How much does your plot cost?

[binley100]

Are they extracting the urine or what.....£150

Council are probably having to do what Elfin Safety says..........

[Veg newbie]

Not got any council plots in West Lothian (yet) but the one I could find was part of a garden center in Linlithgow. for a 4 Rod site it costs £150 but you get water, a shed and a discount at the garden center.

I know the council are currently in the process of doing their first allotment and have allocated land for it. They are now doing soil testing even though the land has never been used before.

[binley100]

sheesh.........thats expensive....

Glad we don't have the no shed rule .......where do you shelter when the heavens open?

[Jamesy_uk]

£60 for a 5 rod plot on a site which is fenced and has water every 3 plots £40 with concession. Went up from £25 in 2011 to £60 but nobody challenged it ;/.
North Hertfordshire CC

[WendyC]

£15 for 2.5 rods, plus £4/5 for water and £1 for NSALG membership. Site is securely fenced, no sheds allowed. No toilets or other facilities. Horsham West Sussex

[Bigmallly]

I think I just paid £37 for a half plot here in Leeds, it's secure as secure can be, water on site to be used only to fill butts, not to be used directly on plots. Free chippings, toilet on site, good manure supplier £30 for around 5 ton, communal garden & activities in the summer. Shed & Greenhouse / Polytunnel allowed with consent given. I'm sure I will have forgotten something but HM will update........I think there is rumour of a shop.

[VirginVegGrower]

These figures are only comparable if everything is in the same measurement.......so using this handy site my plot converts to 5,445 squ feet......and muddyfeet , yours works out at 9.9 rods

http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/con...quare-feet.php

I've got just under 4 square rods.

[legume]

Plots completely free, and water supply too. But these are within the private area of Windsor Castle, only for Royal Household employees who live on the estate, so they are an employment benefit really. (Husband is a firefighter here).

The plots are good - they are in one of the old Victorian kitchen gardens, so very sheltered and virtually pure loam due to all the organic matter added over the last century - but there is no committee, no collective deliveries of manure or anything, no facilities, and the unworked plots are just left to go wild, which is a shame and puts off prospective new plot holders (a solid field of nettles, thistles and rubbish is not appealing to beginners...)

[binley100]

These figures are only comparable if everything is in the same measurement.......so using this handy site my plot converts to 5,445 squ feet......and muddyfeet , yours works out at 9.9 rods

http://www.thecalculatorsite.com/con...quare-feet.php

[muddyfeet]

With concession its £40 for 30x90ft plot ( we don't do rods & poles etc). Water every 4 plots. Toilets, community area, shop, perimeter fencing but not plot fencing. Communal path maintenance, herb tub on most corners (not sure how long that will last) Annual show and seeds swap. No power.

[sowitgrowit]

I have a third of a plot. £10 deposit for a key (perimeter fencing around the site), £10 a year, £2 per extra person I will bring along to work the plot.

No facilities. We have a river running adjacent to the plot which I get water from with a couple of cans. No erecting sheds etc without permission (though I don't imagine that would be much trouble).

//edit: Grantham, Lincolnshire.

[phil the shed]

£20 for 60sq metres
£10 refundable key deposit
includes
water and insurance
shed/meeting room on way
compost toilet on order
free woodchip when available
manure 6 ton for £60 (£2 each)
topsoil 10 ton for £120 (free first purchase as we had a grant)
includes NSALG membership

so not bad but we have still been spending grant monies
derby city council our landlord rent is peppercorn to them at moment

[VirginVegGrower]

£28 half plot (100 square metres) £35 full plot. One water tap for 18 full plots and fortunately we are right next to it! 50% discount for OAPs and those who don't work - have to receive benefits. SDDC are the supposed overseers. No perimeter fencing, no toilets, no permanent structures allowed.

[Rhona]

We're in Sheffield - £37.90 inc water. There are discounts for pensioners and half-plots. The plots are generally pretty large, and we have an allotment committee and subsidised shop. The cost is set to double this year though - we usually get an invoice in January, and we're expecting to see that the annual cost will now exceed £70.00.

[Thelma Sanders]

Individual plot pro rata for size based on £20 for 5 rods - although most plots are less than this now
Free for pensioners Free water march to october and the site is fenced and gated, there's a £5 key deposit.

Water has been 'discussed' a lot for the last 2 years and I think it will be charged for soon, but there's a lot of debate over how to do it fairly, cos some people use enough to fill a swimming pool some rarely use it.