Hi, my husband has rented a charity allotment for about 10 years. The yearly rent for 10 pole is £5. this coming year the committee have decided that a lease holder, even if old or disabled, is not allowed to let anyone else cultivate a part of his/her allotment, unless they also pay the £5 yearly fee. Can they charge differing rental for the same amount of land ? Surely where someone is sharing an allotment with a friend, so that it is kept clean and tidy, this is better for all.
This is going to mean that somebody that has 2 or 3 plots next to each other because they are growing crops to sell, is going to pay £15 which is £5 per 10 pole plot, and the person that shares, is going to have to pay the same amount for a 1/2, or 1/3 of a plot.
Can the committee do this, as the people sharing have already got crops in the ground ?
New rent starts 1st Sep.
Any advice or comments welcome.