Private shared green spaces are obviously shite, hand it over entirely, as common grounds, to the council ffs and have it done with
Private shared green spaces are obviously shite, hand it over entirely, as common grounds, to the council ffs and have it done with
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Fluffgar@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 29d
I realise I often have a different perspective on this than many but, if no-one is using it why not let it grow wild? Bees and butterflies will be thankful.
Womble@piefed.world · 9 pts · 29d
Yup, looks vastly better than freshly mown green concrete. Just needs more wildflowers mixing in and trimming back from the edges of the paths a few times a year.
icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 29d
"Handing it over to the council" is a non-starter. They will either refuse to take over responsibility for the area (if it's not big enough to develop) or will take ownership and then promptly sell it to a developer.
Olap@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 29d
The developer would have exploited it already if it could. Have a read
https://www.lawscot.org.uk/members/journal/issues/vol-68-issue-02/common-good-ancient-status-and-modern-law/
Highland council could easily add this to it's common good land if it wanted
icanbrewmushrooms@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 29d
Aye, "if it wanted". I don't have any experience with Highland Council , but I know that Glasgow City Council routinely refuses to take responsibility for any land that it can't profit from, and I doubt they're alone in that
linzid83@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 28d
My local authority have left lots of these wild spaces and they are great! We do it in our garden and have loads of differing insects that come to visit. It is amazing! All our neighbours hate it though. 😒
Olap@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 28d
The article reads like it is a sort of park for the kids? As I agree, wild spaces are fewer and farther between and we need more, not less