It is quite possible for developers of land for houses or offices etc to dedicate to the public snippets of land on the edges of their completed developments. It was invariably (in my experience) land which was outside the physical boundary marker (wall or fence) but still within the legal boundary and hence ownership of the developer. It was often paved etc and looked like a public footway.
If the dedication was accepted by the highway authority it was henceforth treated as publicly owned land and maintained within the highway. (An area of such land which is not dedicated is often marked by a brass strip inset into the pavement. A line of brass studs could be used as an alternative but I have not come upon them.)
But I stray away from common land into what is usually an urban phenomenon. The point of this post is "Would it not be great if more individuals and organisations could be persuaded to give or dedicate land as common land?"
This post was prompted by a Written Answer (Hansard 10 Feb 2011 column 375W) which was in fact about voluntary dedications by registration of land as village greens by local councils. It made me think about "lost commons" and the creation of new commons!
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