I wish our council would be more proactive with plotholders who don’t do anything. The woman behind me got her plot early 202o asked me about paying by direct debit! Turned out she thought the £26 rent was per month !! Should have been a warning there. Did a fair bit at first, then hardly picked anything, mainly visiting with friends & sat with a can or 2 of beer. Left it to grow & grow, November’21 covered it all in thick black plastic, & I mean everything straight over the plot from one end to the other over raised beds & all. Never came back at all in 2022, & the council let her have it again this year, she finally uncovered half of it in May, came with her son he put the spade in & she dropped a potato in ( I was on my plot at the time, when we spoke & she said she was going to crack on I said little & often, they went after 10 minutes, I very nearly shouted I didn’t mean that little) & she’s not been back & done anything since.
Apparently our person at the council likes to have an informal telephone chat before sending a letter, & we have no idea if they do ‘plot inspections’
Thing is there’s a waiting list of over 60 for the 2 sites with 40+ for ours, there’s at least 5 more plots not being done at all, not done and then the weeds have caught up with them etc. Then they have the cheek to write in the newsletter you get with your invoice “ if you have more than 1 plot (I do, 2 x 1/2 plots) please consider giving up 1 to shorten the waiting list!
Photos are of plot neighbours plot last week or so