Brent Allotments

Tonight I will be going to the allotments forum, where a number of people are unhappy about the rise in allotment rents.  This is entirely understandable, but the Council is forced to raise charges in all kinds of different areas in order to cope with the cuts from central government.

Although there may be many problems with a number of our sites, the allotments services has had a lot of attention over the years, with the creation of an Allotment Officer post and the Brent Allotments Forum in 2002.  Since then, there has been investment in better fencing, in toilet blocks and there are possible plans to expand the number of allotments to meet still rising demand.  However, we do need to look at management to make sure we keep the DIY culture of allotments, whilst not creating any risks by land contamination or whatever.