A lot of the moors are common land which have restrict rules about their use. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commo

A lot of the moors are common land which have restrict rules about their use. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_land If you remove a piece of common land then it must be replaced with something of an equal size. It also requires Secretary of State approval for lots of things relating to commons.