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Simon Kirby
post Mar 3 2011, 11:38 AM
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I mentioned the other day about the plans of Greenwich Council to increase their allotment rents by 200%, and they were featured on the One Show last night - item starts 1 minute 45 seconds in.

Tenants there are facing a 200% rent increase - that would increase the cost of a standard plot from £67 to £200. Greenwich allotmenteers are fighting the increase on the basis of a 1982 High Court decision which requires councils to apply the same subsidy to allotments as it does to its other leisure services. There are a number of councils who are looking at similar price hikes, not least Newbury Town Council who have already proposed that a standard plot should cost £250, and similar legal challenges seem likely.

The significant difference between Greenwich and Newbury is that Greenwich is actively encouraging its sites to self-manage to avoid the increase:
QUOTE ("Greenwich allotmenteer")
The Council is very keen on the idea of sites moving to self-managed status. Self-managed sites would be able to set their own rents and manage their own maintenance


Newbury Town Council admit that their administration of their service costs the tax-payer around £80 per plot, and this compares rather poorly with commercial administration at around £8 per plot, and self-managed administration at around £2 per plot. I understand that an allotments management company has already made a formal approach to the Town Council to take on the management of the Council's six sites which would save the tax payer at least £40k by the Council's reckoning, and more likely twice that, with no increase in rent for the allotmenteers. It will be very interesting to see how the Town Council respond.


