[Patrick]

Unfortunately not all charities are charitable.
MP as Munty says is a first step but don't hold your breath.
Good luck.

[David.]

Gather all your objections for the council planning committee but do not disclose what these objections are to the developer/charity.  If you do they will have time to find a way around them  :evil:

All objections are placed on the application file for public (and developer) inspection.

Check your Local Delopment Plan policies on loss of local amenity.

Also note that Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (PPG3) (Revised March 2000) confirms that disused alloments ARE NOT BROWNFIELD SITES.

Use any lack of promotion of the existing site as evidence of demand.

Enlist the help of the national society:

LINK

[Sprouts]

Latest bit of press coverage

http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/Get-of-our-land-kids.3418393.jp

Plus this week a 2 page article on the various aspects of the dispute. Will post it when it goes online

[David.]

Check your Local Delopment Plan policies on loss of local amenity.

Also note that Planning Policy Guidance Note 3 (PPG3) (Revised March 2000) confirms that disused alloments ARE NOT BROWNFIELD SITES.[/URL]

Also check PPG17 for protection & retention of allotments as open space/recreational use /visual amenity.

And searching web for "loss of allotments" should throw up loads of useful planning policy decisions.

[avapalo]

There seems to be a constant attack on our civil liberties which is unrelenting.
The people elected by us appear to have their own agenda and the only way to beat them is to do exactly what the allotment holders are doing. With enough support and loud voices things can change and they can be defeated. Our council wanted to compulsory purchase the ends of about 20 gardens to build houses. Imagine someone saying that half your garden was going to have a house on it, initially you are completely powerless. It is hard to get enough support together when a small number of people are affected and this is what they rely on. In our case the decision was overturned and the property developers lost. The small man has to fight back and make their lives as uncomfortable as possible. Delve, name and shame.
It makes me so sad.
Good luck

[sweet nasturtium]

Avapalo, well done for fighting.  

The South East councils are under a lot of pressure to provide housing at the moment and are just interested in meeting targets.  They will try and take the land from the points of least resistance.  It's important to show them that the point of least resistance should not be ordinary people, it should be the retail parks, businesses and big farms.  So do keep resisting, they'll get the message eventually.