With growing demand for allotments, let me assure your correspondent (Letters, August 28), the council is working hard to bring neglected allotment plots back into use.
Recent improvements have included dividing plots into two as they become free to create more allotments for people on the waiting list.
Allotment holders with neglected plots are being given the option to cultivate just part of the site so it is more manageable – freeing up the rest for someone else.
If this fails and the plot continues to be neglected, they will be required to hand it back to the council.
In addition, 16 allotments at Whitehawk Hill are being brought back into use for people on the waiting list following recent court action to evict a man living illegally on the site.
The council has 37 allotment sites across the city and these are divided into ten areas for the purpose of waiting lists.
Residents can apply for which of the ten areas they choose, a system designed to cut waiting times.
Council staff have worked closely with the city’s allotment federation to bring about improvements and are working with Brighton And Hove Food Partnership on initiatives to develop community food projects.
Providing allotment space is a high priority for the council and our aim is to offer a fair system so that as many people as possible can enjoy the benefits and grow their own fruit and veg.
Councillor Geoffrey Theobald
cabinet member for environment
Brighton and Hove City Council
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