[freefolk]

Good Morning, and I hope you are all having a productive growing season.  Ok, so.........HELP!!!  Long story short, our Housing Association are proposing to turn a goodly chuck of the communal play area/allotment beds at our property into designated car parking for 18 vehicles!  They propose possibly re-siting the allotment beds but the proximity of vehicle parking to growing would be a few metres at best.  We have obvious concerns, especially in winter months when engines are running to clear windscreens and our over winter onions/cabbage/leeks/parsnips etc are being deluged, possibly on a daily basis, with exhaust fumes.  Can anyone point me in the right direction or advise me where to look to find some ammunition on this subject?  I've found some on the internet, but the more the better.  Thanks in advance.  We may not win, but we will fight!

[hasbeans]

You might add salt to your list of concerns if it is used in winter to keep ice at bay and the car park is higher than the plots.

[Hampshire Hog]

If you haven’t already looked it might be worth seeing if there is anything useful on Medical charity sites such as the British heart foundation and British lung foundation. I’m certainly aware the BLF raises concerns about diesel particulates in air near roads.
Good luck
HH