Allotment prices?

[green fingers]

What is the average price for rental of an allotment and what is the usual size?

Thanks. Wendy

[POTHEAD]

hello,the allotments in our villge are £20 p.a.they are approx 20 yards x 10 yards

[green fingers]

Is that all? I thought it would be about that a month. Is that an average price?

The reason I ask is because my house backs onto a farmers field. All the houses along my side of the road have gates in the garden allowing access to the field.

The farmer doesn't seem to do anything with this land. In the 12 years we have been here we have had sheep on there once and a local turf grower tried to use it for a few years but the turf wasn't very good so that was abandond.

I am thinking of asking the farmer if he has considered dividing the plot into allotments and renting them to local residents. When we first moved here we were offered the chance to buy a piece of the land to extend our gardens, we agreed but not all the residence did so it couldn't go ahead.

I want to be able to aproach him with some figures to give him the full picture. I am willing to become the manager if he wants me to.

[Lesley Jay]

Allotment rents vary not only from site to site but also dependent on the area of the country. They are also more expensive (or seem to be) if you have really good facilities on the site. I would imagine that privately owned allotment sites would cost more in rent than council run sites.

[glallotments]

We are a council owned site in West Yorkshire. Our plots cost just over £50 a year- we pay £10 a year water rates. I think that the plots are something like 10m x 20m We have an access 'road' around the site - well we can drive a car around it - it's not really a road. Security isn't very good - which is why we are campaigning for a new boundary fence - partly in place.

If you want to see more of what the site looks like and what we get for our money then then visit our web site Home and blog http://glallotments'blogspot.com

[Chickenjane]

I think potheads rent is abot right. certainly wouldn't want to pay more unless the facilities were absolutly tip top.
remember the area you plan to rent is TINY in agricultural terms & however much nice home grown veg may be you don't want to make it more expensive than buying it.

[paul]

Hi all,

I pay four quid per year. We also have a good natural spring which we have put a tap into for fresh clean water for thehot dry days.

[HobMoorPlot]

I am also on a council owned plot, a small site of approx 35 plots. I believe they are still measured in 'rods' here, my plot is about 300 square yards, however some of the plots have been split into smaller half plots - less daunting for some.
My current rent is £45 p.a, we have water on site, we are allowed to have a shed if we wish (although it is subject to approval by the council ), we have a green waste skip delivered each 3-4 months, and the council cut the grass footpaths which lead onto the plot as well as the boundary hedging.

[bud]

ours is a council owned plot of about 30 plots we pay £10.50

[peterjf]

the hull city council charge £24-50 per 250sq yds, i have a double plot so i pay £49-00 but with a 25 %discount for being an old codger, people with disabilities also get the same discount,

our site is 26 acres with about 270 plots , there are some 14 sites in the hull area ,

[Coopes]

I have just been asked if I want an allotment, bben on a list for 1 week the price is £16 for the first year, which includes it being rotavatored then £8 per year thereafter.

[paulsherwin]

Many councils allow the first year rent free if you take over a neglected plot, as an acknowledgment of the extra work involved.

Many people don't agree with rotovating a neglected plot, as it makes the perennial weed problem much worse. It's better to fork and hand dig the plot, though it's hard work of course

Paul

[Coopes]

Hi Paul, thats what I have asked them to do, I will dig it over and get most of the weeds out, then They will rotavate it for me. I also got a 24 foot by 12foot greenhouse but needs a spot of work doing on it.

[LILIPOT]

Originally Posted by green fingers

What is the average price for rental of an allotment and what is the usual size?

Thanks. Wendy

We are also in kent/sidcup, the nearer you are to a london postcode
the more expensive, my uncle gave up with his, inc rates was over
fifty pounds per year ..