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- Simon Kirby   Allotments on the One Show   Mar 3 2011, 11:38 AM
- - Simon Kirby   Barnet Council are also encouraging their sites to...   Mar 3 2011, 11:47 AM
- - Simon Kirby   This from the Fifth Report, a parliamentary commit...   Mar 3 2011, 12:12 PM
- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 3 2011, 11:38 AM...   Mar 3 2011, 12:26 PM
- - panda   zero %...zero%...not £250. Twisting the facts agai...   Mar 3 2011, 12:46 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 12:46 PM) zero...   Mar 3 2011, 12:58 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 3 2011, 12:58 PM) ...   Mar 3 2011, 01:20 PM
||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 3 2011, 01:20 PM) I...   Mar 3 2011, 01:34 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 3 2011, 12:58 PM) ...   Mar 3 2011, 02:09 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 02:09 PM) As y...   Mar 3 2011, 03:58 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 3 2011, 03:58 PM...   Mar 3 2011, 04:37 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 04:37 PM) Like...   Mar 3 2011, 04:59 PM
|- - NWNREADER   Simon, I think you have an admirer......   Mar 3 2011, 05:13 PM
||- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Mar 3 2011, 05:13 PM) ...   Mar 3 2011, 05:20 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 3 2011, 04:59 PM...   Mar 3 2011, 05:51 PM
|- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 3 2011, 05:51 PM) ...   Mar 3 2011, 05:54 PM
- - Simon Kirby   Last year Cllr Johnson proposed a rate of £25 per ...   Mar 3 2011, 01:44 PM
- - NWNREADER   Maybe you should plant bamboo?   Mar 3 2011, 05:25 PM
- - panda   The truth is that Simon will not answer the questi...   Mar 3 2011, 06:03 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 06:03 PM) The ...   Mar 3 2011, 06:30 PM
- - NWNREADER   You just want his attention..... Are you a wallflo...   Mar 3 2011, 06:09 PM
- - dannyboy   I think SK is trying to allude that a £250pa rent ...   Mar 3 2011, 06:37 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 3 2011, 06:37 PM) I...   Mar 3 2011, 07:03 PM
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||- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 3 2011, 07:05 PM) T...   Mar 3 2011, 07:09 PM
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||- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 3 2011, 07:09 PM) ...   Mar 3 2011, 07:42 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 3 2011, 06:37 PM) I...   Mar 3 2011, 07:38 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 3 2011, 07:38 PM...   Mar 3 2011, 07:48 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 07:48 PM) So y...   Mar 3 2011, 07:53 PM
|- - user23   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 07:48 PM) So y...   Mar 3 2011, 08:37 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 07:48 PM) So y...   Mar 3 2011, 09:00 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 3 2011, 09:00 PM...   Mar 4 2011, 11:49 AM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 4 2011, 11:49 AM) The ...   Mar 4 2011, 12:43 PM
- - Andy Capp   Yes: Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for e...   Mar 3 2011, 07:26 PM
- - the bloke on the street   QUOTE (user23 @ Mar 3 2011, 08:37 PM) It...   Mar 3 2011, 08:44 PM
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|- - user23   QUOTE (the bloke on the street @ Mar 3 2011, ...   Mar 3 2011, 08:57 PM
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- - the bloke on the street   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 3 2011, 08:52 PM) Did ...   Mar 3 2011, 08:55 PM
- - the bloke on the street   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 4 2011, 11:49 AM) The ...   Mar 4 2011, 12:04 PM
- - Simon Kirby   Come on Councillor, let's have your evidence. ...   Mar 4 2011, 07:31 PM
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||- - Cognosco   QUOTE (Exhausted @ Mar 4 2011, 07:57 PM) ...   Mar 5 2011, 10:10 AM
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|- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 4 2011, 07:31 PM...   Mar 5 2011, 06:01 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 5 2011, 06:01 PM) In f...   Mar 5 2011, 06:53 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 5 2011, 06:01 PM) In f...   Mar 5 2011, 07:21 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 5 2011, 07:21 PM...   Mar 5 2011, 08:31 PM
- - the bloke on the street   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 5 2011, 06:01 PM) In f...   Mar 5 2011, 08:30 PM
- - Andy Capp   I suggest that panda is a liar. A liar who wants ...   Mar 5 2011, 09:31 PM
|- - Bofem   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 5 2011, 09:31 PM) ...   Mar 6 2011, 08:29 AM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (Bofem @ Mar 6 2011, 08:29 AM) Liar...   Mar 6 2011, 01:44 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (Cognosco @ Mar 6 2011, 01:44 PM) I...   Mar 6 2011, 07:43 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 6 2011, 07:43 PM...   Mar 7 2011, 06:38 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 06:38 PM) Yes ...   Mar 7 2011, 06:45 PM
- - Andy Capp   I don't like to do it, but I have reported thi...   Mar 7 2011, 07:00 PM
|- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 07:00 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 07:13 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Mar 7 2011, 07:13 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 07:37 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 07:37 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 07:51 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 07:51 PM) I th...   Mar 7 2011, 08:02 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 07:51 PM) I th...   Mar 7 2011, 08:41 PM
||- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 09:41 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 09:01 PM
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|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 09:09 PM) Like...   Mar 7 2011, 10:33 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 10:33 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 10:42 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 10:42 PM) he k...   Mar 7 2011, 10:54 PM
||- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (Simon Kirby @ Mar 7 2011, 10:54 PM...   Mar 7 2011, 11:07 PM
||- - panda   QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Mar 7 2011, 11:07 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 11:13 PM
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||- - panda   QUOTE (NWNREADER @ Mar 7 2011, 11:18 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 11:19 PM
||- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 11:19 PM) oooh...   Mar 7 2011, 11:24 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 10:42 PM) he k...   Mar 7 2011, 11:54 PM
- - Andy Capp   I'd rather panda post something that supports ...   Mar 7 2011, 09:11 PM
|- - Biker1   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 10:11 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 09:16 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 09:11 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 09:20 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 09:20 PM) Mayb...   Mar 7 2011, 10:00 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 7 2011, 10:00 PM) ...   Mar 7 2011, 10:09 PM
|- - Andy Capp   QUOTE (panda @ Mar 7 2011, 10:09 PM) Ther...   Mar 7 2011, 10:14 PM
- - the bloke on the street   please folk, don't enter into a battle of wits...   Mar 7 2011, 09:52 PM
|- - panda   QUOTE (the bloke on the street @ Mar 7 2011, ...   Mar 7 2011, 09:59 PM
|- - user23   QUOTE (the bloke on the street @ Mar 7 2011, ...   Mar 7 2011, 10:22 PM
- - Andy Capp   ...and more: QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 4 2011, ...   Mar 7 2011, 10:14 PM
- - dannyboy   Why is it that if someone takes a view contrary to...   Mar 8 2011, 10:48 AM
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||- - NWNREADER   QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Mar 8 2011, 12:21 PM) ...   Mar 8 2011, 12:40 PM
|- - Simon Kirby   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 8 2011, 10:48 AM) W...   Mar 8 2011, 12:49 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 8 2011, 10:48 AM) W...   Mar 9 2011, 06:45 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Cognosco @ Mar 9 2011, 06:45 PM) O...   Mar 9 2011, 06:55 PM
|- - Cognosco   QUOTE (dannyboy @ Mar 9 2011, 06:55 PM) B...   Mar 9 2011, 07:23 PM
|- - dannyboy   QUOTE (Cognosco @ Mar 9 2011, 07:23 PM) N...   Mar 10 2011, 12:29 AM
- - Richard Garvie   As with peoples postings. It's pretty easy to ...   Mar 9 2011, 04:45 PM
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|- - blackdog   QUOTE (Richard Garvie @ Mar 9 2011, 04:45...   Mar 9 2011, 05:12 PM
- - Simon Kirby   I couldn't be done Richard. Even if users wer...   Mar 9 2011, 07:18 PM
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