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pbulpin
Starting Member
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 Posted - 29 May 2004 : 22:01:34
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Whats the cost of your allotment?
My allotment from Clitheroe Borough Council is £35 per annum for 10 poles!
In Rickmansworth I paid £5 for this privilege. Am I alone paying
excessively or are there others out there at exorbitant cost!!! Can you tell me if you can find it - the average price for an allotment of ten poles!!! I can then write to my Town Clerk!!!
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bindweed
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Jun 2004 : 18:20:27
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£14:00 per year for a 10 poler-- Hertsmere Council (Watford/St Albans)
but we cant have sheds/greenhouses AGHHHH |
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Gavin
Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Jun 2004 : 19:44:52
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On my last plot in Leeds - £28.00 a year (with £10.00 water added on top). No "facilities" (adequate fence, shed, toilets (???)) or "services" (manure, paths mowed, repairs, support for new plotters).
But, to be a killjoy ( :) - a nice one though! Honest! :) ), even that wouldn't cover the cost to the council tax payer of the allotment site? £5.00 seems an extraordinarily good deal, given the cost of land and what it could have been used for?
All best - Gavin
http://www.keirg.freeserve.co.uk/diary/ |
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craigmc
Starting Member
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Posted - 23 Jun 2004 : 08:26:50
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| Well,just so you can compare uk prices to overseas prices.My allotment is in the netherlands (near maastricht,moved here a few years ago). I have a plot which is 150 m2and pay 13.50 eur per year, incl water.not sure what that is in real money.Facilities are pretty good,the whole site is fenced off,so no vandal problems. thankfully,though that doesn't seem to be a problem here anyway. |
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arb264
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Jun 2004 : 19:48:38
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i have a allotment in wolverhampton and I pay £9 per year, which i thought was quite reasonable as it can grow some award winning weeds.
ps what are polers |
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nickyb
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Jul 2004 : 23:10:58
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26.00 for a 10 rod site in hampshire , a true bargin at just over 2 pounds a month.... 36.00 does sound a bit steep :(
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davee52
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 16 Jul 2004 : 20:51:48
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£20 p.a with a pound off for pensioners;no special rates for unwaged.
I've got two allotments side by side - really nice. |
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Johnhson
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Jul 2004 : 09:57:44
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Here in Crewe and Nantwich we pay 16.50 GBP a year (50% discount to pensioners) for a plot of about 150 sq yards. Our site has water taps about every 8 plots but no loo. Most other sites do have a loo.
We can have sheds and greenhouses. The council weed spray main paths and vacant plots and supply leaves and wood chippings. We also get loads of turkey house litter (stinks!!) from a local farmer.
I have 2 plots but half of my second turned out to have equisetum (horse tail) over it. This is out of action while I spray it with amicide (ammonium sulphamate). Next year will be better!
I demand the unconditional surrender of all slugs. |
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Mr Dixon
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jul 2004 : 22:21:47
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| I got mine for free this year as it was under 5ft of weeds. It's £15 a year from January. Water is included. |
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Tara
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26 Jul 2004 : 09:09:29
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Just moved to a new house in St Helens and have applied for an allotment. It will cost £50 which I thought was reasonable until I entered this forum! They are all securly walled off with regular water supplies and a shed and greenhouse on each site.
If taking over an overgrown plot is it the custom to have your rent reduced? When taking on a new plot what state should I expect it to be in? totally cleared of weeds or still overgrown? Thanks |
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enquiry
Starting Member
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Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 06:37:02
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I have been asked by the Committee of the Sevenoaks Allotment Holders Association to investigate the cost of allotments in other areas.
If you have any information which would help me in this matter, it would be greatly appreciated.
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plover
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 06:54:36
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Rochdale MBC standard size allotment-£50.00 per year.includes water.
ie. £1.00 a week. I thought that reasonable. Though Rochdale MBC have been solw to mend fences in spite of repeated requests. Yhis has improved in the recient past. |
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Joy
Starting Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Oct 2004 : 17:19:38
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Hi-
we just took on allotment yesterday and thought the price very reasonable but very specific! £19.36 for the year for a plot which is 213.2 sq m. "Subs" are another £1.75 for the year and there is a key deposit of £10 which we will only get back if we leave and return the key. Hope that helps with the research. Joy |
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Michael
Starting Member
United Kingdom
8 Posts |
Posted - 17 Oct 2004 : 19:10:47
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Hi,
Here in Cambridgeshire I pay £16.00 per year, that includes water and the council parks people suply us with ample composting material.
Heaven.
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admin
Forum Admin
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Posted - 27 Oct 2004 : 19:45:39
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Hi folks, thanks for all the info.. this is proving such an interesting thread with such widely varying costs and facilites offered that we are considering whether we can produce some sort of interactive map comparing and contrasting allotment provision and the support offered throughout the UK...
hopefully could be very thought provoking...
so please keep posting! |
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janetxmorgan
Starting Member
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Posted - 28 Oct 2004 : 13:10:14
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Hi everyone
Here in Preston Lancs we pay £20.50 per year with reduction of 50% for concessions. For this we get main paths mowed, border fences maintained, water from stand pipes and occasional deliveries of wood chippings.
Ours is 20m x 40m - took it over in June and got it free as was covered in weeds higher than me (and I'm 5ft 4"!)
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whats the cost of your allotment?
