Allotment Rents

[Joe]

I'm trying to get an allotment with my local council and while the rent is very reasonable at £46 per annum I did wonder how much this varied around the country. I have seen somewhere on this forum a rent of £14 a year which is imo a total giveaway.

The plot that I might be offered will have none of the amenities normally associated with allotments; water, electricity, parking spaces, maybe a shop. Or do these additional extras carry a fee?

As I might be on a council waiting list for years I am toying with the idea of renting a patch of land off a local landowner and subletting a few allotments on it. I'm not trying to make a killing but I've got to be able to break even and not lumber myself. Has anyone any experience of developing their own allotment site?

How much would people be prepared to pay for an allotment on a well run site with amenities?

[BrideXIII]

west sussex county council


Fees and charges for allotments
Allotments : All sites : from 01-10-2007 to 30-09-2008
Up to 5.5 rods £22.00
Up to 10.5 rods £44.00
Up to 15 rods £66.00
Allotments : All sites : from 01-10-2008 to 30-09-2009
Up to 5.5 rods £24.00
Up to 10.5 rods £48.00
Up to 15 rods £72.00
NB : A 'rod' is 25 square metres.

[Lizzy]

Our Allotments are £6. 50, some plots are smaller than others. We have a shop, toilet and a roadway to bring manure, etc. in.

Liz

[jackie j]

This has been covered on here before try the search engine. I pay £18 a year for a half plot and the over 60's get a reduction.

[Joe]

Ta, heres the link http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ent_12872.html

and the earlier thread http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ttie_6026.html

[Kayt]

i have a plot 10 rod x 1rod. This year we have had the cost of water added on so it's now £28.60 for the year. New security fencing is to be put up shortly and a toilet installed!!

[BrideXIII]

is one rod the usual size for the 'width' of an allotment?
i only ask cos i am having trouble envisioning 137.5 sq metres, not good at visualising mass, but if i know how they lay out a 5.5 rod plot, i can draw it on paper and work things out.

[Snadger]

There seems to be a lot of variation in allotment plot rent along with a lot of variation in what services you get i.e. water, car parking,toilets,good fencing, site hut etc etc but one thing is for certain................even the most expensive rent is excellent value for money when you offset it against what you get!

Fresh air, peace and quiet, comaraderee,excercise, fresh (possibly organic)produce, chooks (if allowed),feelings of acievement, pride.etc etc etc.

Always good value for money methinks!

A bit like a drug really.........I think I'm hooked on my allotment!

[Kayt]

A bit like a drug really.........I think I'm hooked on my allotment!

I think I must be a junkie too then. Even with all this awful weather and not being able to actually 'do' anything I've been up and just tidied the shed, checked for any storm damage etc. Perhaps my kids are right - there is no hope

[emilymup]

I have a full plot - 10 poles - 250m2 in Northampton. This year the rent is £26. We have toilets, a shop, car parking, a 'patio' area with barbeque and a road all around the plots so fully accessable, but not quite fully fenced - theft is a bit of a problem at the mo!

[snuffer]

We pay only £5.00 a year. It was supposed to increase when water was installed but even though the pipes and standpipes have been put in Severn Trent have still not conected it up (been almost a year now).

We have a few car parking spaces and a track way down the middle of the site. There are no gates and no fence but the site is surrounded by a hedge. It is only a small site in a lovely little village and,so far, theft or vandalism has not been a problem.

I love my lottie and visit every day, even if it's only to check things over when I am walking the hounds.

[Alison]

Mine is £14 and some amount of pence which I can't remember. However we don't have running water, electrics, a society or shop. Parking is OK and we're right by a bus stop with a direct route from my house, oh yes and near an off road cycle way which all suits me fine. I quite like the informal nature of the plots (which are all a good size) in that we don't have any strict rules and regs, unlike some of the main council plots in town. Oh yes and this year, being my first year I've only had to pay half the rate! Bargain.

[plotman]

Our rent was 10 pounds per annum but this year incresed for first time to 15 pounds.For that we get good access,our paths kept mown and water standpipes to use. Quite pleased with that deal. If it was Twenty five pounds a year is only 50p a week, but you have to remember we subsidise these costs in our council tax and also we are entitled to allotments by law. People have forgotten that councils are here to serve us, not for us to bow to them. It seems these days that leaving yr bin lid slightly open is a criminal offence. Seems to me its time we stood up to the official half wits and put them in there place

[Kayt]

I agree with you Plotman, it is good value. As I said earlier mine is £28.60 and we do have, or are getting, good facilities. I was amazed how cheap the plots were when I first looked into it but am even more amazed how much the costs vary across the country.

[chuffa]

Cornard Parish Council charge me £10 for half a plot for the year which i think is great. We will be shortly forming an allotment society and becoming members of NSALG, which i believe will cost another £5 a year. So £15 a year, brill.