Agenda item

To receive and consider the report of the Operations and Estates Officer (to follow).

The Committee received and considered the report of the Operations and Estates Officer, which included details of the provision of new allotments at Windrush Place, as well as a request from the Witney Allotment Association for additional skips.  

There was a lengthy discussion on the request for additional skips and Members felt that allotment holders should be encouraged to compost and recycle.  It would be cost effective if the Council installed a large composter.

RECOMMENDED:

1. that the report be noted;

2. that the installation of fencing at Lakeside allotment be carried out on a design and install basis by suitable local contractors, funded from the Allotment Earmarked Reserve;

3. that the request from the Allotment Association for an additional skip at Lakeside allotment site be refused and instead the Officers work with the association to find a suitable location for a large composter to be provided by the Council.

4. that the proposal from the developers to provide the following at the allotment site at Windrush Place be agreed:

•         1.4m wide paved path through site,

•         Pathways to separate allotments, 

•         Electric and water supplies, 

•         Hard standing for green waste composting,

•         Two disabled allotments.