how much do you pay for your allotment

Started by greenthing, March 11, 2010, 22:12:25

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firstofficerspong

Our plots are tiny 5 x 12m (2.5 poles is that right?).  £36/year.  Feel envious of plots where you have room for sheds, seating, ponds etc but it's better than nothing.

firstofficerspong


lornaluft

Mines a half plot (27ft by 50ft) just outside norwich
Rent is £12.50 a year. Water, a key and a carpark is included but nothing else.
A refundable £25 fee is needed when taking a plot on and returned when returning a plot if no major clearance work is needed.
I think its more than reasonable! :)

Digeroo

QuoteFeel envious of plots where you have room for sheds
We are not allowed sheds but things have been disappearing from the communal one.

QuoteOur plots are tiny 5 x 12m (2.5 poles is that right?).  £36/year
Is this a private site, it seems a bit pricey. 

Unwashed

Quote from: firstofficerspong on March 22, 2010, 13:18:30
Our plots are tiny 5 x 12m (2.5 poles is that right?).  £36/year.  Feel envious of plots where you have room for sheds, seating, ponds etc but it's better than nothing.
Yes, at £15/pole that's very expensive.  Here's a comparison of the rents (for a ten pole plot) in boroughs around Newbury, so you can see that £15/pole is more than twice as expensive as the most expensive (which is Newbury  ;) ).

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firstofficerspong

Yes it seems that our allotments are expensive!  They are not private but they are run by our own association which took them over from the town council 3 years ago.  I think the association charges the same rent the council did.  The water's free.... ::)

Busy Bee

£21 for half plot in Bexhill.
Just taken standpipes away and replaced with trough like things that you can just about stand a watering can in. Yet to see if rent goes up this year.

slyfox-mal

i just got allotment rent letter today  last yr it was 32 pounds for a 1/6th of an acre this year its 52 pounds for the same plot 20 pounds increase is abit much almost 40% rise  and they have withdrawn pensioners consesion so there increase will seem even bigger to them
oh well such is life  grow em big  all the best mal
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are,
the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae.

beanqueen

For a 1/16 acre plot with water 1st and 2nd  year was £25 with a huge free delivery of the soil conditioner the council make ( bit of a free for all and never managed to nab any)

rent went up to £35 in nov and will rise to £45 next november..no more free condition but least the paths are being redone

Still a bargain I reckon

Jokerman

mine is about 20 meters by 15 and costs about £11 a year.    ;D
"If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world." ~ Tolkien

irnhed

Just had my rent letter for one of my plots.

3.35 poles at £15 per year (includes water rates - which is estimated for now)
I'd rather be digging my plot

javahart

We pay £23 for a 1/2 plot which includes mains water.  This will rise to £25 over the next 2 years.

Council have recently installed a loo & septic tank, which is god news for anyone caught short  ;D


gingerninja38

my plot is 10m by 40m and cost £53 this year inc water, skip, shop, loo, and social events.

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