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Hi All, I've just got a new plot on a site in Leeds. The site was previously abandoned 7-8 years ago due to vandalism. The council have promised to put fencing up on the 2 short sides of the site, one side is already adequately fenced and the final long side has a hedge with holes big enough to drive a car through! The site has been relaunched with lots of enthusiastic new members, but we all have concerns about vandalism in the future. I have two questions.1. What is the council obliged to provide in terms of securing the site from vandals, and providing other facilities such as manure and most importantly water ? (the previous water system was also vandalised.)2. If the council are under no obligation to provide adequate fencing around the whole site (which I suspect they are not) what success have people had in finding funding/grants to pay for fencing to secure the site?
I must admit it was wishful thinking on my part that the council would provide all of that!!!! There seems little point in resurrecting the site if it's going to be hit by the same problem of vandalism that closed it last time. We need to work out a way of getting the fencing completed on the long side of the site to ensure that we can be relatively vandal free. The long side is about 300 metres so it's going to be too expensive for the 40 or so members to fund themselves (I'm guessing about £13,500 fully installed).
Hi All, I've just got a new plot on a site in Leeds. The site was previously abandoned 7-8 years ago due to vandalism. The council have promised to put fencing up on the 2 short sides of the site, one side is already adequately fenced and the final long side has a hedge with holes big enough to drive a car through! The site has been relaunched with lots of enthusiastic new members, but we all have concerns about vandalism in the future.
You need to contact your regional rep/mentor for the "Allotments Regeneration Initiative" I don't have contact details to hand but if you google it you will get a result. As it says on the box they are there to help regenerate allotment sites... :)