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Allotments

Volume 897: debated on Thursday 7 August 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what are the statutory obligations placed upon local authorities for meeting the demands for allotments from their local residents under the Allotments Acts.

District councils are required under Section 23 of the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 to provide a sufficient number of plots to satisfy the demand from local residents. In a parish, this obligation falls upon the parish council or parish meeting, to the exclusion of the district council.