Thanks very much for all of your input, it has been useful. The actual percentage rise we are facing is, in fact, 38%. All rises over the past years have been more or less in line with charges for other leisure activities in the area, but the council will not tell us what the proposed increases are for these for the coming year. As I mentioned that last big increase we had was in 2013, followed up until now with normal increases. Many, many plots have been left untenanted despite a lengthy waiting list and the allotment site is right in the middle of an area that is undergoing massive housing development. It would be in the council's interests to close the site and sell it off profitably, which, although it is a statutory permanent site, could be achieved if they appeal to the relevant Secretary of State. Many plotholders are going to give up in the face of this rent rise, which is likely the intent. Time will tell.