Hello all,
I am new to this forum and new to allotments.
I have been badgering my local council for years to provide allotment gardens and after getting over twenty interested people together and reminding the council of their duty to privide allotments, we are at last going to get some. They have allocated enough land down on the flood plain for 20 x 100 M sqauare lots. Well thats a start as the soggy land problem can be overcome. but they are now saying that they will be charging in the reagion of £30 a monthfo each lot. This seems to me to be a bit over the top. Or is it? what is trhe average?
regards
Ginger
30.00 PER MONTH..my god, that's expensive, most councils are under 50.00 per year, what're you getting for that, ?
sorry, I forgot..welcome to the site, can't wait to see what everyone else says about this ;D
Mines £15 a year with no amenities and I thought that was expensive, 6 miles away they are a pound a year...
welcome ginger,wow £30 a month,mine is £15 a year.have a look here http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/smf/index.php/topic,13757.0.html
wow that's a ridiculous cost, email these for advice the may help
http://www.nsalg.org.uk/
Hi and welcome Ginger, your charges are HUGE (IMHO), as Manic said - check what you are getting. I would expect personal tap on my plot, free manure, the paths trimmed weekly at least. Are you sure it wasn't an annual rental? :)
mines £46 a year ,
Welcome to the site Ginger,
as others have said, check what you are getting for that price,
I'd want someone to garden for me at that price :P/ shades x
Hi again,
Could be a misstake as the price stated was in the minutes of the council meeting, and we all know how efficient councils are.
I will ring the clerk in the morning and ask her to verify it. then I can take it further if necessary.
I just get the feeling that it could be true and part of the councils pl,an to make the scheme a flop.
they have continually expressed their objection to us busy bodies and trouble makers, (their words) insisting on them carrying out their duty to provide these plots. In fact the land they have provided is the worst possible, and I know from when I was on the council there is better more suitable land available.
ginger
Hi Ginge, most prices on this forum range fro about £20 to £80, I think your council are taking the pisss on purpose to make people lose interest. What do you get for your money, security, water, sheds these questions need to be addressed. Ask around other local sights and councils and get there prices and embarrass your council into considering a price drop. I don't like the idea of it on a flood plain, considering the weather we've had this year, good luck. ;D ;D ;D
Hello shades,
My grand dad used to have 2 allotments in Lincoln in the 40's & 50's when we all lived in Cranwell Street. He was the signal man at the crossing in the High Street. Dad worked for Bainbridges which is no longer there.
Ginger
Sorry welcome to the asylum Ginge. :P :P :P ;D ;D ;D
Hello and welcome to A4A Ginger,
I hope for that price you get the deeds to the plot too.
That HAS to be the most expensive plot ever. :o
£10 for half plot and £20 for a full plot is what we pay.
Next year I get mine for free as it was so bad.
Good luck, and lets hope somebody made a mistake in the minutes.
Lauren ::)
:o how spooky Ginger,
that's where I live :o :o/ shades x
WHoa! :o
As secretary on our association I proposed a rent increase recently and the members balked at raising the rent to £25 A YEAR!! In the end they agreed to the rent increasing to £18 per year; taking into account that it hadn't risen in 7 years!
Cor! What we could do as an association with £30 a month from everyone! New roads... new fencing... upgrade the water... pay contractors to clean up disused plots before they're let to a new tenant... Build a site hut... now I'm getting carried away with my pipe dreams!
Welcome to the site Ginger; you'll like it here ;D
Welcome to the site Ginger...
:)
good morning ginger, and welcome! always nice to see newbies ;D
are u sure this 30 a month thing is right... seems very steep. im on 25 a year... and an allotment on the flood plain? ???
Crikey Ginger! £360 a year!! :o :o :o I hope your phone call to the Council office comes up with an apology for the typo in the Minutes. Let us know how you get on. By the way - welcome.
Twinkletoes
£360 pounds a year lol twinkle toes, maybe hes getting a weelie bin collection each week, lol
I'd want more than my wheelie emptied each week for that much ;D A bit of weeding would be useful! A a bit of digging perhaps?
Twinkletoes
TELL ME ABOUT IT TWINKLE TOES!
lol
Hi all,
just got an update from the council and they say that it is a typo and that they are due to discus the rents at the next council meeting. I have asked to speak at that meeting. they were nottoo pleased with the prospect of me being there but I know I have a right to speak at any council meeting so I am going to get my tuppence worth in and not allow them to rush any exorbitant rates through.
I also intend to get them to make wheelchair access to my plot, which is also my right under the DDA 1995. not to be just bloody in any way but to get my own back on the councillors who said to me a long while ago that disabled people could not manage an allotment.
Think I'll go and get some hemp seeds from my aviary and scatter them over the council chairmans wall, wait for them to grow and then report him to the police for growing them.LOL. (only joking) :D
My rent was £36 for the coming year, so don't let them over charge you. Good luck!!
Shushhhhhhhh!!
Don't tell our council last year ours worked out at just under £13 pa (approx £6 land £7 water or it might be the other way round) and wait for it...........................I get mine half price!!
Hi there and welcome! Cripes I nearly keeled over with shock at that price! If it helps mine is £27 per year as its a larger plot - about 250sq metres I think I worked it out at, but my math's is not great lol.......let's just say a small pony could be quite happy on there lol ;D
20x100mtrs seems very large most plots are 50x10 so in 20x100 you will have 4 average plots ..Thats some land to cultivate :) stilll pricey though ..
hmm they are surpisingly cheap in the UK ! I have 100 m2, 5m x 20m and I pay 69 euros a year or about 45-50 pounds. Ours are not run by the council though.
Yeah, let's stand up for our right to grow our own veg in our towns!! And cheaply at that!!! You tell 'em Ginger :D
btw our allotment has a special part for diabled people, a large raised bed with curved sections so they can get close with a wheelchair. It looks great, they are from a local association and they have grown courgettes, beans, flowers, and a few other things. Why shouldn't everyone enjoy growing, as much as their physical shape allows them to?
Off topic: Antipodes, please can you let me know what the French call an allotment? Was having lunch with a Belgian chap yesterday who didn't believe the French had allotments anyway :)