My council to Auction Allotments

[tumbling tom]

BBC News - Windsor and Maidenhead council to auction allotments

Unbelievable. The allotments on my road have a seven year waiting list, yet these new ones they have built they are just going to sell with no regards for who has been waiting.

[chris]

Disgraceful. Totally exploiting the situation

[Aberdeenplotter]

Get your MP onto this. I think that in England Government approval is needed before allotments can be sold off although I am not certain of that.

[rustylady]

Get your MP onto this. I think that in England Government approval is needed before allotments can be sold off although I am not certain of that.

They're not actually selling off the land as in selling for development. They are expecting people on the waiting list for allotments to pay £300 ish for the privilege of beating the queue. Disgraceful all the same.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Given that the idea of allotments is to provide people who can't otherwise afford ground to grow vegetables in, yes this is deplorable.