allotment rent increase 2011

julieewright · 9 January 2011 at 8:03AM

hi fellow allotmenteers. nottingham city council has just informed us to expect a rent increase in 2012 that will quadruple our current rental. this seems excessive to me, but i have no idea what the average rent is across the uk. what are your allotment rents?

squack · 9 January 2011 at 9:36AM

sounds excessive... we pay £25 per year

tsstss7 · 9 January 2011 at 10:24AM

I currently pay 35 for half an allotment and a rubbish shed. they are also talking about quadrupling our fees while also selling off allotment land and saying they are subsiding us !!! (they can't use sale funds for this apparantly) pretty angry about it actually.

[Deleted User] · 9 January 2011 at 11:44AM

35 for 10 x 150 feet plot. Private and part of a field. Water supplied and that is all. Gorgeous quiet site with stunning views so very worth it for the recreation value

jellymid · 9 January 2011 at 2:17PM

£11 for 5m x 25m, including water, last year. I haven't heard yet this year, though.

1jim · 9 January 2011 at 2:43PM

I guess it depends what you paid last year, if it was £1 and now will be £4 then Id be happy, If you paid £50 and now woul be £200 Id be miffed. We paid £60ish last year in South Notts

ermitsme · 9 January 2011 at 3:12PM

North East Lincs.
Carr Lane.
Grimsby.
Size 0.250 Rood.
Water £15:40p.
Rent £43:93p
This includes a 50 % reduction for being over 60.

cootambear · 9 January 2011 at 4:42PM

someones got to subsidise the banks

Linda32 · 9 January 2011 at 7:39PM

Hi,

We're in Leicester and rent of the local parish council (if that makes any difference)

I'm sure we have a full plot, for which we pay £17.50 a year. Its gone up from £14.50 over the last 5 years. So not a great lot by any means.

We pay for water, which could never be covered by the amount collected from all the plots as its a small size, so must be covered by the council as well.

angelavdavis · 9 January 2011 at 11:00PM

I have a 9 rod plot and pay £35 per year which includes £22.50 water rates and a full and associate membership to the allotment society. I am in East Sussex.

Poosmate · 9 January 2011 at 11:47PM

I'm sure there was a thread on this last year. I'll try to dig it out.

Excuse the pun, wasn't intentional!

Poo

ETA:

Aahh, here it is (from October last year):

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2767078&highlight=allotment+price+hike&page=2

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