Sale of allotments

jamanda · 30 March 2014 at 4:31PM

Eric Pickles is trying to allow councils to discard their allotment obligations and sell them off. E petition is below if you are interested in signing it.
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/61225

PlymouthMaid · 30 March 2014 at 5:10PM

Will have a look. That would be a shameful thing to do and we will never get them back. Waiting lists are very long these days and more and more people are getting disconnected from the earth and food production. Grr

SailorSam · 30 March 2014 at 5:26PM

I haven't got an allotment but a lot of people are glad of them so i've signed.

Mamabear · 31 March 2014 at 12:49PM

Thanks OP, I've signed too.

ukmaggie45 · 31 March 2014 at 1:28PM

Thanks for that, Jamanda! We only got our lottie last summer, would be really sad to lose it. Though Liverpool has recently opened some new allotments, so hopefully the council is supportive. I've signed and will pass it on.

savemoney · 31 March 2014 at 9:08PM

Signed I waited 4 1/2 years for a allotment and only just got it spent a small fortune on it so far getting a new shed, wood, equipment and fencing/plants.

Allotments give a lot of pleasure to people. The encourage exercise, fresh air ans enrich peoples lives along with encouraging wildlife especially insects

safestored4 · 31 March 2014 at 9:22PM

Would you care to provide a link for your assertion that Eric Pickles is trying to allow councils to discard their allotment obligations. It may be true but I have carried out a search and cannot find any evidence of this.

djohn2002uk · 31 March 2014 at 10:21PM

http://www.planningresource.co.uk/article/1192231/pickles-faces-high-court-challenge-allotments-decision

http://www.watfordlabour.org.uk/save-farm-terrace.html

savemoney · 20 April 2014 at 11:14AM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/10774314/Allotments-being-sold-off-for-development-despite-government-pledges.html

The sell off is happening already

thepennyfarthings · 20 April 2014 at 1:13PM

I have signed, thanks for starting this thread jamanda.

wellused · 22 April 2014 at 4:11PM

I see that the 40% of the land will be used for a hospital and that the council will house the residents on other sites and that the council are vowing to spend £800,000 on allotment sites around the city but as I don't come from Watford and so won't benefit from this and as I am supportive all council allotment sites I will sign the petition.

Sale of allotments

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