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Allotments!!
Rickinghall Parish Council is very pleased to confirm that the
project will go ahead at the proposed site on Mill Lane, off
Hinderclay Road. Thanks to generous grants from the Lottery Fund
Awards for All, Botesdale Parish Council and County Councillor
Charles Michell’s Locality Budget, together with funds pledged by
the Council, we have now raised enough money to purchase this
property.
Unfortunately, there has been a delay in the purchase of the
property but the Parish Council has obtained a license to work on
site in order to allow allotment holders on site at the
beginning of the growing season.
A group of prospective allotment holders, BARWOODS members and
other interested parties worked on site to clear the land,
cultivate it and mark out the plots. Many thanks to all who braved
the weather to make sure this would happen!
The Allotments Association was set up on 9 November 2009 and 9
members of the management committee were elected by the
Association. The management committee held its first meeting on 23
November and elected officers. The Chairman, Paul Jenner, is also a
Parish Councillor. They have met several times since then and on 8
March 2010 held a meeting to allocate the newly marked-out
plots. The new plot holders paid their fees and people were on site
almost immediately!
As of 1 May 2010 there are no plots left so please get in touch
with the Parish Clerk, Leeann Jackson-Eve, on 01379 890141 to be
put on the waiting
list.
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