Author Topic: Help save our Allotment site in Guildford (Read 6229 times)

David of WBDRA · « **on:** July 07, 2007, 17:41:53 »

HELP SAVE OUR ALLOTMENT SITE - SIGN OUR ONLINE PETITION

We have been campaigning for many months to get a planned Housing Development stopped on our Allotment Site in Guildford.

Part of that campaign is to petition the Prime Minister - please do help support us by signing our on-line petition. The petition says:

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to insist that Guildford Borough Council preserves the Aldershot Road Allotment Site (Westborough, Guildford ) as Allotments and Open Space.

We call for (1) the complete removal of the threat of Housing Development on this nature-rich Greenfield site and valuable community asset and (2) that the Council's Housing Programme be limited to development on the abundant Brownfield sites in the Borough"

The Web address is: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/allotmentsgfd

Enter the address in your Browser Message Bar and & hit â€œGoâ€ or â€œenterâ€. You will be straight into the Petition. You then enter your name, home & e-mail addresses and the site sends you an e-mail back to verify your e-mail address. Click on the link in this e-mail and you'll have signed the petition. Only your name is shown on the petition â€“ so no danger of ID theft or other on-line nasties.

It's a lot easier than it sounds and takes a few seconds.

Please ask everyone you can think of to sign - they don't have to be Guildford locals or allotment buffs - friends, family, work colleagues etc are all welcome.

Any problems, call me on 01483 832618 evenings/weekends.

We need several hundred signatures so please do support us on this.

Thanks for your support

David Bird
Allotment Enthusiast & Petition Creator

angle shades · « **Reply #1 on:** July 07, 2007, 18:03:34 »

done David, best of luck,

this is happening way too much,

don't the government know lottying is the thing to do ? :-\ :-\/ shades xx

grawrc · « **Reply #2 on:** July 07, 2007, 20:00:32 »

Done. Good luck.

Trevor_D · « **Reply #3 on:** July 07, 2007, 20:19:39 »

Me too. Best of luck.

Brogusblue · « **Reply #4 on:** July 07, 2007, 20:53:13 »

Hello

Done too

Cheers
Brogusblue

kitten · « **Reply #5 on:** July 07, 2007, 21:07:36 »

Me too, thanks for bringing it to our attention, and best of luck

SnooziSuzi · « **Reply #6 on:** July 07, 2007, 21:53:35 »

Quote from: David of WBDRA on July 07, 2007, 17:41:53

...nature-rich Greenfield site and valuable community asset and (2) that the Council's Housing Programme be limited to development on the abundant Brownfield sites in the Borough"

David, I think that a lot of allotments have been classed as brownfield sites, seeing as they have been worked on but best of luck. The MP for Durham North, Kevan Jones, tried to do this and John Prescott put a stop to it so all 3 sites where I live were saved. Not sure what will happen now that he's been shunted to Strasbourg tho' :-[

Done my bit too - I hope we don't need to ask for this type of help any time soon :-\

Good Luck!

asbean · « **Reply #7 on:** July 07, 2007, 23:16:47 »

Done - good luck :)

windygale · « **Reply #8 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:19:20 »

hi david, i've signed, let us know how things turn out ;D

all the best
windy (martin) ;)

caroline7758 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 08, 2007, 10:55:20 »

Done, hope you're successful.

marestail murderer · « **Reply #10 on:** July 08, 2007, 12:56:45 »

done.....................232 and counting..................good luck!

saddad · « **Reply #11 on:** July 08, 2007, 13:22:37 »

Done and Good Luck.

Deb P · « **Reply #12 on:** July 10, 2007, 19:47:41 »

Signed, hope you get all the signatures you need.... ;D

emmy1978 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:01:44 »

Sorry, just spotted. Signed up and thinking - aren't there a lot of these petitions? You'd think the government would have got the message by now.
What did they think would happen when they built loads of flats with no gardens or outdoor space? That's why I got my plot - I would have been quite happy to grow veg in the garden. ::) >:(

little-weed · « **Reply #14 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:09:24 »

Done
Good Luck
little-weed

Oldmanofthewoods · « **Reply #15 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:18:16 »

Done
Good luck. I will spread this (along with my new two tons of horse nuts) around my allotment site.

Jack

norfolklass · « **Reply #16 on:** July 12, 2007, 12:51:48 »

done.
signed another similar petition a little while ago and kept the official Downing Street response, in case it ever came in handy. here it is:

EDIT: deleted as asbean linked to it here:
http://www.number-10.gov.uk/output/Page12015.asp
plus as previously mentiond in the thread above it appears to be a bog standard regurgitation of current legislation. oh well ::)

newbies · « **Reply #17 on:** July 12, 2007, 21:31:50 »

Done. Good luck. ;)

Robert_Brenchley · « **Reply #18 on:** July 13, 2007, 20:24:02 »

Bog standard repetition is all you ever seem to get out of these petitions. But that's governments for you, it's all you'll get from writing to a minister. If you want a helpful response, the only way to go is your local MP.

debjay · « **Reply #19 on:** July 14, 2007, 06:58:43 »

done all the best
debs ;D

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