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Post by Admin on Aug 10, 2016 17:37:13 GMT
Haywards Heath Town Council’s Environment and General Purposes committee has now approved the new Allotment Holders policy, developed in a wide-ranging consultation between Town Hall staff and tenants of the allotment sites in Haywards Heath. The revised policy will be presented to full Council for final approval on 26 September.
Major changes to the policy include:
• Granting succession rights to the family of elderly or infirm plotholders so that the family continuity of tenancy can be maintained
• Stock will be managed so that new applicants will only get plot sizes that they can manage, and larger plots will no longer be automatically divided on relinquishment
• Welcoming “good neighbour” activities on the council’s sites and promoting social contact
• Establishing a Community Garden on the America Lane site, to be cultivated and maintained by the allotment holders
This new policy will replace the provisions in place since 2009 and will make the rights and responsibilities of both tenants and council staff much clearer. Thewill Tenancy Agreement will also be revised to ensure there is no conflict.
A copy of the policy will soon be available on the Haywards Heath Town Council website, and will be accessible from this forum.
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Post by hhtcallotments on Aug 16, 2016 10:33:23 GMT
Haywards Heath Town Council are very pleased to announce the attachment of the HHTC Allotment Policy. This policy has been approved by Environment and General Purposes Committee, and is subject to Full Council ratification. HHTC Allotment Policy Draft.pdf (203.11 KB) |
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Post by wilbarra on Aug 16, 2016 14:22:38 GMT
just read the new allotment policy and noticed that the town council
still retain the right to cut all plots down to 2 1/2 rod.
I was lead to believe that this was to be done away with.
it is worded differantly but it still means the same thing.
Whats the betting that the town hall will still be going on its merry way
and cutting all plots down to 2 1/2 rods as they have done since they
introduced the ruling in 2009.
One has only to look at sue and john Cullens old plot in america laneand
compare it to what it looked like some nine months, when they gave it up,
to what it looks like now after the town council in their wisdom, decided
to cut it into four to measure the wisdom of this policy.
It was wrong then and its wrong now.
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Post by murrayc on Aug 17, 2016 15:53:59 GMT
just read the new allotment policy and noticed that the town council still retain the right to cut all plots down to 2 1/2 rod. I was lead to believe that this was to be done away with. it is worded differantly but it still means the same thing. Whats the betting that the town hall will still be going on its merry way and cutting all plots down to 2 1/2 rods as they have done since they introduced the ruling in 2009. One has only to look at sue and john Cullens old plot in america laneand compare it to what it looked like some nine months, when they gave it up, to what it looks like now after the town council in their wisdom, decided to cut it into four to measure the wisdom of this policy. It was wrong then and its wrong now. I don't believe it means the same thing at all wilbarra. There are some related clauses that I believe act as a check on the kind of problem you describe, which was clearly wrong. 5.4 The numbers of people on the waiting-list for allotments will be published on
the HHTC website and updated regularlyThat means that this is opened up for public scrutiny and both the Council and the public will know exactly how pressing is the demand 5.5 New applicants will be offered a plot from the available stock that is suitable to
their needs and abilities up to a maximum size of 5 rods per applicant. Where
it is practical to divide a larger plot this may be done to provide a smaller plot
for a trial period with the opportunity of upgrading to a full sized plot when stock
becomes available.
There are many new applicants who don't appreciate how much time it takes to cultivate and maintain (emphasis added) even a small plot, and so in many cases a 2 1/2 rod plot is likely to be suitable. However the key here is the "available stock" and also "where it is practical to divide a larger plot". The intention is not to give carte blanche to carve up well-landscaped and integral plots like John Cullen's. There may be times when the demand is strong and there is a supply of land that has been given back that will not be harmed by sub-division. This is a policy that has to be robust enough to cover not only recent events at America Lane, but changes within Oathall Avenue, and ahead in time, to the proposed new allotment site (when the Neighbourhood Plan finally sees the light of day!) off Hurstwood Lane. The further point is that under Clause 4.4 and again in the final bullet point under Clause 9 the principle is explicit that site inspections will be performed jointly by two plotholders from each site along with an officer from the council, and that those inspections and the feedback that comes from them will be critical in determining how plots should be maintained. That could equally be a critical time to assess how well a new tenant is doing, and whether they should be considered - if they are willing and capable of undertaking the work - to take over another part of a sub-divided plot. |
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Post by wilbarra on Aug 18, 2016 20:04:53 GMT
i have heard all the excuses put forward for cutting all plots down
to 2 1/2rod that murray put
they normally came from the town hall.
none of them add up.
you can have all the sub pharagraph this and sub pharagraph that
you care to put in.
it still wont make any differance to the way the deadly duo at the town
interperate it.
it will still be a case of see a plot, quick, half it.
cutting all plots down to 2 1/2 rod is the way to destroy the whole
concept of allotments.
we need the small plots but we also need the 5 rod and the 10 rod.
murray seems to have forgotten that tenants are allowed to have up to
10 rod if they require it.
as the cutting down of plots is so unpopular among plotholders of both
america lane and oatall (as was proved by the response at the last plot holders
meeting) should not their opinion come before the town hall staff.
apperently not
so lets do away with the plot holders meeting our opinions dont count.
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