Decision details

The Operations and Estates Officer reported that he had not been able to complete Planning applications for oversized polytunnels as he had been shielding.  He would be able to go out soon.  The Allotment Association had now come back with recommendations for siting some composting tumblers and daleks and the type it favoured.  The Association had also asked for concrete block bases and block walls at Lakeside and the new West Witney Allotments and had requested that the Town Council “turns” the amount of green waste on both of those sites for a year.  These recommendations from the Association had only just been received.  The Council had agreed to provide some assistance as it no longer provided skips.  The costs of the requested items were less than the skips would have cost.

A member expressed concerns that the items might fill up quickly and then the Association would be asking for more.

RECOMMENDED: 

1.            that the report be noted;

2.            to agree to the Allotment Association’s requests for the tumblers, daleks and Town Council assistance at Lakeside and West Witney on the condition that the exact requirements and services offered by the Town Council were specified in writing;

3.            that the Operations and Estates Officer does further research into the cost of hard standing bases at Lakeside and West Witney Allotments and this is brought back to a future meeting.