"shazzbat" wrote

We received a letter today from the estate agents who administer our
allotment site on behalf of the owners, that the site is to be sold, by
private treaty and informal tender. So after nearly 100 years of gardening,
it looks like our plot will soon be housing. I can't see anyone wanting to
buy it and keep it as allotments.

www.savills.co.uk/canfordportfolio refers. Lot 1g is the allotment site,
just in case you want to save us.

The new owners will apparently have to give us 12 months notice, but the
sale is expected to be completed in autumn of this year. So we're on
borrowed time.

You need to find out if it's Statutory Allotment Land because that gives you
some protection in law and they will need Dept of the Environment permission
to change use and they are not a pushover. In any event they need Council
permission for change of use but they can be a pushover where housing and
more tax income is concerned.
Ever thought of clubbing together and buying it?
If you form a club you may get grants to help purchase the land and even run
it afterwards.
http://ben-network.org.uk/grants/intro.html
If it's been allotments for 100 years even the Heritage Lottery Fund may
help, worth a phone call.


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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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