I applied for an allotment in my home town, Poynton about 2 years ago. I was advised by Macclesfield Borough Council that I was number 24 on the list, and the first few people on the list had been waiting nearly 10 years!!! :o
When I questionned the provision of allotments (allotment law 1908), I was told, at the time, that as a borough council they could offer me a plot in Handforth...which is about 6-7 miles away.
I don't drive, and the only spare plots in the borough are inaccessible by public transport. >:( (public transport is really bad in Macclesfield)
There is clearly a huge demand in my area...but Macclesfield BC say that they are not falling foul of the law because they have a couple of spare plots in the borough, and I can have one of them! Even though its miles away! >:(
Surely this is a ridiculous situation??? The allotments in Poynton have been over-subscribed for about a decade. Long before allotmenteering came back in fashion! There's plenty of public owned, largely unused green space around Poynton.
Can anyone suggest any way forward? ???