Off airfield landings (Commons etc..)
This may be a silly question, but who (if anyone) do you have to get permission from to land on Commons, and open expanses of land in the Dales, Moors, Peaks, Pennines etc.. where the land is not privately owned and not part of a nature reserve - Local councils?
I remember being asked to land on a common in Bakewell (near sheffield) and through lack of understanding on who to contact, and lack of time to enquire on the matter I phoned a nearby farmer who was happy to let me land for free in his field, but it just occurred to me that I never got to the bottom of it... I seem to recall phoning the local council and they had no idea what I was on about...
Also what is the most straight forward way of finding out who owns an area of land if there are no buildings or people in close vicinity with local knowledge. I suspect this is not simple to answer and is circumstantial, with no quick solution...
Cheers