Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72655
Allotments: Sales
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Dr Roz Savage
Liberal Democrat — South Cotswolds
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local authorities selling statutory allotment sites on (a) rural and (b) smaller communities; and what steps sh
Answer
Alex NorrisThere are strict criteria in place to protect statutory allotments – these are sites covered by the Allotment Act 1925. A local authority cannot sell or dispose of statutory allotment land without the consent of the Secretary of State, who will only grant...
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