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thomasb

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Cheapest rent?
« on: October 09, 2003, 02:17:27 »
Council Allotments in Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire are just £1 a year. Is this the cheapest or what?

While the security at the allotments is not the best....kids messing around, especially in winter when not many gardners about...there is water taps that are free to use. Thomas
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jethro

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2003, 15:19:08 »
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!


£1 a year, mine costs £54 a year but the size is 90 x 50 yards (is this a big lottie or a very small holding? ???). We have water which is free ;D but as you the problem of vandalism and damage is sickeneing >:( last year i had 2 sheds,greenhouses burnt down, and i just built them a month ago. I tried to claim it on our insurance but got no joy there :(. So now i'm thinking of getting a dog,bull,20,000 volt fence just to see if that would stop the little b***tards, but knowing them they would still find some way in to pinch my peas.
Anyway enough of my little problems i'll have to phone the local council to see what they think, and see if we can get a reduction ;D but i wont hold my breath.
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merv

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2003, 16:11:32 »
Hi,

£1..that's..that's  "thud!"

The average for a 10 pole (250msq) is £26.

Jethro, don't you guys have an Association, or a Federation that gets to deal with the Authorities?

What area of the country are you in?
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jethro

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2003, 16:43:50 »
Hi Merv, yes we have an association but unfortunately it's run by geriatrics ( sorry for this statement but the youngest is 83) and as you expect don't do much for us younguns ( 46 ) i'm trying to get elected but they think i'm too young, fancy free, footloose and a radical, who me ???. I've tried contacting the council but they don't want to know either >:( it must be my aftershave or something.
So at the moment i'll stick with it, but come the revolution brother are they in trouble ;D.
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merv

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2003, 17:03:55 »
Umm,

Most Associations are affiliated to National.  And as such you can get in touch with your Regional Management Committee for advice.  Your Council should be working within the framework of "Growing in the Community-a Good Practice Guide"

This is published by The Local Govt. Association.
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Ceri

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2003, 18:04:13 »
£1.00 is superb - mine is £6 this year which is pretty cool, (its half price for the first year) for 1/2 a 100ft lottie.  Its self-managed, and we have fabulous 8ft oddmetal fencing around the whole site - with those horrid turned in spikey bits to stop the baddies!  I thought the council had done the fencing, but apparently it was the committee who organised and paid it - not bad considering everything is run from a hut and a very dog eared book with illegible notes in it that go back 30 odd years!  My allotment is 'you know, that one next to Norman that Alan had until about 10 years ago'!!!  I did try telling the 'rent man' I was allotment 33a, but the first description was the one that did the trick!
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Mrs Ava

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Re: Cheapest rent?
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2003, 02:19:30 »
cor, thought ours was good at 3 quid, however, we have to get our own water from the stream, and there is zero security as it is a wee site in the middle of nowhere surrounded by hedgerows and farmers fields.  To be honest, it often gets mistaken for a garden!  A pound, it's laughable isn't it - I mean, you just can't think of a reason not to take it on!
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