Action for New Allotments
Relevant Legislation
The Community Empowerment Act 2015
- which includes a duty on local authorities to provide allotments, and to act if the waiting list exceeds 50% of the total number of allotment spaces owned by the council – see Section 112
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019
- which includes a duty on local authorities to provide an Open Space Strategy ‘to set out a strategic framework of the planning authority’s policies and proposals as to the development, maintenance and use of green infrastructure in their district‘ – see Section 3
Glasgow City Council Publications
Glasgow City Council’s Draft Food Growing Strategy
- which the Council were required to write as a result of the Act above, and which includes a plan to develop new allotment sites over the next 5 years – see page 28
Glasgow City Council’s Open Space Strategy, adopted Feb 2020
- which has overlap with the plans for new allotment spaces mentioned in the draft Food Growing Strategy, mentioned above
GAF Committee Meetings
GAF Chair’s Annual Report 2019 Final docx
Natural Environment Officer Report Sept 2019
Natural Environment Officer Report July 19
Natural Environment Officer Report Mar 19