21/09/09 Petition with 56 signatures submitted to Sustainable Communities Overview and Scrutiny Committee-council agreed to support allotment proposal.
24/09/09 Wirral Partnership Homes were contacted asking if access could be gained to the site via the rear of the Coronation Buildings
29/09/09 Reply received from WPH that they were willing to support the project by allowing the society to lease the area behind Coronation Buildings.
Discussions are ongoing with the Borough Council's Asset Management department by Roger Calvert on our behalf as to whether it will be a transfer of ownership or a lease. A lease would be the favoured option initially
13/10/09 I took a number of photographs of the site
13/10/09 meeting of Jane Marsden, Margaret and I at Jane’s house when it was decided that there was a need to establish the society formally.It was agreed that a meeting would be held on 18/11/09 at 20:00- location to be confirmed.
16/10/09 following sent via Wirral BC website to clarify position with regards to planning permission:
Is there a need to apply for planning permission for the land to change use from agricultural to horticultural? The National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardens gives the following guidance:- "The Chairman and the National Secretary, NSALG have argued for some 20 years that planning permission for sheds, greenhouses and poly-tunnels on allotment sites is NOT required. The Legal Consultant has endorsed this argument, citing the High Court Case CROWBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL - v - SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL [1980] Property & Compensation Reports, 229, High Court (Queen’s Bench) as authority. NSALG sought Counsel’s Opinion on this issue, and is delighted to say that Counsel has confirmed the opinion of the Secretary and Chairman; and confirmed the opinion of the Legal Consultant that the Crowborough case is authority for the premiss: Planning Permission is NOT required for sheds, and/or greenhouses on an allotment plot! Please note: a shed or greenhouse over the standard size of 8 x 6 (available from most garden and DIY centres) that require foundations or are connected to services, might be construed as a permanent structure."Can you confirm if we will require planning permission? If we have to seek planning permission will there be a cost to the society to submit the application?
19/10/09 Councillor Elderton contacted me via Roger Calvert as he had been approached by a constituent regarding provision of allotments in West Kirby
20/10/09 The Scout Leader agreed that we could hire the Scout Hut for our meeting and also offered the support of the Scouts and Cubs once the society was established.
27/10/09 Meeting at site with Roger Calvert and Allotment officer Stella Joseph a walk around the site which revealed it is not as overgrown as first thought. It was also identified that there are 5 free garages at the rear of Coronation Building-WPH have been e-mailed asking if we could use them.
28/10/09 Blog established to record the developments
Model Rules obtained from the National Society of Allotments and Leisure Gardens in Word form so they can be edited as appropriate for the society. Model Rules can be seen on the NSALG website http://www.nsalg.org.uk/uploads/article459/Model%20Rules%20unregistered%20simple%202006%20A4%20format.pdf.
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