A VILLAGE green has recently been registered by a members of a mid-Pembrokeshire residents association.

The Lambston Parish Residents’ Association in Camrose community is celebrating the registration of an open space in Sutton as a village green.

The one-acre site, just to the west of Haverfordwest, has been enjoyed by local people for informal recreation and social events for decades.

Since the owner is not known, the Lambston residents organised volunteer days on the land, to clear the scrub and remove dumped rubbish.

With advice from the Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest national conservation body, the group decided to register the land as a village green to confirm the rights of local people to enjoy informal recreation there and to protect it from development.

The group gathered evidence from local people who had enjoyed the land for 20 years without challenge or permission.

It submitted the forms to Pembrokeshire County Council.

The council advertised the application and there were no objections.

The land was confirmed as a green in March 2018.

Charles Mathieson, who led the campaign to register the land said: “This is a nice example of a very small community organisation being able to make a long-term improvement in village facilities without the need for capital funding.

“We did it with volunteer involvement, local support and a good deal of persistence. We are grateful for the advice and help of the Open Spaces Society, the county council and Camrose Community Council.”

For more information about the Open Spaces Society visit oss.org.uk