Stratford

[bazil]

i thought the olympics were about sports and not a reason to change things
does this fall under the any old excuse category?

[STHLMgreen]

Anyone know the latest on this?

Has a petition been set up on that website?

[the.fee.fairy]

i've submitted one...
I'll let you all know as soon as i hear that its gone live.

[the.fee.fairy]

The petition has now gone live and is one of the featured petitions on the front page.

http://petitionthem.com/default.asp?sec ... l&pet=3540

please sign and repost the link on any other forums/sites where you think people might sign.

Thankyou

[reefskin]

It's written in law - section 25.

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-of ... /56016.htm

Is it me or is there a big opportunity in section 23? I don't get from this page whether it has been repealed or still there:

"Section 23 provides that if allotment authorities 'are of the opinion that there is a demand for allotments...in the borough, district or parish the council shall provide a sufficient number of allotments to persons...resident in the borough district or parish and desiring the same'. In determining demand an authority must take into consideration 'a representation in writing by any six registered parliamentary electors or rate payers'."

I'm going to research this, for sure. Let's hope it's still part of the legislation and not repealed...

5 years ago in Greenwich I was told that in order to get an allotment I would have to wait for somebody to die... how rubbish is that?

[pskipper]

5 years ago in Greenwich I was told that in order to get an allotment I would have to wait for somebody to die... how rubbish is that?

I know, I've got to wait for 17 people to die!

Hence trying to get people to sign this (have signed the stratford one)

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/allotments/

[reefskin]

Ok, I have been going through the legislation, basically it boils down to this:

The legislation places a duty upon local authorities to provide allotments where demand exists.

http://www.parliament.the-stationery-of ... 007.htm#a7

Sooooo... what would happen if we mounted a huge campaign to make the councils do this?

I mean, if it only took 6 people in each place, where we could obviously provide plenty more evidence?

What exactly is the "duty" to provide allotments where demand exists?

Rob

[reefskin]

Are there any lawyers out there?