ePetition - Allotment plot chopping in Brighton and hove
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Allotment plot chopping in Brighton and hove
The current plot chopping is damaging to allotment life.
The e-petition will be presented at the Environment & Sustainability Committee meeting on the 27th March 2013.
This ePetition ran from 11/02/2013 to 02/04/2013 and has now finished.
29 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Response provided by the Chair of the Environment & Sustainability Committee at their meeting on 27 March 2013:
"As you aware the council has been letting smaller allotment plots for a numbers years now and as well as being of a manageable size producing food for many, this has allowed us to increase the number of people able to have an allotment and grow food. We are looking at new allotment sites but these will not be able to deal with even a quarter of those people on the waiting list for an allotment.
I am very pleased that the meetings with the Allotment Federation on the strategy are going well and at the Allotment Federation AGM it was really positive to hear the progress made – for example agreeing excellent objectives for the strategy. My view has been that all issues and ideas should be discussed at the strategy meetings – everything should be on the table as we work out ways to meet the objectives. I think it is right that the issue of plot size has been raised at those meetings and it is important to look at the impacts of plot splitting, enlarging or choice will have and for further discussions to take place.
It also extremely important that we consult allotment holders,
those on the waiting list and residents on that strategy. With that
in mind, I don’t think it is right to make changes in policy
until we have had that consultation but please lets keep the
dialogue going through the strategy meetings".