.

• 79 - Staff Pensions - revised May 2016 (PDF, 73 Kb)