"mogga" wrote ...
Are theer any examples of self-managed allotment leases?
Just having a read of what the council want for ours and I don't know
why they call it self-managed as they retain control of maintenance of
trees, that the council must give express consent for any alterations
of buildings, plots, layout, that the council get lists of who's on
the waiting lists, they can inspect at least 3 times a year, etc.

I can see the point in making the allotment group responsbile for
insurance - public liability and buildings insurance where there are
buildings, but if everything else they still have to ask permission
for then it's hardly being self-managed and it's just taking any
burden of funding away from the council.

Or am I just suspicious of the council?

From my own experience I think you are always sensible to treat anything any
Council does with suspicion. Their motives may not be the same as yours and
they can have a very long-term agenda that is not always apparent.
The best way to deal with them is to spend some time and get involved
yourself. As a member of the public you are allowed to sit and listen at
most Council meetings. I've been the only member of the public, indeed the
only person, in the Public Gallery on a number of occasions when important
local issues have been discussed, not even any Press!

So they want you to take on the cost responsibility for Insurance but what
else? They may insist they are consulted but who will pay for
fences/paths/security/damage repair.......etc?
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Regards
Bob Hobden
just W. of London