Probation Service could save allotment white elephant
The site remains derelict six months after being made available to the public following a £25,000 project to create more garden space for residents, but the Town Council believes the situation is looking rosier after the majority of the hospital site’s 20 allotments were snapped up.
At the recent Services and Property Committee, an update was read out by Phil Rollinson, Senior Facilities Assistant, who said that the probation service was keen to plant at the whole Burgess Lands site, and was clearing the area.
It is believed that the Service would then provide fruit and veg for the town’s Meals on Wheels service.
But Town Clerk, Anne Wilson, said: “We need to still consider having some available for members of the public as the hospital site is nearly full.
“I do think that planting three or four plots up there as a show and invite people up there might encourage people for the next season to start planting there.”
Mr Rollinson said that the hospital site was nearly full because people were seeing activity there and making enquiries.
Town Mayor, Cllr Nick Howells, floated the idea of growing pumpkins on the derelict site but was informed they had left it too late for Halloween.
It was agreed that ‘allotments’ would be added as a stand-alone item on the next committee meeting in October, by which time Ms Wilson said she would prepare a report with the Operations team, which would include recommendations for a way forward.
PICTURE: How it looked when finished... the allotments site up Red Bank
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