Allotments
Thank you to all who signed the petition in the summer expressing an interest in working an allotment - there were over fifty signatures. The petition has been sent to the Parish Council.The first consideration is to find land; we are hoping that land donated to Long Ashton by Bristol University next to the Recreation Ground will become available for allotments. This would be an ideal site, for reasons of both horticultural and security of tenure. Another possibility is to lease from a local land owner.
Finance
We were hoping there would be money left from a previous allotment budget, as there were allotments in the past; unfortunately the Parish Council has none available, and has already set its budget for the next financial year. There are grants available, and we will be applying soon, and other fundraising means will be looked into.
If anyone would like to become actively involved in any way, then please contact Louise or Barbara. For all those who are waiting to start digging in Long Ashton, please be patient - a site will be set up, as councils have a legal obligation to provide them when there is a demand. But it may take a while. To go on a waiting list, contact Barbara.
Louise Sinclair - LA Allotment Co-ordinator
tel: 394628 e-mail: louisesinclair@hotmail.com
Barbara Fower - Waiting List
tel: 394211 or push a note through the door of 29 Birdwell Road
the Clerk to Long Ashton Council writes:
The allotments referred to were never statutory allotments. They were leased form developers who refused to renew the lease in the 1980s, and Bourton Mead was built on the top part of these allotments. There was never money available for future allotments from selling a capital asset. The Parish Council has acted like a marriage broker in the past in linking the people with large redundant gardens with people wanting allotments.
Under the Small Holdings and Allotment Act 1908 s25(1), as long as the allotments, provided to satisfy the obligation, are reasonably accessible to users, it is not essential that they should be within the locality. In the past, villagers have used the allotments in Bower Ashton run by the Hotwells and District Allotment Association.
Under the Small Holdings and Allotment Act 1908 s25(1), as long as the allotments, provided to satisfy the obligation, are reasonably accessible to users, it is not essential that they should be within the locality. In the past, villagers have used the allotments in Bower Ashton run by the Hotwells and District Allotment Association.
Marilyn Addis, Clerk to Long Ashton Parish Council