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Imagine that you are a Committee member of a small (50 member) village charity.
20 locals want allotments and no obvious land is available - after 4 years of searching.
The Council have offered a small piece of land (mostly swamp and potentially only 2 plots) and you have rejected this offer. The Council then offer the use of a much larger area of land BUT you have to take on a large complex of disused buildings (including a residential centre). As a Charity you can have them rate-free and at a peppercorn rent. BUT you have to find a use and tenants for the buildings in order to cover the running and maintenance costs.
If you turn down the offer, there will be no allotments. If you accept it, you may never sleep again!
What would you do?
20 locals want allotments and no obvious land is available - after 4 years of searching.
The Council have offered a small piece of land (mostly swamp and potentially only 2 plots) and you have rejected this offer. The Council then offer the use of a much larger area of land BUT you have to take on a large complex of disused buildings (including a residential centre). As a Charity you can have them rate-free and at a peppercorn rent. BUT you have to find a use and tenants for the buildings in order to cover the running and maintenance costs.
If you turn down the offer, there will be no allotments. If you accept it, you may never sleep again!
What would you do?
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