Rent!

[Si]

They've announced the rent increases for us.

From £22 up to £78 by 2012-13.   £78 is probably still pretty good value for what we get, but the sudden rise is a little bit of a shock to the system.

Story on the news recently about a site on the other side of the city where they have gone up to over £300.  Ah well, so much for getting the population to be more healthy via GYOing on allotments.

Is yours on the up?

[Palinurus]

That's some hike.

We normally get our bill around this time of the year. Ours is about £12 I think, partly because our plot is smaller; some land was lost to build a service road. I think the full rent should be £20.

[Pancho]

I suspect that the coming council austerity budgets will result in lot of rent hikes over the next few years.

Fighting them is unlikely to be successful but it might be a useful opportunity to push for more provision - either on site facilities or more allotments.

[Regulator]

Our rent, which we have yet to pay - bill due this month, is an 'eyewatering' £12 per annum....  


It's gone up! 



To a whole £14 per year.   

[oddballdave]

Is yours on the up?

Our allotments were run by Gardens and parks, about £20 per annum.
Council went unitary and allotments went to Commercial threatened rise to £200 until the allotment act was put in front of them. Now allotments are run by parish councils at peppercorn rents. About £30 guaranteed for the next ten years.

[geoff]

£80 up from £40 in a year...College land and it's still a bargain, and helps hold off development pressures.

[robbo6]

Mine, when I had it, was £zero per annum. Just had to do a bit of work on the surrounding flower gardens.