Thursday, October 13, 2005
Allotment trouble?
The allotments controlled by the Parish Council (legal requirements here I think) on Green Lane (off Blenheim Hill) are to be partitioned to allow Gypsies to camp. There is a piece of ground next to the cultivated areas which has been allowed by the Council to go to waste (*). The rumour has it, that the land now being cleared to facilitate a Gypsy camp
(*) The area was given, by the Parish Council, to a couple of young ‘amateurs’ to make a BMX track. They made a mess. I understand that the project was PART FUNDED BY THE P.C., never used and then left to rot. This ground is allocated for allotments for which there is a waiting list! My belief is that, in law, the Council are obligated to protect this land from any other use than for allotments.
(*) The area was given, by the Parish Council, to a couple of young ‘amateurs’ to make a BMX track. They made a mess. I understand that the project was PART FUNDED BY THE P.C., never used and then left to rot. This ground is allocated for allotments for which there is a waiting list! My belief is that, in law, the Council are obligated to protect this land from any other use than for allotments.
# posted by Harwell Village @ 21:01 
