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we own our own land so haven't got the same problems you get a 21 day letter to clean you plot to committee standard if if isn't done you get another letter to clear your stuff in 10 days then we cover the plot until its re let
Quote from: johhnyco15 on June 19, 2015, 13:49:34we own our own land so haven't got the same problems you get a 21 day letter to clean you plot to committee standard if if isn't done you get another letter to clear your stuff in 10 days then we cover the plot until its re letHmm....I don't want my reply to sound like I'm nagging or trying to put anybody in their place, but I hope your association committee do realize that your eviction 'system' might not be quite legal. We've had similar 'system' going on for yeeeeeeeeeeeeeears in our association...and nobody never ever has even heard of 'the allotment act'...so now I'm putting the facts straight and educating our committee of 'how it is supposed to be done'. Not so big changes as such, ,just have to be aware of eviction 'time scale'...how long notices and when they can be issued. There is good things about the law too....should anybody leave their plots when they are in bad state, society have legal base to get compensation for putting the plot straight again...though how this work in practise is another matter..but it can be done! Like I've said to our committee.....'it only takes one computer literate member to find 'the info'...and we can get into trouble pushing 'rules and regulations' that are against law...I don't want to be taken to 'cleaners' for doing things wrong...
It is unbelievable how fast things grow, I went away for two weeks an everything was shoulder height when I got back.Not sure I like the idea of the 'committee standards'. I do not think I would ever pass. But I am very productive, but I also like what other people might call weeds. What you need for clearing plots is pigs. In three weeks they will completely strip a plot bare.
Slightly embarrassed by the state of mine at the moment, a week after complaining that the neighbouring one hasn't been touched! The docks have shot up this week!
Are you saying that you have to give members 6 months notice to vacate the plot?
thankfully the rules on our site are a little bit more relaxed i took my plot on late last year it was over grown and full of couch grass the previous occupant had two 1m square beds with strawberries and that was it i try to spend 2 1/2 hours every day mon to fri and in that 2 1/2 hours sometimes i can only dig 1 ft by 6 ft as there are so many roots to dig out when i got the plot straight away i covered it all in black plastic the started digging across my plot in 6 ft rows and once accross i went back and dug it once more before planting if i got a 21 day cultivation notice id have told them where to stick it
Hmm....I don't want my reply to sound like I'm nagging or trying to put anybody in their place, but I hope your association committee do realize that your eviction 'system' might not be quite legal. We've had similar 'system' going on for yeeeeeeeeeeeeeears in our association...and nobody never ever has even heard of 'the allotment act'...so now I'm putting the facts straight and educating our committee of 'how it is supposed to be done'. Not so big changes as such, ,just have to be aware of eviction 'time scale'...how long notices and when they can be issued. There is good things about the law too....should anybody leave their plots when they are in bad state, society have legal base to get compensation for putting the plot straight again...though how this work in practise is another matter..but it can be done! Like I've said to our committee.....'it only takes one computer literate member to find 'the info'...and we can get into trouble pushing 'rules and regulations' that are against law...I don't want to be taken to 'cleaners' for doing things wrong...