A Reminder for those on a waiting list

[Newton]

Where is the blog? Your situation is ridiculous. Ask to see the allotment officer and his/her boss. Set out your concerns before the meeting. The day before!

[Sarico]

sorry to say but if you don't do anything about you have already lost the allotment..so show the b..l to them and you may get an allotment... call local newspaper and show them the problem.. they love this story and who is in charge not.
plus i'm in a waiting list for 1 year and if was me even a jungle plot i will get it... think in this way:if it take a year to clean it and start with just 2 beds 4ftx4ft is better then waiting 10 years before some plot holder die or give up a plot...

[pdblake]

Hi, I've not posted here in a while, but I got an allotment three weeks ago. I waited over three years and had a few ups and downs with the local and county councils about their waiting lists. I regularly checked my position on the two lists. The county one never moved, not in three years, but the local town council list steadily chugged along as they chased out dead wood from their list and split available plots. At one point they told me I'd dropped back down the list, quite a way too. When I queried, it turned out they'd made an innocent typo and I'd actually moved up a little.

[Esplanade]

Thank you for the advice.

We must wait a little longer I think and give the 'new broom' the chance to do his stuff.

Then we should bring in the big guns.

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[Jamesy_uk]

Hang in there, I been on the list for a year or so and there was a queue of 38 people. I contacted the local council department and reminded them of their obligation to recycle unwanted plots after a plot holder kindly showed me nearly 20 disused plots that in his words had been that way donkeys years. I still don't have one myself but thanks to a concerted effort by all parties the queue is only 8 people long now and I am 4th.

I hold out hope I might get one by next years season and wish the same for you.